Fighting For Liberty

800 unread items in my RSS feed. My “mark as read” button looked at me and was like, “Whoa … dude … you serious? That’s some overtime right there.”

It’s been a whirlwind last month or so. Between the 9/12 March, then the busted nose, remodeling, visiting with family, there’s been no time for anything other than work and sleep (with the occasional Fallout 3 night-gaming), so blogging has taken a back seat. Actually, I kind of left it by the side of the road miles ago and said, “Here’s 20 bucks and a bottle of water, I’ll … uhhh … pick you up later.”

Now, I have been keeping slightly informed with current events and to be honest it just annoys me more and more. Here we are, the greatest nation in the world, and our President’s most organized thought-out strategy among his plummeting approval ratings is a coordinated effort to …

… discredit Fox News? Seriously?

With Winter fast approaching I have precious little time to spend worrying about the fact that we’re stuck with … let’s be honest here … a dumbass in the Oval Office. For the next three years.

I’m not going anywhere, however, just trying to get that real-life thing in place before hibernation. More posts will follow as global warming the long cold Winter approaches …

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Time off. Up here in Nunavut (aka: Northern NH) the glacier’s slow crawl started early across my town. My days are now spent frantically prepping the house for the coming Winter to make it as comfy and energy efficient as possible.

I hate to get all wee-wee’d up about it, but it’s got to be done and soon. So I’ve been spending my days installing windows, cutting up wood to burn, etc. etc. etc.

I’ll be getting back into a routine shortly and by that point I’ll need to get some things off my chest. Yay blog content!

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… and have a look at this.

Do not pass go, do not collect anything. Just take a few minutes and have a look at some amazing pictures and a brief period in a young man’s life.

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Broke my nose doing the kung fu thing. It was during some self-defense practice. I was the attacker, my partner was supposed to turn, get my arms out of the way, and strike my jaw with his palm …

… turns out he turned without really looking and slammed some of his knuckles into my nose. Loud “crack”. Lotsa pain. It’s crooked. Not Rocky Marciano crooked, but crooked.

I like the kid, I really do. Thought he was careless. I’m not an angry person by any means, but I’ll say this much, when I’m healed and I have a chance to spar him, I’m going to beat the everloving shit out of him.

And don’t give me that “it was just an accident” routine, either. He’s a higher rank than I am, so a careless mistake comes at a price.

Otherwise, I’ve been just a WEE bit busy on the house before winter really sets in up here.

Renovation anyone?

I went from this:

and this:

to this:

and this:

I have leveled up!

+3 demolition
+2 drywall
+2 floor refinishing
+4 moulding

Yeah, sucka!

In one of the rooms we had a 40-year-old shag carpet with a rubber back that was glued to my beeeeyooootiful maple hardwood floor. After getting the rug up, I had to sand it by hand with a 4-inch orbital sander. Inch-by-inch. 3 days on hands-and-knees covered in dust and crap.

Tore down the wall, but in a 12 foot beam, drywall, mud, ran electrical, painting, moulding, floors, etc. From that dark, miserable wood paneling to a huge open space with half-wall dividers makes a huge difference.

I have two little projects left, a pair of radiator covers (they’re almost complete, I’m installing them tomorrow).

This project was pretty much solo (Wife & kids helped with some painting). Now I’m starting on our upstairs – a HUGE renovation of 800 sq feet involving insulation, plumbing, etc. etc.

Why now? In October? It has been going on for two years. Don’t ask.

Posting will be light if at all (I’ll TRY to be better so you all realize that I’m not going anywhere).

David Me