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Scattered, but for the right reasons.
So when I sat down to write this, I wasn’t sure what I would be writing about. A lot has happened in the last week and a half, and it has not been easy to come to grips with all of it. I’ve been working on the deck, and the new laser cutter/cnc platform. I’ve…
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More, of the Perils of DIY
So, as we last left off, I was having some professionals come over and finish the holes for the deck’s footings. Watching them work, and seeing them use the same auger (the third if you had been keeping count) that Erin and I did, made me feel that I made the right choice. They struggled,…
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Nine months in, my electric car experience with the Nissan Leaf
Back in late 2012, my friend James, Kim, and their family, was visiting my family. It started out all normal and innocent. Talking about things, our kids playing together, talking about homebrewing beer. Then he said some fateful words that I do not remember but continue with me anyway to this very day. He said…
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Making your own positives in the face of negatives.
Things have been rather up and down for me lately. Overall, on the up side luckily, but still too much up and down for what I like. Ups: I have a writing project that is nearing completetion that I will talk about soon. At work, I am on a new client project that is challenging…