You know when you’ve spent forty minutes composing an email and you’ve really done a thorough job of thinking through all your points, presenting them in a concise, clear manner, grammar checking and proof-reading and then you hit ‘Delete’ instead of ‘Send’? Additionally, you’re so frustrated by this chain of events that you storm off … Read More “Shortcomings of Technology” »
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Of all the tasks associated with house renovation, wiring certainly is one. Our kitchen contained, until recently, a down-at-the-heels ceiling fan. As our house has central air, a ceiling fan is not a thing that we have any particular use for so it has served as the kitchen light and little more. Apart from the … Read More “Bzzt ow bzzzzzzzt owwwww” »
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Ever since we moved into our house, our boarder (who lives in the basement) has had a squeaky door. We’ve used it as a sort of alarm system to figure out if he is home or not. It was a clear indicator but it was also sort of irritating (not the coming and going of … Read More “Further Adventures in Home Ownership” »