Paul's Journal

07/14/2008 23:33 #45020

The rental property
Category: housing

The top apartment at our rental propert is coming along. We redid the kitchen floors, we painted, new appliances (still have to get a new fridge as the other one molded on the inside), finsihing new counters and light over sink - then it is done. It is looking really good finally.

It sucks doing work and having it not be the house you live in. We spent a lot of the weekend working on it.

The kitchen

The sink counter ends still need to be fabricated

The dining room. What to do with the hutch? Should I leave it?

The living room looks nice in white.

tinypliny - 07/15/08 00:07
If you lower your monitor Gamma to zero. Sigh.

tinypliny - 07/15/08 00:06
The last photo is a page out of a spooky movie...

07/14/2008 23:29 #45019

The yard and squiddy
Category: linwood

These flowers are pretty but not as prettyy.

A lilly of the nile

And some Holly Hocks - we got japanese beattle traps that saved them this year.

But not as cute as squiddy.

He wants to go in the house so bad.

metalpeter - 07/15/08 18:43
Well here is the thing be careful what you let the little guy do if you let him inside he will think it is his place to go inside and will want to go back in again. it is to bad that there isn't some way to like a little room in the basement for him where he can do in and out and he can't get to any other place and only he and no other animals could get in. On a side note other then for Tony's Party where the bands played down there, that was pretty cool by the way is the basement really used for anything?

tinypliny - 07/14/08 23:40
Yikes, its actually purple. Nevermind. I have been playing with the gamma-correction of my monitors and have seriously impaired colour-perception today.

tinypliny - 07/14/08 23:38
I don't think I have ever seen that wonderful blue flower in the first picture. It's almost like multiple flowers are growing out of a central one. And the blue is almost the blue of forget-me-nots. Will Matthew be posting the forget-me-nots?

07/14/2008 19:25 #45016

Damn someone had a bad day
Category: buffalo

I noticed this new hypodermic needle jammed through the window in one
of the buildings Kalaeda is buying near main and north. Having it
occupied should really clean up that section of town.

Here is the building that got stabbed.

tinypliny - 07/14/08 23:34
Can a needle really have that much impact. I wonder how much force was concentrated in that one moment of pure irrational hatred...

mike - 07/14/08 23:13
i hate when my needle gets stuck in a window. It ruins my whole day!

james - 07/14/08 23:06
That is fucking crazy.

tinypliny - 07/14/08 21:14
What a crazy photo! Cool.

07/14/2008 19:22 #45015

Paul's grilled chicken legs
Category: food

I made these last night and they were so freakin tasty. Marinate in
olive oil , garlic and thyme. Then turn half the grill on. Cook on
non fire filled side for 20-30 minutes with the grill closed. Then
move to fireside for final 5-10 minutes. Yum!

Some more tasty protein yummies. I love tuna.

tinypliny - 07/14/08 21:16
If you start up a restaurant, could I be the snotty waitress seeing as Mike's soap opera/skit is nowhere near take-off!

07/13/2008 21:12 #45010

How can you say no to this?
Category: pets

I am having a severly asthmatic evening.

tinypliny - 07/14/08 23:31
Thanks. :)

paul - 07/14/08 22:13
I brightened it up.

jon - 07/14/08 14:08
And this... :::link:::

jon - 07/14/08 14:04
Why I don't like cats... :::link:::

dragonlady7 - 07/14/08 11:17
There are a lot of allergic people who keep cats and survive. My team captain's boyfriend is severely asthmatic and allergic, and she has come up with all kind of coping mechanisms. Her cats are both long-haired cats, and one of them, she just shaves every few months, the poor thing. She also vacuums religiously and they got rid of all their carpeting and have leather couches because cat hair doesn't stick to leather. But they have a much smaller house so there are fewer places for poor allergic Walt to retreat.

Most important is KEEP THE THING OUT OF YOUR BEDROOM. You need a cat-free space to retreat to. Be really strict about this, even to the point of not keeping dirty laundry in there that might have cat hair on it.
I mean, that's only if he's coming inside at all-- but really, restricting what rooms of the house he can go into is a really good idea if he ever comes inside. Keep doors shut and so on.

A good-quality HEPA air filter in the cat-free space will also help. I know these assholes fired me, but their HEPA filters are for serious-- www.austinair.com -- and they're good for chemical sensitivities too. If you're interested in one I'll give you my old sales manager's contact info-- he's still a nice dude and could cut you a deal.

www.allergybuyersclub.com is a good website with various allergy coping mechanisms-- faithfully brushing the cat (preferably outdoors) to keep shedding and dander to a minimum, but they also sell like these baby-wipe-like things that you can wipe the cat down with now and then to get dander off it so it doesn't become airborne.

Does your kitty have a name? He looks a lot like Chita so I am automatically a sucker for him and want you guys to totally keep him. The more proactive you are about keeping him from annoying you, the longer you can keep him without, you know, dying. So really I'm being selfish in telling you all this, but also I don't want you to die.

hodown - 07/14/08 10:42
I can not believe you have left me alone in the cat haters club. thanks paul, thanks a lot.

tinypliny - 07/14/08 09:56
I had the Gamma values set to zero all these days!! Oh foolish me. No wonder all my monitors were so dark and my work monitor was too light! Aaargh.

tinypliny - 07/13/08 21:53
Can't see a thing...