This was the last deck I bought, somewhere around 1990. As things timed out, I can just about count on one hand the number of times I rode it. Not enjoying the exercise of my inherited 10-speed, however, I broke out the WD-40 and gave the bearings an overhaul. It didn’t help a lot, but [...]
The kids set up their first lemonade stand today. From an adult perspective, it’s amazing that the ‘ade hasn’t appreciated one cent since I first ran a stand in my childhood. I guess that’s a good sign for the economy. More people stopped for them than ever did for me, which I attribute to many [...]
Today we find ourselves in Hinckley Reservation, about 40 minutes south of the Q. Who ever said there isn’t anything to do close to home?
Rarely does the light show at a concert excite me. I mean, by this point, you have a certain expectation that the lighting at concerts will be, relatively, “great.” The light show at the NIN show was absolutely amazing, however. Three mesh curtains of lights, lowered and raised around the band to stunning effect, plus [...]
As promised, here I am at the NIN show. Good eats and brews before with an old friend I haven’t seen for ages.
Today we went to work, then down to the Jake (I don’t care — it’s still the Jake) for a game. Not a bad day at the office. In the background you might see the NIN banner — tomorrow night, I’ll be there.
I realize that, on scale from 1 to Impossible, what I did isn’t that amazing, but when you look back on a day that included half of a 14-inch hole in the roof and a broken jigsaw blade, you see how very disastrous things could have been. Fortunately, it all worked out, and now the [...]
That 14-inch hole in my roof was not an act of God, nor was it an act of aliens. I did that. Although, sitting up here, looking down into my family room, I’m starting to question the wisdom of DIY tubular skylights.
Meanwhile, at the Office Olympics…
The Faraway Park (as we call it) is a lovely bike ride away, and the best neighborhood park within walking distance. This, of course, assumes the weather is a temperate 70 degrees with low humidity. Today, it is neither.