Better and Cheaper than Pier1
Merry finally talked me into converting that old crate we aquired from behind the dumpster last year into a coffee table. I turned the lid upside-down, sanded it like crazy, put on 2-3 coats of combination stain/urethane (the darkest mahogany I could find), and hinges. The chains to hold it open without overswinging was Merry's idea for a final touch. She says it would cost $500 if we had bought something...
Better and Cheaper than Pier1
Originally published at KenVille.Net. Please leave any comments there.Merry finally talked me into converting that old crate we aquired from behind the dumpster last year into a coffee table. I turned the lid upside-down, sanded it like crazy, put on 2-3 coats of combination stain/urethane (the darkest mahogany I could find), and hinges. The chains to hold it open without overswinging was Merry’s idea for a...
I feel special. (“Habeo cardum ergo sum.”)
I found out as I arrived that a meeting of the Hellenic Festival committee was rescheduled for earlier than planned. I REALLY wish I was kept in the loop on these things. Already being downtown, I decided to go to ... dun, dun, DUN ... the Library. I haven't been to the downtown library in years, since the card catalogs were replaced with computers in fact. I did some tinkering and ordered a book sent to my...
I feel special. (”Habeo cardum ergo sum.”)
Originally published at KenVille.Net. Please leave any comments there.I found out as I arrived that a meeting of the Hellenic Festival committee was rescheduled for earlier than planned. I REALLY wish I was kept in the loop on these things. Already being downtown, I decided to go to … dun, dun, DUN … the Library. I haven’t been to the downtown library in years, since the card catalogs were...
Apples to Apples / Nasty Injury
The other night, Michelle and Jeff were over and we played the game she got us called "Apples to Apples". Fun game, I won, but it was really close all around. The leftover cards? I suggested we played "war" seeing who's phrase / noun trumps who's. I had a card labelled "Hiroshima - 1945" and figured that would out-do anyone. Jeff declared himself the winner, and I rejected the idea, telling him "you don't want me...
The New Blog
Originally published at KenVille.Net. Please leave any comments there. I’ve finally settled on a single, central blog — Wordpress on KenVille. Articles and essays will still be on the Kentropolis Forums. I will also be reaching out through existing and even new blog accounts, such as LiveJournal and MySpace, but as networking tools with mere recaps of content here.
Song Mountain Monestery?
Hmph. I was hoping "Shaolin Priest" David Moerler finally decided to crawl under a rock and stay there. Instead, he apparently found his new Golden Boy -- Tony Fucina. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=122250580 Get this ... David's new kick is calling himself lineaged through Tibetan Buddhism. I wonder when he "revealed" that to everyone. Must have been both in fashion...
Good Friday & Holy Thursday > Aftermentions
It was the coldest Good Friday I can remember. This weekend turned out to be colder than Christmas this year. I did the usual errands, then Mer and I met with Amy, her boyfriend, and a friend from their workplace to go to the Broadway Market. It was more packed than I can ever remember it, much more than last year, with lines everywhere for 15 minutes to an hour. The hour is what we waited to eat at Perison's, and...
Easter & Dyngus Day, the Spiritual, the Cold, and the Polish
Sunday I bought my first ringtone. Too bad I can't retrieve it ... grrrr. Anyway, it's from www.askaninja.com, and can be heard HERE. Monday was great. Sort of. MEr & I met up with Michelle at the NYCT. I grabbed kluskis (eating them plain which was met oddly with the food people), czarnina (them, not me), and hunter's stew. The band was playing "Jingle Bells" as a Polka about the time we got there. Yes it was...