Breaking the writers drought
The only way to break the drought is to publish something. ANYTHING! So here it is. After the monumental task of getting my truck running again, I kinda collapsed. Not…
This place is for the birds
We had friends staying in the Cabana a few weeks back. When walking their dog they mentioned seeing a large bird next to the pond. My bride also mentioned seeing…
From Short to Long Block.
I have looked everywhere but I can't find the damn hold down. It looks like I am going to have to shell out $78 for a think piece of metal…
Ditch digging, an age old skill
My bride likes our pool to look as clean and inviting as a white trash, above ground, pool can look, at all times. During the winter, as short as it…
Attack of the sludge monster
Didn’t mange to roll out of bed till 7:50 this morning. The scale announced I have lost another couple of pounds down to 281. Officially that’s 27lbs sine the beginning…
It’s the wood that makes it good.
The db server crashed again last night. After rebooting it with new smaller memory config. I changed the Prometheus log rotation schedule from 15 to 90 days. Once I finished…
1999* Chevrolet Silverado K1500 pickup
* This vehicle was built and sold as a 1999 vehicle but it is in the "old" body style which supposedly was only built till 1998. The new body which…
A solid foundation
These guys move fast. It's only been a couple of days and they have already put in the forms, bagged the road base and created a large perimeter trench connected…
Out of the darkness…
Having always wanted to have a place to work on projects, I finally built a shop. And much like many things in life, it didn't turn out the way I…