… to NOT have a basement! There have been way too many stories about basements flooding, and I know if I had one it would be fully finished and probably have my home theatre, music gear, and computers in it.
One think I learned from listening to the radio during all this are the various types of sump pump backup systems that you can have installed. If I do end up with a home with a basement in the future, I think I’ll put in as many backup systems as I can!
Time to venture away from the politics for a moment and talk about something completely different – fireplaces. Our house came equipped with a wood burning fireplace, and I absolutely love it. What’s better than a roaring fire tempering a cold morning, or a soft romantic glow in the evening? I often sit entranced just…
I’ve been itching to get out and try the new GPS at geocaching, so I found an easy cache within a mile of work and ran out on my lunch break. One of the cool things about geocaching is that you learn interesting facts about the areas you cache in, and caches are frequently placed…
Been swamped at work this week, so I haven’t even had a chance to give an update on the new car. I picked it up Tuesday night. In a final fit of protest by the Eclipse, as I pulled the plug from the radar detector out of the power outlet it completely fell apart into…
At least that’s what South Park proved tonight, with a little help from the Hardly Boys. See… since one in four Americans believe that there’s a government conspiracy about the 9/11 attacks, it means one in for Americans (at least) are retarded. And since the government derives it’s power from the fear of the people,…
Once again, the government’s attempts to fix “problems” they are incapable of fixing will screw us, the consumer. The latest energy bill has a provision to ban incandescent light bulbs. From the Chicago Tribune… “In this bill, we ban by 2012 the famously inefficient 100-watt incandescent bulb,” said Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice), who co-sponsored that…