craft room closet// before & after

A couple weekends ago, I decided to do a massive clean-out of my closets ... all organized and pretty got me inspired to finish a few projects up, including the scrapbook I'd started last year for my dad, and throw pillows for the basement. I'll post on those projects [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:35:00

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Soul's new bag

Introducing Soul and his first 100% made by himself project. He designed it... he sewed it. he ironed it. It is for his lunch ... was in the basement chuckling to Chris: "Betcha didn't think there would be two sewers in the house ... , tossed his hair and went to finish his bag. I love this and I have a feeling the house is going [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:43:00

Roughing It

Yes ladies, since 1 pm yesterday afternoon I have been roughing it.It was hard.It built character.I survived ... I lost access to everything?I didn't finish reading my book.I didn't clean the house.I didn't put away ... to know what I did?I snuck into the basement and played on the Wii. Oh yes, I did. I worked on target practice [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:46:00

Undecorating: Tips for Untrimming the Tree & Safe Storage

by Gina Smithson After the energetic rush of the holidays has finished, it dawns that someone’s got to clear up all this mess! The way to finish quickly and remove the situation from your mind is to plan an organized clean ... to lugging the box into the attic or basement. Try separating the items into 3 smaller boxes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:40:40

Scanz - Murder the Industry (Week 4)

For finish up the first month of Scanz’ Murder the Industry series with 2DBz, Q-Tip’s Move gets the 187. The Basement Chronicle (featuring Krs-One, Mr. Lif, Reef the Lost Cauze, Chaundon [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 20:37:20

Project 365 - January 11 - 17th

Once again I’m going to share random photos I took during the week. I find I don’t get a photograph everyday but it’s fun to look back at our week ... a poster with information about him. He didn’t get to finish out his week because we had 2 snow days ... comforters and a quilt my mom made to build a huge fort in our basement. Colin and Evan spent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 10:06:39

Tuesday Megalinks: Man, This is Huge

So, so many links this week, and we’re kicking it off with a special TONY mention: Time Out New York put out their annual Kitchen Report edition, featuring Chefs’ Secrets … Spilled (a.k.a. New York Chefs Tell it Like it is), Kitchen Quintessential (a.k.a. What it Looks Like Behind the Counter), and How it Works (a.k.a. From Start to Finish [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 18:13:00

Trailer Park: End of Year Holiday Cornucopia

By Christopher Stipp The Archives, Right Here I’m awesome. I wrote a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right HERE for free. Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Delightful Hanukkah to you all…I’ve got tons to talk about today… I think years of doing my favorite trailers has become a little same [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 07:46:48

HALP; Or, The Universe Does Not Want Me to Finish This Book

Remember last week when I said our new sink was leaking? And I was upset because I thought it was a big deal? And I was all stressed out? ... has been spilling into the basement. But wait! There's more! Water's been gushing down the interior ... previous I'd assumed a cat had peed on the counter and that dogs had whizzed in the basement [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 01:17:30

When It Goes Bad You Dump It

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “It has a been several years, and several real estate transactions, since Kianoush Etemadi, 57, ... an addition on that house, for which Azar took out a $200,000 loan; during construction, the three ... When I remind her that somebody is sleeping in the other room or in the basement, she gets upset,’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 21:17:37

Stan Webb

The legendary (well round here he is) Chicken Shack bluesman was once playing a gig (can't remember exactly where, I wasn't there but read about it) and at the end said (I paraphrase)"look, the dressing rooms here are miles away in the basement......you know and I know that this encore thing is a farce so we'll just carry on and play a couple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:13:31

the real reason

The first thing I did when I walked into the Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center in Hopkinton last Friday was look for the reception desk, someone official-looking who could direct me to the offices of co-directors Mary McQueeny and Sharon Lisnow. The wide open living room pulsed with bass lines while staccato drum tracks ricocheted off the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 01:18:46

Too Funny To Be True!

Too Funny To Be True! Have you ever wondered WHY home inspections are so important? Ever questioned the real necessity of them? I have! ... some minor details that needed fixing on the outside. Inside, there had been some remodeling ... to check. Now, with the cosmetic appearance of this house, one might be tempted to say, “Oh [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:16:56

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Morning Mix: Oprah Stiffs Obama Inaugural; J.Lo Says Divorce is Not an Option Mr. Craig's neighborhood: Daniel Craig promotes his new movie, 'Defiance,' today in Munich. (Getty Images)Headlines:Diddy donates $50,000 to inaugural committee while Oprah keeps her cash to herself... Celebs you can expect to see in D.C. next week.. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:04:35

Year in Review: Day 4

Janelle finished out our little series by making us laugh... At Home with Humor Our home was always full of laughter ... to laugh about that one. I laugh when I think about my dad attempting repair jobs around the house ... on the hamster cage open, and four baby hamsters spent several weeks roaming the basement. Laughter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:59:06

The 25 Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2008

 25. Prafit-”Nice Weather” The nice weather is long gone–the ostensibly immutable Los Angeles sun blotted by kidney colored clouds and cold rain. So Prafit’s ode to the sizzle of July feels like an antique postcard documenting endless light, chicken breasts smothered in BBQ sauce, and basement parties. Disco Vietnam’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 09:26:03

2009 Detroit Auto Show: Quality is job 1. Or maybe number 6.

Years ago, Ford launched an ad campaign based around the slogan “Quality is job 1 ... have been relegated to the lobby at Cobo Center, or, if they got lucky, the basement. Some of them looked like they were actually made in somebody’s basement. (See? It’s like shooting fish in a barrel.) Misaligned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:25:40

Zillow Employees New Year’s Resolutions for Their Homes

Zillow employees may spend their days thinking about homes—-home values, home for sale,  Zestimates, mortgages ... a sauna and gym in my basement.” Randy, Director, Test “We replaced the wiring in our house over a year ... right now I usually just go there to sleep.” Lakshmi, Test Lead “I’d like to buy a house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 23:04:35

Forget the iSlider Keyboard, Howsabout the iPhone iClamshell?!

iSlider form factor. We. Didn’t. Want. It. Now they’re back with a compromise: a modular iPhone that could accept, among other things, a snap-on keyboard iClamshell. Eh. Still doesn’t strike us as something elegant enough for Apple to consider releasing, though as a 3rd party accessory (if they can get both SDK and dock licensing in order) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 05:01:48

6 Must-Have Characteristics to Look for When Buying a Home

J.D. is on vacation. This is a guest post from G.E. Miller, author of the 20somethingfinance.com blog for young professionals. With home prices down, foreclosures up, there’s an influx of great homes on the market with less ... for those willing to do some homework, and who meet the prerequisites of home ownership. Although it may [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 13:00:30

Sign up now for CSA vegetables

Some of us are complaining about holiday debt. Much of the North American population is bellyaching about the frigid temperatures. But for some of us, the worst part of this time of year is opening the fridge and finding that we have to actually go to the store to purchase vegetables.Sure, we miss the food we grew in our garden [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:39:18

Walking down a memory lane

I went to Aaron’s memorial this afternoon at UBC. The memorial was held by his research lab and over 100 people turned out to celebrate his life ... Garden by climbing over the fence, throwing wet toilet paper at friend’s windows, etc etc. Since there’s a pub in the basement of Koerners, my friends and I used to walk from Mack to Koerners a lot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:39:30

As my contractor puts the somewhat-finishing touches on my hardwood floors downstairs ( ... it up when I want to reno my upstairs with REAL wood and use it in my basement where it will be waterproof ... there at the Depot and thought, "well, maybe I can install this and reuse it in my basement someday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 05:55:30

Age is just a state of mind

(Photo by Marianne Lecarrour) “At the age of 20, we don’t care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we discover that it wasn’t thinking of us at all.” ~Anonymous Well, here I am. It is cool, crisp Friday morning in November and I am 40 years old. I’m not sure the reality of that has sunk in [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 07:27:48

An Answer to Prayer

In April of 2002 I was bored. Not just a little bored either, but mind-numbingly, depressingly, discouragingly bored. Having recently been laid off from a job I had held for several years, I was now working at a new job where I was system administrator at a small company in downtown Oakville [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:42:00

Launching SplendorQuest.com: Love among The Unfallen at every wavelength of heaven’s light

This is the official launch of SplendorQuest.com, the official first post. I’m cross-posting it at BloodhoundBlog, as well. Fair warning: This post is comprised of an extract from my novel, The Unfallen. After the “more” tag, you will be exposed to romantic fiction involving sexually playful adults engaged in actual life-like grown-up encounters [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 06:03:13

Letters from Gaza

By Kenneth Ring   [Author’s note:  This article is based on a letter sent to a friend who had written me toward the end of the first week in January to wish me a happy new year as well as to express her concern for the friends she knew I was worried about in Gaza following the Israeli invasion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:42:58

Letters from Gaza

By Kenneth Ring [Author's note: This article is based on a letter sent to a friend who had written me toward the end of the first week in January to wish me a happy new year as well as to express her concern for the friends she knew I was worried about in Gaza following the Israeli invasion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:01:10

Official Episode Summary & Review: 7×04 - 11:00AM-12:00PM

Yo yo! Happy Holy Day to all!!! — Summary President Taylor instructs Moss to make finding Almeida and Bauer their top (and only) priority. She and Kanin discuss Dubaku’s demands, and the fact that she is between a rock and a hard place: either show weakness by giving in to terrorist demands and withdrawing the troops, but save American lives, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:02:59

Three Boxes, One Show

If you kept up with our coverage of the L.A. auto show or were there yourself, you no doubt noticed a couple new boxy cars — the 2009 Nissan Cube and 2010 Kia Soul — vying for the sort of Gen-Y attention Scion achieves. Both employ left-field styling, near-infinite customization options, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:42:15

World's Hottest Female Triplets Ever

Threesome's are nice and all, but the achievement of a "fourgy" is a whole other story. The best approach when trying to achieve a fourgy is to move to a town where hot female triplets live. When you arrive in that town, all you have to do is rob a bank, buy a dope house with a shark tank and a three sports cars [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:50:03

Adding living space to your home

Many of us would like to have more living space. You may have thought of selling your home and purchasing a larger one but in today's housing market ... and decorative lighting installed to finish it off. Having a bathroom in your basement can make ... -used areas of a home, the attic and basement spaces. Many people have found that their attics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:34:01

damage to the truck. On my way home, I swung by the body shop to get the truck scheduled for it’s *gulp* $700+ repair and a rough estimate of length of time for repair (”at least four days” is what I was told). As I’m heading home, I call Goodyear to see if they can take me and my flat tire. Yes. I said flat tire [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 21:51:34

Hazardous Freight

I have been ordering hazardous chemicals via catalog lately. Really! This is the tagline: “This item is hazardous and is non-returnable ... and tellurium solution. And ferric nitrate crystals. No, I’m not building a bomb in my basement. I don’t have a basement. And I’m not trying to poison my great aunt. I no longer have any great aunts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 07:22:38

Tuesday Tidbits

Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement yesterday. I wish that I could say that I've overcome my SAHMS, but alas, I have not. I still feel out of sorts, but I did get my kitchen cleaned up, and all of the laundry folded and put away, so I'm making progress [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:43:00

Put Third Root in Your 2009 Giving Plan!

From our community Health Center:Third Root Community Health Center has been built from small donations and loans from our communities. Although our services are now meeting our costs and paying us a (small) wage, we still have more programs to build, outreach to do, renovations to finish in the basement, and a few other details [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:01:00

Basement Photos

So the basement is just about done!!! We worked all last week finishing the painting and Scott came on Saturday while we were away to do the finishing touches on everything and now we just need to finish sealing the grout and work on the steps!!The tile and color turned out so nice, i can't wait to see how it looks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:29:00

A Mongo Home Companion

I wanted to share or…ram down your throat the latest home project at the House of Mongo as a Diary Companion to the series The House That Mongo ... we began. Brown shag carpet, 80's style. I didn't have a picture of the bar area but here is the tile ... noticed that I think the carpet is ruined. I’ve tried to scrub the carpet and soak [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:50:17

Letter to the Builder Omaxe-RPS!

Dear Residents, The present RWA has been actively taking up verbally, thru written communication and meetings the long pending/ essential work which affects the residents of Green Valley and which Omaxe-RPS hasn’t completed since July-August of last year(2007) The latest in the series of written communication is reproduced below [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:00:29

John Duddy speaks out.

In better times, Tony McLoughlin John Duddy, Eddie McLoughlin.Picture/Neil McDaidBy Thomas HauserThe Truth about John Duddy Sun 18-Janfighter sacrifices. He tortures his body; he hardens his mind. And all the while, he’s surrounded by people, some of whom give him their heart and soul while others view him as prey [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 07:44:00

The one that’s a writer

The one that’s a writer December 29th, 2008 Every now and again I’ll find myself being reminded that not everyone else is as jaded as I am about the media. A lot of people are really impressed by that sort of thing. That’s probably why there is such a thing as XXL in the first place. Who’d a thunk it? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:09:39

Book Notes - Gail Konop Baker ("Cancer Is a Bitch")

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. Gail Konop Baker's memoir, Cancer Is a Bitch (Or, I’d Rather Be having a Midlife Crisis), follows her personal breast cancer battle with unusual honesty and humor [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:33:57

The Best Phrase That I Would Like To See Make The Jump Into Pop Culture Because Of Me.

Remember "Limecat?" I sure do, but I don't know how I know about Limecat, and how I heard about Limecat. I just did. And I first heard about Limecat a long time ago in the olden days (2002) when people didn't hear about things as quickly as they do now, when texting and Digg and even the Internet were not as big a deal as they are now [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:36:52

Energy Technology News Roundup; New US nuclear reactor on track for 2012, ORNL zero energy house

1. The process for getting Unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear plant up and running by 2012 is on track ... to finish the project. Construction, including work on the high- and low-pressure turbines, already ... the temperature of air or water, such as a dryer and dishwasher. House 5 has a well-insulated basement [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 21:54:16

How to Pick a Remodeling Contractor

Picking an honest remodeling contractor can be the difference between success and failure ... that fits your needs. Continue….. If you have been wanting to remodel your basement, this question might have crossed your mind: How much does it cost to finish a basement? And your funds are limited [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:45:07

Girl Talk Interview

Over here at Evolving Music we love musicians who are willing to shun convention and adopt bold new paradigms when it comes to music creation, production, or distribution. Or those who simply take risks with their music. Greg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) is one such musician [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:18:45

hello, 2009

happy new year. i know—i’m just a little late to the party. i have no idea what happened to yesterday—good thing i didn’t make any vows to blog every day this year (though i enjoy immensely that other people manage it with such panache). heh. maybe next year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:58:05

Top 100 interview: Vampire Weekend (No. 5)

Vampire Weekend started out having a pretty good year. And then it just kept getting better ... like Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa and Oxford Comma became breakout hits, and the group spent the year ... this Hot Chip/Peter Gabriel cover of Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa. What do you think of it? Yeah, well [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 18:15:48

Tripp coming home today to finish his recovery

Just a quick note to say how grateful I am for all the prayers, encouragement, and practical help that is being showered on our family ... on. But God had other plans. I've learned so much in the past five days as He has shown me how much God [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 15:37:20

Has a part-ay, do ya?

Have you ever experienced deja-vu? Silly question, of course you have.Have you ever experienced deja-vu? Silly question, of course you have.( ... , but my husband's...the maker of all things in this house. For today only, I will hereby dub him the Old Man.It was a busy day, for him and me. Work, kids, cleaning, fixing things, you name it. While [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:21:00

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