The air filter for the furnace is supposed to be changed every three months. We haven't changed it since October. (e:Paul) and I got a new one today, but if this is the filter I can't imagine what our lungs are taking in.
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03/28/2014 23:07 #58842
Air filters need to be changedCategory: house
The air filter for the furnace is supposed to be changed every three months. We haven't changed it since October. (e:Paul) and I got a new one today, but if this is the filter I can't imagine what our lungs are taking in.
03/27/2014 12:59 #58837
Ich bin ein SpaghettifresserCategory: deutsch
Lately (e:Paul) and I have been eating so much spaghetti and pasta for dinner. Usually it's the corn-potato-soy noodles from Target or Wegmans, sometimes the quinoa. Last night we had this crazy good fresh rice pasta from Wegmans. Paul put butter, cheese, walnuts, and we ate it with boiled greens, asparagus and chopped purple cabbage.
Watching these videos from this comedian called Ladykracher, we learned the German slur for Italians is "spaghettifresser" or someone who eats spaghetti like an animal. I don't know if that's actually offensive to an Italian but it doesn't seem to have much of a punch in English. I'm not Italian but I'm definitely a spaghettifresser.
Watching these videos from this comedian called Ladykracher, we learned the German slur for Italians is "spaghettifresser" or someone who eats spaghetti like an animal. I don't know if that's actually offensive to an Italian but it doesn't seem to have much of a punch in English. I'm not Italian but I'm definitely a spaghettifresser.
03/27/2014 12:59 #58836
Fake fire at Tim HortonsCategory: coffee
I went with (e:terry) yesterday to the new Tim Horton's and Coldstone in the Arby's on Delaware. It was probably the most dressed up one I've ever seen. They also confusingly have two machines for cappuccinos and the girl kept asking which one I wanted my cappuccino from. What was the difference?
I never go to Tim Horton's so maybe I just don't know what to order there. I did win "roll up the rim" so someone will have to go back.
They had a fake firewall that gave off no heat, just light.
I never go to Tim Horton's so maybe I just don't know what to order there. I did win "roll up the rim" so someone will have to go back.
They had a fake firewall that gave off no heat, just light.
03/24/2014 12:25 #58830
Pittsburgh Phipps Botanical GardenCategory: pittsburgh
Sunday morning (e:paul) and I got up and walked around Pittsburgh for a bit before heading to the Phipps Botanical Garden with my family. Their building was very similar to Buffalo's but much better layout. Paul says they were all designed by the same person. It was located in the fancy, Delaware Park style neighborhood near U Pitt. It looks amazing for hiking and oogling rich people's mansions so we'll have to do that next time.
After that we stopped at Whole Foods for lunch. I was very underwhelmed compared to the one in University Heights, OH, although the peanut butter dessert we had was amazing.
We headed home after that. I actually managed to drive for most of it - I think it's a new record for me. Paul and I talked about the Radical Faeries and pretty much everything on the way home.
I can't wait to go back to Pittsburgh, with (e:terry) too next time.
The Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club. So fancy.
The tiniest little buildings squeezed by skyscrapers.
A lot of new buildings going up
The Omni Statler hotel we stayed at
An ugly/cool retro/futuristic looking skyscraper.
T-Rex got game
After that we stopped at Whole Foods for lunch. I was very underwhelmed compared to the one in University Heights, OH, although the peanut butter dessert we had was amazing.
We headed home after that. I actually managed to drive for most of it - I think it's a new record for me. Paul and I talked about the Radical Faeries and pretty much everything on the way home.
I can't wait to go back to Pittsburgh, with (e:terry) too next time.
The Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club. So fancy.
The tiniest little buildings squeezed by skyscrapers.
A lot of new buildings going up
The Omni Statler hotel we stayed at
An ugly/cool retro/futuristic looking skyscraper.
T-Rex got game
03/24/2014 12:21 #58829
Real Luck bar and the Pittsburgh night walkCategory: going out
After dinner (e:paul) and I checked into out Hotel at the William Penn Omni. I tried to get my sister Mary to come back and come out with us but she wouldn't have it. The hotel was this crazy fancy old Statler hotel downtown, and we got it for only $80 instead of the normal $320. We figured out how the Priceline "name your price" tool worked, and got a price we wanted at the hotel Paul wanted to stay at. Sometimes cheapness pays off. (e:paul,58824) wrote more about the hotel here.
We were going to go out early, but Paul was feeling blah from dinner so we watched TV while his stomach settled. We watched ameuter wrestling for way too long.
Pittsburgh had a huge amount of places open downtown. We settled on Real Luck Cafe, or Lucky's. It was like a bigger better version of Cathode. The music was cheesy but fun, the crown was way more diverse, and everyone was singing, dancing together and having a good time. There was an upstairs bar that had three naked men flopping around on it. I wonder if the bartenders ever get sick of it? Only downside to the bar was that it closed by two and everyone smoked there. I felt like I was getting cancer just by dancing.
Since it was early Paul and I spent the rest of the night touring downtown Pittsburgh. All their buildings are dense, tall, and stone. It felt way more impressive and less like a ghosttown compared to Buffalo although there weren't that many people out walking. I guess when Carnegie and Rockefeller build your city it turns out pretty nice. We finished the night at this fun, shady store.
This drag queen was pacing up and down the street and kept setting off a car alarm. I guess we were just walking back and forth too
No lake but the rivers seem nice
Every side of downtown had a totally different view - it's hard to capture how much there was
The downstairs bar - seemed fun and had cheap drinks, too bad about the smoking
If you squint hard enough you can almost see the outline of a butt
Secret entrance to the underground club
Hotties kissing
We were going to go out early, but Paul was feeling blah from dinner so we watched TV while his stomach settled. We watched ameuter wrestling for way too long.
Pittsburgh had a huge amount of places open downtown. We settled on Real Luck Cafe, or Lucky's. It was like a bigger better version of Cathode. The music was cheesy but fun, the crown was way more diverse, and everyone was singing, dancing together and having a good time. There was an upstairs bar that had three naked men flopping around on it. I wonder if the bartenders ever get sick of it? Only downside to the bar was that it closed by two and everyone smoked there. I felt like I was getting cancer just by dancing.
Since it was early Paul and I spent the rest of the night touring downtown Pittsburgh. All their buildings are dense, tall, and stone. It felt way more impressive and less like a ghosttown compared to Buffalo although there weren't that many people out walking. I guess when Carnegie and Rockefeller build your city it turns out pretty nice. We finished the night at this fun, shady store.
This drag queen was pacing up and down the street and kept setting off a car alarm. I guess we were just walking back and forth too
No lake but the rivers seem nice
Every side of downtown had a totally different view - it's hard to capture how much there was
The downstairs bar - seemed fun and had cheap drinks, too bad about the smoking
If you squint hard enough you can almost see the outline of a butt
Secret entrance to the underground club
Hotties kissing
Probably, but still gross! and that's a good idea (e:fing). I can't imagine the efficency hit the furnace takes when it's this clogged.
I'm surprised it is that dirty, you probably should change it every month at that rate.
You guys should look at Lowes online. They sell a pack of them that usually ends up being a good price. Also if you have fresh ones laying around you probably are more likely to change them on time. That is my experience anyway :)
Its 80% carpet dust.