Month: July 2004

So Amy has this bad diaper and Cathy declares “whew! What’s that smell?!” Amy replies, “Molly [the dog] did it!”

So I get over to the inlaws and get the motion detecting light wiring finished rather rapidly. Spend some quality time with the father-in-law and on the way home hysterics erupt. Apparently he has called the mother-in-law urging her to get home–no other information. Her car breaks down and I quickly drop Noah and the trailer at the house to rush back to the inlaws house to find that the father-in-law has locked himself out. I drive him to the mother-in-law’s office to get the house key. She has already arranged to have the car repaired. I return father-in-law to his house. I call one recruiter for the status of one job – “they went the .Net direction,”

I am finally home light headed from hunger.

Monday.

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Student: What have I done?

Master: As little as possible and as much as feasible in the time allotted.

A New Day!

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This Morning

I ignored the dog all night despite multiple opportunities to walk her. I think she had one large pee episode but I found no poop. Either she is eatting more thoroughly or I missed it or by some miracle she went the whole night without making a mess. I took her outside and read a chapter in a Scott Card book and she laid by my feet. The minute we got in she pee’d twice and pooped twice. I am so glad we don’t have carpet. I would be absolute neurotic (painted a target on myself there now didn’t I?!).

The animals woke me at 3, 4 and 6 then the alarm woke me at 6:55. The cat had become trapped in the shower stall (yes, the one we have had in our bedroom for 2.5 years). I could not convince myself to get up.

I need stretching. My right shoulder blade is killing me. I need exercise.

Latest expense: Tommy broke a weld on his bed probably by repeatedly dropping his 200+ pounds (90.7 kg) on it.

I want sales but I don’t know how to close them. I want more work but I don’t know when I’ll have time to do it. I want a job but I can’t seem to get one.

A 45 year old man jumped off one of our bridges to his death this weekend because he could not find a job.

I achieved largely yesterday! I killed off a project that has had a red bucket c-clamped to our bookshelves for almost a year! I should be terribly satisfied (and I am). Yet I am not calm. Now I am driven to tackle another project but I cannot pick one. Soon we will go get Sarah and take her to Girl Scout Camp (Part II).

Choices: leaky faucets in upstair bath (never ignore water!!), heating elements in hot water heater, office cleaning, spray 6 week bug away application in yard, trash out of house, buy stamps, buy bug spray (for Sarah), hit an ATM (consider using our own account), program, clean, clean, clean (office, upstairs, desk – respectively), in-laws security light, bath, job applications, client management, contact management, financial management, meditation, self-improvement, exercise – more..

What a cool thought! Of course paper money will die soon but in the meantime what if ATMs were really on demand money. Instead of storing money inside it just printed new bills when needed and the bank would be responsible for destroying the equivalent number of bills. I know I know. Formula for disaster but still a cool thought similar to the BookMachine (thanks Kurzweil!).

Student: I cannot focus!

Teacher: You think too much.

Here is another GMail linke Securing Gmail. It has some interesting links like getting notices when you have a new email message.

I will never look at my underwear the same. “Turn your tightie whities into a bra”

So I actually did what I wanted today. Now, granted, I did not complete as much as I had hoped but I made a major milestone on a long standing project. Today I got our ice maker working! The initial installation of the plumbing required coming off the main water supply roughly 15 feet. I used a ball value to terminal the feed close to the main supply Then another to isolate the feed to the water maker and yet another to isolate what will become the feed for the washing machines new home. Perhaps we can attribute it to my fascination with submarines but I like ball values! So, the initial attempt at this plumbing ended in a single leak. To fix it required cutting through the pipes and doing some patching. This created a greater possibility for more leaks as well as it didn’t look as pretty. Below are the initial, in progress and final pictures:



I am a strong believer that the right tools make a job go well.



Now for the fun! Have you ever considered sticking a propane torch into your ceiling?



Note the burn marks on the ceiling:



We had no leaks! (At least not yet) and we have made our first ice cubes! This picture shows the freezer connected to the water supply.



I shall finish the game! Of course there is drywall and painting left to do before I can completely write the project off but this completion was a major milestone!

My wife is participating in Project Blog to raise money for The Autism Society. Run over to her blog and help!

Almost just blinded myself in my left eye. So like if you are sweating pipes and standing under the pipe.. make sure you are wearing safety goggles.

I’m 1 or 2 tools short of finishing the work on the ice maker. Now, either this will a) go well, b) I will burn the house, or c) I will have to basically start over again. As we know, sometimes starting over is better than applying patches.

Student: What is a house without children?

Teacher: Quiet.