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The new kitchen cabinets arrived exactly a week ago. In that time, they have taken up a lot of space in my living room and done nothing for the storage/organizational potential of my kitchen. Although Lowe’s promised a ‘cradle-to-grave’ sort of project management, I have had to chase them around at each stage [...]

The folks at Lowe’s said I had to have all the appliances on-site so that the cabinet installers could make sure things fit properly. For the past few weeks, I’ve had these sad, lonely appliances sitting around going unused. A gas range that can’t cook. A dishwasher that can’t clean. A [...]

I am walking on Cloud 9 today because I finally got to order my new kitchen cabinets and countertops!! And it only took two weeks of going to Lowe’s every day for hours at a time to get this done!! When I walked out of the store after having put in my final [...]

The new year is here and we’ve got things to do.

June is here and so is the warm weather. Most people I’m bumping into are complaining that it is “too hot.” I don’t know what the hell is wrong with these people, but it is definitely not hot yet. Wait ’til August and then tell me about hot.
Regardless, it has been really [...]

Well, May is ending and I’ve yet to post a thing. What can I say? I’ve been busy.
So what has been keeping me occupied? I took advantage of my expiring lease to move out to the country. I am taking a computer nerd class at UNC. My friends the Lampshades [...]

I wish I could call Bill Murray on the phone. I wish I could meet Bill Murray at the local pub and share a few laughs and a few beers. I wish Bill Murray and I were tight like that.

Damn, Winter can get busy fast.

December is a time for holiday celebrations… and pointless political in-fighting.

Damn, I could use a vacation.