The spring semester is over, and with it I’ve hit a milestone in my graduate career, or at least I’m supposed to have. This was to be my last semester of classes (and I’m 3 overdue for the end as it is), but I missed completing my requirements by getting 1 ‘B’. Officially, I’m overdue [...]
So the roof of my house has been leaking for the last couple of months; luckily, it’s only bad if it rains pretty hard. Anyway, I’ve had two contractors out to look at it. The first pointed out that that flashing and about 30% of my roof was installed improperly, and quoted me $700-$1750 to [...]
I went over to Geek Haus for memorial day, and made pulled pork as my contribution to the gluttony of the event. For those in the know real barbecue is always cooked very slowly over low heat; in this case, I spent 20 hours smoking a pork shoulder (boston butt) using hickory wood for smoke. [...]
a 40 year-old perpetual student, occasional photographer, and unabashed geek; living in Washington D.C.
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