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house update

In other news (tree death day), it’s time to update the house to-do list:

electrical: done
roofing: done
heating: done
arborist: hired and in progress
carpentry: install attic stairs
painting: in progress
decorating: decided to do it myself

tree death day

Not a good day to be a tree in my life.

Last night, around midnight, this happened… it sounded like an explosion out back.

I had just called the dogs in 5 second earlier, they were going nuts, guess they knew the tree was giving way.

Tree guy came out this morning, then pointed at the tree out [...]

house update

Almost six months have past and the list looks almost the same, but strangely enough, much has happened under the covers. New heating ducts and a furnace, rebuilt and insulated attic, deck rebuilt, new roof going on next week, plumbing fixed.

Todo:

electrical: ground/replace parlor outlet, add office outlet, add tv wall outlet (tomorrow)
roofing: new tar [...]

ridewithgps.com

A friend of mine pointed me to this site, great tools for sharing proposed routes or actual tracks from motorcycle, car, and hiking trips.  It’s sort of a social networking site for trip sharing.

Unfortunately, most of the users seem to be from Oregon, so if you’re a Californian, get busy!  I’ve posted my favorites/recent trips.

bike upgrades

after three motorcycle trips, I’ve decided to optimize my experience, with cash!!!

throttle lock (poor man’s cruise control so I can rest my right hand)
sheepskin seat cover (mexico was hard on my ass, this weekend wasn’t so bad…)
tail tidy (make the bike look clean when all the bags aren’t on)
sw-motech bracket and a Givi E52 topcase [...]

4th of Juplaya packing list…

I’m thinking of heading off to the playa on the bike for the weekend with a couple other ranger friends…

I just ordered a butt pad for the seat, throttle locks, and a new rack for a top-case, all things I could have used for the Mexico trip… but they won’t be here in time for [...]

new house in the city

I finally bought the farm, or in this case, the town house.

We are now the proud owners of a 125 year old Victorian near Duboce Park.

This time, I really want to do things right, so if you can personally reccomend an outstanding interior designer, please let me know. I’m looking for an eclectic theme, [...]

Wing – live in San Francisco

A bunch of us went to go see the unbelievably wonderful Wing!!!

my goddaughter, the nihilist

I wish I could say this was original, but my eight year old goddaughter was playing around with magnetic letters at lunch and demonstrated that she is ten times the philosopher I will ever be…

However, she has yet to learn that wise and crafty adults prey upon the talent of the young, so I have [...]

suburban lifestyles

What can you say about chocolate covered manhole covers?