Uncle Crappy

Thanks to Andrea and via Cindy, we’re going to try a participatory thing today, a meme about a letter of the alphabet and what it means to you. Here’s how it works: You leave a comment on this post, and I’ll assign you a letter. You write about ten things you love that begin with your assigned letter, and post it at your place. When people comment on your list, you give them a letter, and the chain continues on and on. For Eternity, let’s say. When I commented on Cindy’s post yesterday, she ga… Continue

Why we moved to Pittsburgh: It’s just a 15-minute drive from home to the Sharp Edge in Friendship. OK. That’s not the only reason. But having easier access to the stuff we like to do was a big reason we started looking, and now that we’re here, we’ve been amazed again and again how easy things can be. A trip to Ikea to buy a table for our dining room? About 15 minutes. Need a couple things from the hardware store? There’s a great local shop in Bellevue, just a couple of minutes up California A… Continue

Yelling at Comcast supervisors when their installers are EIGHT HOURS LATE eventually brings this kind of response: I would have been a bit more impressed if I got that team before noon, as the appointment had specified. But. We’re connected. And I’m happy about that.

1. Our week without cable and Internet ends tomorrow morning. My NaBloPoMo efforts should improve immediately. 2. I hope securing the new cable and Internet services will be easier than stopping the old. 3. The granite dresser may not ever make it upstairs. The problem, surprisingly, isn’t its weight; it may be too large to make the turn on the stairs. 4. Did you see Brady Quinn tonight? I didn’t, but it sounds like he did pretty well. 5. On the agenda for the weekend: a new dining room tabl… Continue

Go vote, for crying out loud. I don’t care who you vote for — actually, that’s not quite true — but go do it. OK? Good.