Take a picture once a day, whether you need to or not

[Brogarn]

As far as I'm concerned, if they're showing any signs of advanced intelligence, it's imperative that we eat them now before we become their slaves, food, and/or pets.

[Brogarn]

f5'ing my way to 5 o'clock when I get to go home and play AoC again. (I tried to get myself in the mirror on the top left, but meh. I'm no artist/photographer/competent person so whatever)

[Ookii]

You're missing the other half of the forums!

[Brogarn]

You're missing the other half of the forums!

Is that good or bad?

[Ookii]

Depends if your name is in the "People to fuck with this week" Private Forum.

[climbjtree]

I was completely happy in my ignorance. Now... not so much.

[Brogarn]

My ignorance is a soft fuzzy blanket of warmth and comfort. Please don't take my blanket away.

[NowhereMan]

It's a mod (and friends) conspiracy!!! I keep scrolling down but it does nothing! 

[WayAbvPar]

Wow, Ookii has access to a lot more secret stuff than I do. I feel like Dan Quayle! 

[Teleku]

Jesus Christ, how many secret forums do you need?

[climbjtree]

It seems like it would make it hard to post in the proper forum. They must overlap a lot.

[Lantyssa]

Depends if your name is in the "People to fuck with this week" Private Forum.

Oooh, have I made the list?

That could be good or bad though.  I'm so bi-polar in my posting moods.

[Ookii]

Depends if your name is in the "People to fuck with this week" Private Forum.

Oooh, have I made the list?

That could be good or bad though.  I'm so bi-polar in my posting moods.

[Selby]

Jesus Christ, how many secret forums do you need?

You can never have enough secret forums.  Most of them are probably just "we should do X" "nah" type posts from years gone back...

[Lantyssa]

Ha ha.  You're just fuckin' with me.

[Samwise]

[voodoolily]

Nice shot, Sam. I never caught mine eating (problem with having them run free in the out-of-doors).

[JWIV]

So I've mentioned it a few times, but basically I've spent the last month or so with a buddy of mine converting what had been a spare bedroom into a nursery.   The original plan was to liquid nail some beadboard up on the wall, paint some chair and picture rail and paint the walls.  Shouldn't take more than 2 days or so.

That was before we discovered that glue only wouldn't hold, the failure to actually level a corner of the room, and all the other fun things that can happen.    On the upside, I've got a nailgun now and I know how to use it.   Also, baby furniture is ridiculously expensive.  Thank god for Craigslist.

Pictures courtesy the wife

Before




After

[Paelos]

You did a good job. I like everything but the color, which for some reason reminds me of mint. I hate mint.

[JWIV]

You did a good job. I like everything but the color, which for some reason reminds me of mint. I hate mint.

It's sorta minty.      We wanted to do something bit more playful/childlike for the nursery as opposed to the rest of the house which trends towards darker, more subdued tones.  We just weren't expecting it to go on fluorescent and darken to non glowing.  After the initial shock, we've gotten pretty used to it and it tends to match the various greens you find in baby gear so everything matches fairly well.   

[Lantyssa]

Very pretty.  If I ever get a kid, I'm calling you to decorate.

[photek]

Needs more Hello Kitty imo.

[Oban]

Too much blank space, but a valiant first attempt.

[Sky]

That was before we discovered that glue only wouldn't hold, the failure to actually level a corner of the room, and all the other fun things that can happen. 

Welcome to my world. "Oh, I'll just rip out this panelling and put up some drywall." Luckily, I watched a lot of This Old House when I was a kid, and things are nearing a close. When I finally get it painted up and finished, I plan on posting some photos of the various stages. It started out so hideous, fire engine red faux brick on black (and teh red had been girly pink before that!).

How did Oban get into Signe's house?

[Paelos]

That Hello Kitty room doubles as a portal to Hell.

[rattran]

The house across the street, this morning (60mph winds for a few hours)



Those wires? Their power and phone, and my phone line.

[Oban]

That picture really screams "please buy a mulching lawn mower" to me. 

[voodoolily]

So I've mentioned it a few times, but basically I've spent the last month or so with a buddy of mine converting what had been a spare bedroom into a nursery.   The original plan was to liquid nail some beadboard up on the wall, paint some chair and picture rail and paint the walls.  Shouldn't take more than 2 days or so.

That was before we discovered that glue only wouldn't hold, the failure to actually level a corner of the room, and all the other fun things that can happen.    On the upside, I've got a nailgun now and I know how to use it.   

Wouldn't all that glue offgas and hurt the baby? You dodged a bullet. Nails >> chemicals.

[Merusk]

Wouldn't all that glue offgas and hurt the baby? You dodged a bullet. Nails >> chemicals.

If you're worried about this, don't buy a new house, EVER. 

JW - Yeah glue alone wouldn't work, needs nails or tacks to hold it in place until things set-up.  Unless you feel like holding the panel there yourselves for a few hours   

Sky - We all tried to warn you!  WE WARNED YOU MAN!!  Home renovation is the devil.  You gotten around to doing the Crown Mould yet?

Rattran - They dodged a bullet there.  Man, I can just envision that tree falling into the house rather than along side it.  They should get an arborist to look at the other half that's left.  I imagine it's as rotten at the base or is going to be unable to support itself much longer, so it'd probably be best to just hack it out when they remove the one that fell. 

Hell, I'd have had it removed long ago anyway.  That root system has to be fucking with their basement.

[rattran]

The wind was out of the south, so the tree fell due north. Usually when we get high-wind storms, it's from the west, so it would have fallen on the house.
A roof blew off a house up the road, but I couldn't get any good pics of it, the rain started again.

Instead, computer component porn.

[Sky]

Sky - We all tried to warn you!  WE WARNED YOU MAN!!  Home renovation is the devil.  You gotten around to doing the Crown Mould yet?

Actually, I like the challenge. That said, I've decided I can live a while without trim :) I've got some nice original crown moulding that I saved, nice shape that fits the Mission/Arts & Crafts thing I'm shooting for and a beeee-youtiful old stain that's at least 30 years old. But now I have to match it up with the old walls, the new walls are about a half-inch thicker...so yeah. Interesting stuff.

Also, putting in new electrical boxes, when the old ones are concreted in on the exterior wall, actually they go into the block wall, so I need to extend them because I can't really replace them. And the work I did to bulk out the door jamb the filled in for furring at the end of a wall, but was 1/8" back from the rest of the furring. And no 16" o.c. here! It's 16" and 13" and 15" and 14" and 21". If I ever have to work on new construction it'll be a breeze!

[photek]

Got a new kitteh in the house, six week old male named Odin. He is supercute and funny as hell. He also loves to attack my feet and pull my two older cats tails. They are not to happy with that, but have accepted him. Funny thing is the oldest cat was hissing the first days and seemed a little jealous, but yesterday he brought a dead bird (!) as a trophy, had to give him lots of love, he is back to his normal now.





Together with the new cat, I bought a new toy for my shelf (Yes, very messy shelf at the moment)

[Lantyssa]

That is a super-cute kitten.  Great name, too.

[WayAbvPar]

That looks a hell of lot like my cat when he was wee-




He may just grow into a monster like this-

[Sauced]

He looks just like a baby version of our little imbecile Desmond.  Hopefully he was weened fully so he doesn't wind up an 18lb 7 year old baby.