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Assembly Required
on May 31, 2008 in gear this small old house flora and fauna food I.We have a neighbor – single mom to a four-year-old. She works full time, owns her house where she lives with her sister and the kid. She can install molding. She knows how to demo sheet rock and clean it up proper. Ceiling fan? She could do...
Benchmarking: a Study in What Passes for Discomfort Among the Affluent
on Jun 4, 2008 in economics this small old house exploration I’d never really encountered the word benchmarking until I came to my current job in the financial services industry. I’ve since warmed to it. Because it’s what I do all the time as I wonder just how other people are making it. Don’t get me...
Do Not Read This Post
on Jun 8, 2008 in this small old house flora and fauna Because there's a giant spider in it.•...
Taking Out the Garbage
on Jun 26, 2008 in box of soap this small old house Our household waste goes into a bunch of piles.CompostGlass, plastic, metalCardboard, paperBack to the diaper serviceTraditional garbage -- paper towels/tissues, packaging, non-compost food wasteThe corpses of those who would call us self-righteous a...
Encounters with the Wildlife
on Jul 8, 2008 in this small old house flora and fauna I.There's a screen in the upstairs bathroom window, but there are these gnats that have evolved to be small enough to fit through its apertures because they derive some unexplained biological benefit from flitting around on the ceiling, just above th...