Good riddance

One of the worst criminals in the Senate cartel is dead and gone.

How anyone can eulogize a vile statist like Kennedy is beyond me. Particularly those who were his supposed "opponents."

He was a pro-death, pro-theft, pro-state leech.

Yes, it's sad that he died in his depravity - but to eulogize him? Might as well lay roses on Mussolini's grave.

-DG

The Floor God [or Coincidence, Luc?] Gave Me

Our kitchen has been wretched for a long time. The vinyl flooring was cracking and pulling away from the walls, it was sticky and hard-to-clean, nail heads were pocking through, etc.

So finally, I got a little extra work and a little extra cash and went "NOW! Now is the time I fix that floor and give my wife a nice place to do her culinary magic!"

And we went out and looked at real wood flooring. (Yes, I'm a snob about REAL WOOD!) What I really wanted were pine heartwood planks. I love the look of pine and its rustic feel.

But we didn't find any that looked right. And we quibbled back and forth over what looked nice and what didn't... and couldn't agree on anything affordable. So... I decided to take a different route.

Throwing my desire for real wood aside, I thought "Why not put down plywood and faux paint it? I could do a killer checkerboard pattern and then gloss urethane the heck out of it! It would rock! It would be green and white and JUST like living in Publix! Perfect!

But then I started tearing up the floor. 2 layers of vinyl flooring, followed by a dry-rotted 3/8" plywood layer, followed by some weird plastic tiles, followed by what I now suspect were asbestos tiles. With asphalt backing that stuck to the subfloor like babes used to stick to my brother. Before he got married, of course. (Now he and his babe have made a babe and all is well.)

Under all that... look at what we found!



Yup, pine plank flooring. I had been praying for the last year for a chance to put in wood floors for Rachel... and it turns out I'd been walking on them the whole time.

Now... it took me a couple of days to take the asphalt/tar off a lot of it. And it will take me today to sand it. But then... it's time to stain and varnish. And this thing is going to look amazing!

Total cost (including buying a new sander): Around $200.

Can't beat that.

God is good.

-DG

War Crime

In case you don't remember, today is the anniversary of the atomic slaughter of Japanese civilians in Hiroshima.

The United States isn't necessarily the benevolent force many of us believe it is. As a matter of fact, it's been downright evil in the past - this being one of the particularly notable cases.

An excellent article is here:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/raico/raico22.html

Rest in peace.

-DG

Rapture vs. Eucharist

You know... I'd take the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation over the doctrine of pre-trib Dispensationalsm any day.

I mean... call me a cannibal... but the Rapture is crazy.

The Happening

I pulled a watermelon out of a dumpster yesterday and brought it home. It appeared intact.

When I put it on the floor of the kitchen, it started hissing faintly. I then noticed that there was a pinhole-sized hole in the side.
Bubbling and fizzing.

It must have been fermenting inside.

After hissing all night and half the day today, at approximately 11:30 AM this morning, it popped open, spitting seeds into the air with an audible "snap!"

What an exciting and entertaining thing to have happen.

Life is good.

-DG

Stress Relief

Problem: A particularly difficult set of spots that need editing. Random parts scattered across multiple sessions, deadlines missed by voice talent, murderous EQ changes, ulcer-inducing spreadsheets, etc.

Solution: Shut off ProTools, sip cheap tequila right from the bottle and watch an endless set of They Might Be Giants music videos on Google video.

I admit, it wasn't REALLY a solution, but I did feel better. And I just went back to ProTools and wrapped up a bunch of the work this evening.

Montezuma, I love thee.

-DG

The DMV

I'm in the midst of trying to renew my driver's license. A more idiotic, wasteful and painful system has never been devised... except for maybe the tax code.

And people want these .gov bastards to provide our health care?

Geez. I'd rather commit hara-kiri. Probably have a better chance of survival.