I don't know what the guys are doing downstairs, but it smells like they've poured nail polish remover all over the floor. Dang. And I thought having the litterbox up here was bad.
Yes, Boots is in a dictator (me) imposed exile up here in the computer room with me. I don't want him running around the house while they're trying to work. Who knows what he could get into. All I need is him stepping on a nail and trailing blood everywhere and I end up having to take him to the vet.
Better him than me though, since I know where the vet is, but have no idea how to get to a hospital from here.
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Monday, June 28, 2004
Well, I had a heck of a weekend. On Wednesday or Thursday we found out the tiling was starting on Monday. Basically, in one phonecall my weekend went from 'relaxing' to 'destroyed'. Kind of like if you were just about to sit in your nice, comfortable chair, only to find out it had just been flattened by a meteor.
Anyway, I started pulling up the tiling on Friday. I just kind of started picking at it and then I couldn't stop until I was done. It was already curling at the edges and was coming up pretty good. There were some tough spots but all in all it wasn't bad. It was so brittle I could tear it with my hands and stuff it into a garbage bag. The hardest part was moving everything around everywhere so I could get to the tile. The house has been a mess since we've started and will be for the better part of a month.
After removing the file from the kitchen floor and entryway, including under the fridge and oven, Court took up the tile in the bathroom. It was especially slimey underneath. Anyways, we got all the tile up except for the laundry room, which I'll do in the next few days. Next was the carpet.
The carpet tore away from the floor easily enough. We cut it into sections so we could load it into Court's car so she could toss it at work. Padding come up easily too. Hardest part was the slats that the carpet tacks onto. They're nailed into the concrete floor and have the sharp end of little nails facing up so the carpet sticks onto them. I got some leather gloves at Home Depot and pulled, tugged, and pried them up. It wasn't fun but it's done. It was slow going.
Everything had been moved into our Florida room (enclosed patio) that wasn't electronic. I didn't want my receiver, DVD player, and all that good stuff being in the un-airconditioned patio. Amy's husband Chris helped put the entertainment center and china cabinet onto the patio and he also helped me move our TV into our bedroom. They had to stop by to borrow our grill so he was able to help. I'm glad, because that was my only problem spot...moving the heavy stuff by myself.
Anyways...the guys are here now. There's two of them, Steve, the guy who's doing it, and a younger helper. I feel guilty being up here while they're working, and truth be told I'd love to help...but I'm extremely busy at work this week and have no tiling skills. They're making as much as I am this week anyway...though I suppose they split it somehow.
Anyway, I started pulling up the tiling on Friday. I just kind of started picking at it and then I couldn't stop until I was done. It was already curling at the edges and was coming up pretty good. There were some tough spots but all in all it wasn't bad. It was so brittle I could tear it with my hands and stuff it into a garbage bag. The hardest part was moving everything around everywhere so I could get to the tile. The house has been a mess since we've started and will be for the better part of a month.
After removing the file from the kitchen floor and entryway, including under the fridge and oven, Court took up the tile in the bathroom. It was especially slimey underneath. Anyways, we got all the tile up except for the laundry room, which I'll do in the next few days. Next was the carpet.
The carpet tore away from the floor easily enough. We cut it into sections so we could load it into Court's car so she could toss it at work. Padding come up easily too. Hardest part was the slats that the carpet tacks onto. They're nailed into the concrete floor and have the sharp end of little nails facing up so the carpet sticks onto them. I got some leather gloves at Home Depot and pulled, tugged, and pried them up. It wasn't fun but it's done. It was slow going.
Everything had been moved into our Florida room (enclosed patio) that wasn't electronic. I didn't want my receiver, DVD player, and all that good stuff being in the un-airconditioned patio. Amy's husband Chris helped put the entertainment center and china cabinet onto the patio and he also helped me move our TV into our bedroom. They had to stop by to borrow our grill so he was able to help. I'm glad, because that was my only problem spot...moving the heavy stuff by myself.
Anyways...the guys are here now. There's two of them, Steve, the guy who's doing it, and a younger helper. I feel guilty being up here while they're working, and truth be told I'd love to help...but I'm extremely busy at work this week and have no tiling skills. They're making as much as I am this week anyway...though I suppose they split it somehow.
CNN.com - Iraq handover of sovereignty completed - Jun 28, 2004
Very nice. Hopefully this is the start, albeit shaky, of a new Iraq.
Very nice. Hopefully this is the start, albeit shaky, of a new Iraq.
Sunday, June 27, 2004
Saw 'Dodgeball' tonight. It's hilarious. Why anybody would go see the new Michael Moore lie-fest instead of this is beyond me.
Some notable quotes:
(after getting beaten by a bunch of girl scouts)
You're adopted! And your parents don't love you!
or...
ESPN8...The Ocho! If it's almost a sport, we've got it!
Hilarious.
Some notable quotes:
(after getting beaten by a bunch of girl scouts)
You're adopted! And your parents don't love you!
or...
ESPN8...The Ocho! If it's almost a sport, we've got it!
Hilarious.
Friday, June 25, 2004
yeesh...does anybody believe this?
All-City voting Who's in right field?
0.1% Sammy Sosa (65 responses)
99.9%Magglio Ordonez (80232 responses)
What a joke. It's obviously been tampered with. I think I'm done voting in these chicagosports polls.
All-City voting Who's in right field?
0.1% Sammy Sosa (65 responses)
99.9%Magglio Ordonez (80232 responses)
What a joke. It's obviously been tampered with. I think I'm done voting in these chicagosports polls.
Thursday, June 24, 2004
ChicagoSports.com - The All-City team: Who's your choice?
This poll has definitely been tampered with somehow. When I click a vote for Sammy, his number doesn't go up, but Magglio's number goes up by 10. Try it yourself.
0.1%
Sammy Sosa (38 responses)
99.9%
Magglio Ordonez (31233 responses)
This poll has definitely been tampered with somehow. When I click a vote for Sammy, his number doesn't go up, but Magglio's number goes up by 10. Try it yourself.
0.1%
Sammy Sosa (38 responses)
99.9%
Magglio Ordonez (31233 responses)
ChicagoSports.com - Center of attention
How funny is this. Phil Rogers picks his all-city team, and it's 95% Cubs...and the online polling for each position picked 99% Sox...in some cases, Sox guys were getting 90% of the vote by position. Guys like Carlos Lee beating Moises Alou and Paul Konnerko beating Derek Lee by HUGE margins. Can you say ballot stuffing by idiot Sox fans? That's the only answer.
How funny is this. Phil Rogers picks his all-city team, and it's 95% Cubs...and the online polling for each position picked 99% Sox...in some cases, Sox guys were getting 90% of the vote by position. Guys like Carlos Lee beating Moises Alou and Paul Konnerko beating Derek Lee by HUGE margins. Can you say ballot stuffing by idiot Sox fans? That's the only answer.
Monday, June 21, 2004
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Gee, didn't Shaq and Kobe guarantee victory?
Oopies. In any case, Tony's boy Larry Brown becomes:
1. oldest coach to win an NBA title (I think)
2. only guy to win both an NCAA championship and an NBA championship (I think)
Well, hopefully those two stats are true. I'm pretty sure they are anyway. I watch the second half of the fourth quarter in the hotel's gym area walking on the treadmill. Doc Rivers is a good analyst...too bad he's leaving that position to coach the New Orleans franchise next year.
At least one good thing about the Pistons winning...at least PTI (after tomorrow's showing) can stop being 70% NBA stuff.
And how funny is it that Karl Malone and Gary Payton sold their own teams out and left to come to the Lakers to win a championship and yet win NO CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Double Oopsies.
Oopies. In any case, Tony's boy Larry Brown becomes:
1. oldest coach to win an NBA title (I think)
2. only guy to win both an NCAA championship and an NBA championship (I think)
Well, hopefully those two stats are true. I'm pretty sure they are anyway. I watch the second half of the fourth quarter in the hotel's gym area walking on the treadmill. Doc Rivers is a good analyst...too bad he's leaving that position to coach the New Orleans franchise next year.
At least one good thing about the Pistons winning...at least PTI (after tomorrow's showing) can stop being 70% NBA stuff.
And how funny is it that Karl Malone and Gary Payton sold their own teams out and left to come to the Lakers to win a championship and yet win NO CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Double Oopsies.
From Beauty Dish...
One day, a bad bad day, when many soldiers lost lives in that distant senseless war, my middle son stood with barefeet on the cold tile floor of the kitchen, listening to NPR, and clenched his fists in frustration.
"Why don't they stop fighting? We're never going to join a Federation of Planets if this continues. Don't they know that? Why don't they want to help end starvation instead? I wish we lived in the future."
It's true, isn't it? I think of this often. Every time I see some showing of all the strife in the world, I think "Boy, don't these people know we're destined for something better?".
And yeah. It's just a show. But still. I used to get teased about "I bet you wish Star Trek really happened" and all that shit. But isn't it true? I mean, who wouldn't want us to be set on a course towards that future? No sign of all the BS that people get killed for around the world nowadays.
One day, a bad bad day, when many soldiers lost lives in that distant senseless war, my middle son stood with barefeet on the cold tile floor of the kitchen, listening to NPR, and clenched his fists in frustration.
"Why don't they stop fighting? We're never going to join a Federation of Planets if this continues. Don't they know that? Why don't they want to help end starvation instead? I wish we lived in the future."
It's true, isn't it? I think of this often. Every time I see some showing of all the strife in the world, I think "Boy, don't these people know we're destined for something better?".
And yeah. It's just a show. But still. I used to get teased about "I bet you wish Star Trek really happened" and all that shit. But isn't it true? I mean, who wouldn't want us to be set on a course towards that future? No sign of all the BS that people get killed for around the world nowadays.
"If you have the means, I highly recommend it."
While Ferris was talking about a car, I talk about a jacuzzi. That would be the jacuzzi in my hotel room here. Seriously.
Long story short, the hotel I thought I was going to (which my other team members down here are in) did not have my reservation, so I had to go to the place next store. And for a smaller rate I got a larger room with a jacuzzi in it. So ha ha on those guys.
While Ferris was talking about a car, I talk about a jacuzzi. That would be the jacuzzi in my hotel room here. Seriously.
Long story short, the hotel I thought I was going to (which my other team members down here are in) did not have my reservation, so I had to go to the place next store. And for a smaller rate I got a larger room with a jacuzzi in it. So ha ha on those guys.
Monday, June 14, 2004
Woo hoo! The Cubs handed Clemens his first loss of the season!
Yes, I called it the first time they played him.
Yes, it's a direct result of me being here in Texas to support them.
Yes, I called it the first time they played him.
Yes, it's a direct result of me being here in Texas to support them.
Thursday, June 10, 2004
ESPN.com: Page 2 - Sports withdrawal cuts deep
Meanwhile, the Red Sox were in some sort of cross-continental freefall, which could be directly traced to my departure from the country.
See? I'm not the only one.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox were in some sort of cross-continental freefall, which could be directly traced to my departure from the country.
See? I'm not the only one.
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Earl opens first Earl of Sandwich restaurant at Walt Disney World - 2004-03-19 - Orlando Business Journal
We've eaten here twice, and the food is DAMN GOOD. Yes, I've had the same thing both times, the All-American with no lettuce or tomato...which makes it a turkey sandwich with a little bit of ranch dressing and cranberries. It's superb! The bread at this place is amazing...man, I want to go there again today and we just had it for dinner last night. They have some other things on the menu I might eat but I just love this sandwich so much it was no contest.
At restaurants, I usually get my favorite thing every time I go there. Some people think it makes me predictable, but I got to thinking that I eat at a restaurant as if I was never going to eat there again. It's funny considering we go to Chili's and Olive Garden probably about once a month. I've started breaking with my tradition with my last visit to Olive Garden where I had something I'd never had before since it was new...and it was good.
In the past I've argued that I always have my favorite thing because I don't want to try something and not like it (and thus have nothing to eat)...but as I get older I'm able to enjoy some different things and I take some chances with what I order and usually it comes out ok.
I'm never gonna like lettuce and tomato on sandwiches though.
We've eaten here twice, and the food is DAMN GOOD. Yes, I've had the same thing both times, the All-American with no lettuce or tomato...which makes it a turkey sandwich with a little bit of ranch dressing and cranberries. It's superb! The bread at this place is amazing...man, I want to go there again today and we just had it for dinner last night. They have some other things on the menu I might eat but I just love this sandwich so much it was no contest.
At restaurants, I usually get my favorite thing every time I go there. Some people think it makes me predictable, but I got to thinking that I eat at a restaurant as if I was never going to eat there again. It's funny considering we go to Chili's and Olive Garden probably about once a month. I've started breaking with my tradition with my last visit to Olive Garden where I had something I'd never had before since it was new...and it was good.
In the past I've argued that I always have my favorite thing because I don't want to try something and not like it (and thus have nothing to eat)...but as I get older I'm able to enjoy some different things and I take some chances with what I order and usually it comes out ok.
I'm never gonna like lettuce and tomato on sandwiches though.
Saturday, June 05, 2004
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Conversation I had with Court last night, after watching 'Almost Famous'...
"If Kate Hudson had been hit by a truck after wrapping on this movie, she would have had a great movie career. Instead, she lives on to put out the kind of tripe like that movie of hers that's currently out. She'll be the next Meg Ryan for twenty years, as if we needed another one."
I know, I know, she just had a kid. But still.
"If Kate Hudson had been hit by a truck after wrapping on this movie, she would have had a great movie career. Instead, she lives on to put out the kind of tripe like that movie of hers that's currently out. She'll be the next Meg Ryan for twenty years, as if we needed another one."
I know, I know, she just had a kid. But still.
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