The wife and I went apeshit over the Thanksgiving because of the leaves that fell into our yard. During the summer, our trees are a glorious thing. They keep the yard and deck 15 degrees cooler and make gatherings a lot better during those paltry DC summers. But damn, when the fall weather arrives, the […]
Four days after an earthquake struck DC and the great east coast, a damn hurricane showed up. The hurricane made landfall on DC at the same time that our fantasy football draft was taking place. Did 50 mph winds, heavy rains and a general sense of areawide panic stop me from grilling a dozen pork […]
So often when talking about work, I’ve responded, “Man, it was a ton of work this week.” But last weekend, the wife and I did a ton of work … literally. We’ve been wanting to make a pizza oven for the backyard, but not a massive permanent installation. Something smaller as a test run to […]
It’s been a while since I posted a Man Card item, but everyone knows I earn my Man Card every single day. No one doubts that, right? Just in case you needed proof, I got it done again today. My IT director alerted me to a deal going on with memory upgrades for MacBook Pros, […]
Yeah, I’m a little desperate for a man-style pick-me-up. For weeks I’ve got all sorts of dudes showing up at 7 a.m. and working all damn day on my house. Some are handling the kitchen remodel. Others did a nice upgrade to our electrical systems. Another group came in and came and redid our HVAC […]
It’s long overdue, but I have to at least share the belovedness of the turkey I smoked for Thanksgiving. I wasn’t going to talk about it, but Kristin did say that I didn’t shut up about how proud I was of myself for about three days at work afterward, so I’m going to post it […]
I, have made fire. And I didn’t need to make weird man-love to a volleyball to do it, either. The fireplace in the new house is kinda small so it takes some work with the low airflow to get a proper conflagration going, but I got skills people. Need proof? I even shot a quick […]
I am man. I stack wood. Probably would have been cooler if I had cut the wood Paul Bunyan style, but that wasn’t an option. I have no forest nor do I own an axe (well, I do now but, aww, forget it). We paid some people to drop off a ton of wood and […]
My renewing of the Man Card continues. Last night it was getting home in time to mow the lawn for the first time. Two and a half weeks into the new home, and I finally got around to cutting the grass. It wasn’t crazy deep or anything like that, but it was still pretty hefty. […]
Renewed the man card tonight. No, I didn’t get as fancy as some people and replace an entire floor in my house. But I did participate in one of the quintessential American male activities. I put together a grill. And not some basic black thing you get for $20 at K-Mart. No way, people, I […]