The Wood Shed

I’ve added many updates to the Old Town 18′ Guide restoration page.
Reached a milestone of sorts on Monday night: both inwales are attached and the bow deck is installed! It’s starting to take shape again.

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After a week of almost non-stop rain, flooding, and general swampiness, a cold front pushed through the south.  Sunday was too nice to burn on tasks like yard work (still too wet anyway) and finally cool enough to go topless!

Trail riding in old school CJ style.  Today’s high (Tuesday) was about 74 degrees but it’s [...]

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I’ve been getting a lot of grief lately for my schedule so I thought I’d post it for public scrutiny.  Here goes:
0001: Sort of sleeping unless there’s a reason not to, real or imagined.
0200: Check the other igloos, see if I can sneak up on one of the brothers and WOOF in their ear (unless [...]

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It’s been so inexcusably long since the last installment I feel I better re-introduce how these posts are structured.  “On the Line” is the working title of the novel I’ve been working on for longer than I care to admit (or obviously not working on).  Those of you who were following the posts may want [...]

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OJT can be hazardous to your health, especially when you’re learning how to plant IED’s.  Note: no children were harmed and no shots were fired.

Terminal stupidity.  An excellent nomination for this year’s Darwin award!
H/T to Lex for this one.   Too good not to share!

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Project 2996 is an effort to remember as individuals all those we lost on 09/11/2001.    The links to the 2009 posts can be found at Project2996.wordpress.com.  The images of that day are depressing, the numbers staggering, and we tend to shy away from thinking about that horrible day but by blocking it out we are [...]

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It’s hard to believe that it has been eight years since terrorists brought their violence home to America.  Remember those we lost, their families, and consider how fragile life is as you go about your routine.  Be thankful for those on the wall that have successfully thwarted a repeat of this day for eight long [...]

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No additional cost: that was the basic talking point behind the President’s address tonight. Healthcare reform will not add one dime to the deficit. “The system”, whatever form it morphs into, will expand coverage to include basically all Americans (and exclude illegal aliens) by simply reducing wasteful spending and inefficiencies within the current [...]

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During the heat of summer our three labs like to hide out under the deck and judging from the mountain of red clay slowly oozing its way downhill toward the house, they’ve been tunneling again. Last year they started working north and the first hint of their subterranean activity involved sinking pavers off the [...]

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