Apparently yesterday the Comcast truck was visiting our new neighbors. I guess they got their cable box switched to our common wall, because when they are watching tv you hear the bass through the walls like it was in our living room. Terrific! I guess we might have to start thinking about moving sooner rather than later... this really sucks!
On a lighter note, bocce was awesome! We made it up there for happy hour, the beer was not really on special, unless you call $3.50 coors light a "special." The other tap beers were $5.50. A little rich for my blood. The pizzas were on special, in fact you could get a pizza for a dollar more than a coors light. I wonder if I could byob?
Bocce was a ton of fun, my team won the first game 12-1, Crushed them! We won the second 12-10, closer but we still beat them! The funny thing was, I was the only one who had ever played bocce before. Everyone really had fun and can't wait for the next match!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
smoke 1
Well, my first attempt at reducing the smell of smoke was to cram a bunch of insulation into the rafters along the common wall. I thought it was working for a few days, but I smelled it again! So, more insulation, still smell it. In fact, I am getting a little bit of a headache from the smoke smell down here.
The second phase of this endeavour was to cut a hole in the drywall to see if the builders didn't crack seal at the base of the beam. It looked like they did seal it with that spray foam stuff, but now there is a 2'x2' hole in our wall. I am by no means a dry wall guy. It turned out awful! At least it is in the laundry room-closet. I used a 2 year old tub of spackle, and a 1 inch putty knife. I think it would have gone a lot better if only I had some better dry wall tools! OK, maybe not, probably operator error...
I need to go to bed, I have to get up early to run... and we have a big bocce ball tournament after work at the Mohawk House.
The second phase of this endeavour was to cut a hole in the drywall to see if the builders didn't crack seal at the base of the beam. It looked like they did seal it with that spray foam stuff, but now there is a 2'x2' hole in our wall. I am by no means a dry wall guy. It turned out awful! At least it is in the laundry room-closet. I used a 2 year old tub of spackle, and a 1 inch putty knife. I think it would have gone a lot better if only I had some better dry wall tools! OK, maybe not, probably operator error...
I need to go to bed, I have to get up early to run... and we have a big bocce ball tournament after work at the Mohawk House.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
done...
...no more bike racing for a couple of years. At least until I finish my masters, shorten my commute and have some time to train. Maybe I'll take up golf, or fishing, or hiking, or drinking, or running, or hunting...
our new neighbors in the townhouse right next door smoke, a lot. So much that the smoke is seeping through the common wall somewhere downstairs. So, when you walk in, you are greeted by the smell of smoke... splendid.
our new neighbors in the townhouse right next door smoke, a lot. So much that the smoke is seeping through the common wall somewhere downstairs. So, when you walk in, you are greeted by the smell of smoke... splendid.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
payback's a ...
Anyone remember this post a few years ago?
Well, the guy that took George out that day, Steffan Schumacher, won yesterday's tour de france TT, by a lot, enough to take the yellow jersey. So today, he gets taken out meters from the finish by one of Hincapie's teammates, Kim Kirchen. Kim Kirchen takes the yellow jersey and poor Schumacher loses the yellow jersey. HA!
This picture from pez cycling news says it all!
Payback's a bitch!
Well, the guy that took George out that day, Steffan Schumacher, won yesterday's tour de france TT, by a lot, enough to take the yellow jersey. So today, he gets taken out meters from the finish by one of Hincapie's teammates, Kim Kirchen. Kim Kirchen takes the yellow jersey and poor Schumacher loses the yellow jersey. HA!
This picture from pez cycling news says it all!
Payback's a bitch!
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
droopy listened to bootlegs...
...david listens to podcasts.
Updated the blog with a list of a few of the podcasts I listen to regularly on my monster commute.
Finished up Summer session last week. I took the intro to GIS class, it is a required course and they would not give me credit for my experience. I'd have to take another elective... so I took it. I ended up learning a few tricks. It was kind of good to see how things are "supposed to be done," as most of my GIS experinece has been self taught. I even tutored someone! I must have some mad tutoring skills because she got an A in the class!
I've played golf twice since the last update. Once with Derek and the boys, that was a blast! The golf went downhill once the beers started flowing...
I also played a scramble with Fran, Scott and Pete. Pete and Scott were both wearing black shirts, so, it was the good guys vs. the bad guys. Fran and I won the front 9 by 3 or 4 holes. We started the back nine by losing three in a row! We fought back to one down with one to go and we won the hole! That was a lot of fun! I can't wait for the rematch!
I'm suppose to be racing Fair Hill this weekend and I still have not fixed my bike from the last race, DOH! Also, have not been feeling like getting up at 5 am to ride, oh well, we'll see how it goes...
Updated the blog with a list of a few of the podcasts I listen to regularly on my monster commute.
Finished up Summer session last week. I took the intro to GIS class, it is a required course and they would not give me credit for my experience. I'd have to take another elective... so I took it. I ended up learning a few tricks. It was kind of good to see how things are "supposed to be done," as most of my GIS experinece has been self taught. I even tutored someone! I must have some mad tutoring skills because she got an A in the class!
I've played golf twice since the last update. Once with Derek and the boys, that was a blast! The golf went downhill once the beers started flowing...
I also played a scramble with Fran, Scott and Pete. Pete and Scott were both wearing black shirts, so, it was the good guys vs. the bad guys. Fran and I won the front 9 by 3 or 4 holes. We started the back nine by losing three in a row! We fought back to one down with one to go and we won the hole! That was a lot of fun! I can't wait for the rematch!
I'm suppose to be racing Fair Hill this weekend and I still have not fixed my bike from the last race, DOH! Also, have not been feeling like getting up at 5 am to ride, oh well, we'll see how it goes...
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