Especially if you’ve got the chromosone that says “will automatically have the HARDEST FRICKIN TIME when it comes to electrical systems”. I’m talking everything from Kaypro to Compaq to Apple, and every operating system from MS-Dos 1.0 through Windows NT, from Apple’s first release through the first Mac up to Leopard 10.5, all the way [...]
Categories: money in money out
Tagged: snarkistic, technology
Boy, that phrase has taken on a new meaning around here.
When we bought this house, we didn’t know until we were driving through West-by-god-Virginia that we were purchasing a house in the 100-yr flood zone. (Gee, thanks for the warning, assholes.) Given the type of loan, flood insurance would be mandatory — there goes about [...]
Categories: bureaucratis hell, exteriors
Tagged: garden, landscape, structural design
1. Payroll calling me about filing insurance paperwork by EOD today. See #2.
2. The cable modem died last night in the wee hours.
3. Payroll calling to tell me to fax it, then. No landline. See also #2.
4. Two conference calls, and two deadlines tomorrow.
5. Coworker asking if I’ll email the doc. See also #2.
6. Seventeen [...]
Categories: this daily life
Tagged: snarkistic
First, I think it must be the tape measure. Really. I measured the distance from fridge shelf to ceiling at least three times, and was reasonably satisfied that two 30″ high cabinets would come no closer than 4″ to the ceiling, enough room for a strip of drywall, the moulding, blah blah blah.
Err, NO.
Stupid 30″, [...]
Categories: money in money out, sledgehammer renovation
The odd comments here and there about kitchens made me stop and think of what we’ve done so far — as I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I am, finally, beginning to think it just might not be a giant robot. Yay.
Well, for starters, we replaced every appliance but [...]
Categories: money in money out, sledgehammer renovation
Tagged: budget, future plans, kitchen, organization
Wednesday afternoon at the site, and my supervisor comes around the corner and without preamble says, “you need to leave! As soon as you can!” It took a few seconds to go from what I’d been discussing to the realization that he wasn’t asking for my passcard and laptop so I wasn’t being — ugh [...]
Categories: this daily life
My grandmother used to call it “getting or-gin-ized,” where /gin/ is the same as the alcoholic beverage.
Right on the tails of the Amazing Wardrobe Reconstruction, I seem to be feeling this sudden flare-up of Virgoan Organization Syndrome, which is quite peculiar. It only happens about every two or three years, and it’s quite terrifying; there [...]
Categories: money in money out, things and more things, this daily life
Tagged: office, organization, storage