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So, it being a wonderfully warm and sunny weekend I decided it would be a good opportunity for me to take out my new kayak and try things out. I learned some Kayaking back in college and always thought highly of it as an activity and exercise. It doesn't require companions or a large investment of money or storage space.
I travel to my nearby recreational lake and heft it to shore. I talk briefly with some teens who are just coming in about the winds and wake and how the water is. I hop in...
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I've cataloged in this blog the various 'adventures' i've had working on my homestead. So heres another...
The Addition, what was originally an expansion onto the front of the house morphed into an additional expansion on the side of the house. This addition doubled the bedroom size and added a master bathroom.
I did the excavation
I poured the footers
i layed the block
i framed the floors, the walls, and the roof
I hung the windows
i ran the wiring
i hung the insulation
I hung...
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this past month or so i've really had my eyes opened to the depth of my family, and i don't mean its size. After christmas my parents, sister, and i went to visit my dad's aunt Sylvia, my father's father's sister. I'd met Aunt Syl a few times in my life and while i could pick her out of a line up i really didn't know her all that well.
Well as we sat there with my sharp as a nail but nearly blind great aunt, an amazing bit of history emerged, back when she was young in the early 50s she wa...
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Wed, November 26, 2008 - 8:26 AM
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Now while i don't agree with the policies of the Bush administration i have always tried to maintain a certain level of respect for the office of the president, reminding myself (and others) that it is not fair of us to armchair quarterback the job or be so aggressivly hateful of the man in it. I found this article from the Wall Street Journal that kinda sums it all up.
And, yes, i will extend the same courtesy to President 'That one'
online.wsj.com/article/SB...7599251....
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about me
purveyor of the Chocolate Tommaso. Self Proclaimed geek.
Beer Makers,
Friends of Gabriel's Landing,
Geek Dating,
Geekgirls,
Home Beer Brewing,
Home Brewing and Winemaking,
Pennsic Dark Thirty,
Pennsic War,
Society for Creative Anachronism,
Society for Creative Anachronism Singles,
The Vulgar Unicorn,
Vlad's Pleasure Pavillions,
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