Tag Archives: Daily Life Stuff

The pipes still work!

Sorry for the radio silence the last few days, but Real Life got pretty busy for a few days, so busy that in the few moments I had where I could conceivably have posted something, I just didn’t feel like … Continue reading

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Twelve

Pumpkinville 07 027, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. Twelve years ago today, the woman pictured here voluntarily became my wife. I’m not entirely sure what possessed her to do that, but I’m glad she did, because it spared me the trouble … Continue reading

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Whoops! Our bad!

What am embarrassing gaffe that whole “Air Force One flying over New York City” thing turned out to be, huh? And how avoidable — they could have just put out a news release on the thing, say, a week before, … Continue reading

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Oh, the glorious carbs!

One of my favorite places nowadays is Panera Bread. Yeah, it’s a chain restaurant, but I don’t think that “chain” equals “bad”, and in any case, some chains know what they’re doing, and Panera seems to have their act down. … Continue reading

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Journalism FAIL

An article from today’s Buffalo News regarding last night’s performance in Buffalo by the Dead commits a bunch of sins. The Scott Street lot, near Michigan Avenue, was turned into a staging ground Tuesday for hundreds — perhaps thousands — … Continue reading

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Way to go, 1800s government doofuses!

One of my happy childhood memories is now dust: it turns out that the monument marking the spot where Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico meet in four corners isn’t in the right spot. So instead of happily jumping from … Continue reading

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Interviews….

The other night, while IM’ing on Facebook, Belladonna asked me to wish her luck in her job interview the next day. I did, but as many longtime readers of this blog know, my luck tends to be, shall we say, … Continue reading

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Yee-oww!!!

Well, it finally happened the other day: my first power-tool related injury. Yay, me! No, I didn’t lose any digits or suffer significant blood loss. But the middle finger of my left hand has seen better days, let me tell … Continue reading

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Gadgets and Gizmos

It’s been a bit eventful here at Casa Jaquandor; we’ve done our part to stimulate the economy by purchasing stuff. We’re just about done, but we now have: :: A 32-inch flatscreen teevee. This is wonderful. Just wonderful. This week, … Continue reading

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All it needs is a laser

As a proud Maintenance Man, at The Store I have a nicely impressive tool bag, full of all manner of nifty hand tools and whatnot. Someday I’ll post pictures of my tools, just because I think tools are cool (I’ve … Continue reading

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