Archive for May, 2009

(Some) work actually continues

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

3566347695_54e402a2b1_m.jpgWe went down to see Centennial over the long weekend. It took a while, but we were able to remove all of the lines (not ropes, there are no ropes on a proper boat) from the mast and the hull.

They were dirty and stiff from being set up and unused for, oh, four years, in a New Hampshire driveway… Continue reading

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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

LeBron James makes playing professional basketball look like fun. I haven’t seen that in like, forever.

Addenda: “Chuck just pulled your hamstring”… Continue reading

Yeah, Obama’s equivocation bothers me

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

It appears that he’s worried about ‘distractions’, and would like it if all the people like me who assumed that all the secret stuff that Bush & Co. did would eventually see the light of day would, like, chill.

Um, fuck that. Seriously, fuck that.

The following appears in all-caps for emphasis:

THE TRUTH IS NEVER A DISTRACTION. IT IS WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING… Continue reading

I bring you fire

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

3507612696_3df2a28a32_m.jpgI fueled up the Primus No.523 and gave it a go. And it worked great with no fancy repair work. The pressure pump could probably use an overhaul, but it did the business. I’m quite pleased.

I wasn’t organized enough to do a BTU test last night, but I’ll get to it. It seemed to be putting out… Continue reading

Primus No.523

Monday, May 4th, 2009

3501244357_415f019c0b_m.jpg This beauty arrived from Australia today. I think it might be pre-war, but there isn’t much info to go on. I got it on eBay from Australia (at a pretty reasonable price, too)… Continue reading

Swine Flu? H1N1?

Friday, May 1st, 2009

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Let’s just call it Bacon Flu and be done with it.

Everyone loves bacon, right?… Continue reading