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My New Favorite Christmas Lights

Brian — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:23:43 +0000

Amazing Grace Techno – Computer Controlled Christmas Lights from Richard Holdman on Vimeo.

Outdoor Christmas Lights

Brian — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:17:58 +0000

Some people have already been amused by the story unfolding on facebook- I’ve been resistant to the idea of lights, but this year I gave in. We had a hard time even finding suitable lights, but after a bit of driving around, we can across some white LED strings that we thought would work. It was a bit cold while we were getting them installed, but I think they look pretty decent, so I’m declaring our first try a success.

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Bryson’s House

Brian — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:45:40 +0000

Bryson loves his little house. He spends a great deal of energy going in and out, through every way possible. I moved it to a new part of the deck today and that made it seem like a whole new experience to him.

You want change, right?

Brian — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:25:51 +0000

I’ll jump on the shit-throwing bandwagon with both feet, what the hell. The info below was received via an email forward. -BG
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George Bush has been in office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine.

A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon.
3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%.
4) the DOW JONES hit a record high–14,000 +
5) American’s were buying new cars, taking cruises, vacations overseas, living large!.

But American’s wanted ‘CHANGE’! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democratic Congress and yes, we got ‘CHANGE’ all right. In the PAST YEAR:

1) Consumer confidence has plummeted ;
2) Gasoline is now over $4 a gallon & climbing!;
3) Unemployment is up to 5.5% (a 10% increase);
4) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12 TRILLION DOLLARS and prices
still dropping;
5) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
6) as I write, THE DOW is probing another low. $2.5 TRILLION DOLLARS HAS
EVAPORATED FROM THEIR STOCKS, BONDS & MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIOS!

YES, IN 2006 AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE…AND WE SURE GOT IT! …

REMEMBER THE PRESIDENT HAS NO CONTROL OVER ANY OF THESE ISSUES, ONLY CONGRESS.

AND WHAT HAS CONGRESS DONE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

NOW THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT CLAIMS HE IS GOING TO REALLY GIVE US CHANGE ALONG WITH A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS!!!!

JUST HOW MUCH MORE ‘CHANGE’ DO YOU THINK YOU CAN STAND?

More Shed Progress

Brian — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:09:29 +0000

It seems to progress SO slow, but we are making progress at least. Brandon came over Saturday and we worked on trim and filling in holes. Now all that remains is the gable soffit and trim then painting it all. I bought a bunch of heavy-duty shelves… so I can start moving stuff in anytime. Our grass was very tall and thick, and after it was cut, Dasher managed to get grass stains, not sure how, but he looked funny.

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In other news:

I went and looked at a couple of Mercedes Benz Diesels Saturday morning. Each one of them was in pretty good shape, but had issues that made them undrivable. The guy made me a good deal, so I bought both of them. I’m going to have to educate myself on how to work on these old cars. Everything on them seems to be vacuum operated. They are too cool though, everything about them… Stay tuned, I’m sure I’ll have lots to say as time goes on. (Amber is sick of hearing about these cars already)