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Author Archives: matthannan
Camping in Westhampton, MA
We stayed at a KOA for a couple days in Westhampton, MA.
It was OK, but really was more of an RV park in the woods.
The weather was wicked. Above 100F during the afternoon the first day. But it let up and rained a bit the second day.… Read the rest
Home Improvements
Just thought you might like to see what I have been doing with my last ever “free” vacation week.
The next time I have more than a holiday off, it will mean that Jenny is giving birth.
I put the time to some pretty good use.… Read the rest
Lá Gaeilge!!!
I attended my first Lá Gaeilge (Irish Language Day) this past Saturday. It was at Elms College in Chicopee, MA. God, I hate the Mass Pike. But the event was fun for the most part.
It was very interesting hearing a bunch of folks speaking the language in a million different little day-to-day conversations.… Read the rest
Grooking around cemeteries
This is the single stone that I wanted to find yesterday. It just so happens to be right up the street from the house. I was expecting just Elmer C. Lee, Jenny’s great uncle.
As you can see, it lists not only old Elmer, but his wife (who I had no record of), his mother (which was a shocker to both Jenny and I) and gives us the location of the mysterious John E.… Read the rest
Other folk’s family trees
The woman that I am bonded with has a half-brother.
He’s a hell of a nice guy, but he is a bit sad.
He doesn’t really get on all that well with my partner’s side of the family and his mother up and left him when he was very young.… Read the rest
Doings!
Jenny has painted and started decorating the basement room. I installed the cat door last weekend and three of them immediately took to it. One is using it as a toy, even! The other three? Not so much! They are afraid of it, actually!… Read the rest
Fun at Home Depot and finding Cthulhu dreaming in the basement window
After a week away, I came back to the door and rehung the latch side. It is not 100%, but I am much happier with it. It closes.
I then sealed off the kitteh excape root and called for my test subject to be released into the room.… Read the rest
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Tagged basement, cats, Cthulhu, home-improvement, Jenny, lights, paint, sheetrock
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Focus Follows Mouse
This is a solution that has been bugging me ever since I set up my dual monitors at work. The default behavior of Windows XP is to NOT have the focus follow the mouse, which results in lots and lots of wasted clicks (time) just in switching focus between applications.… Read the rest
Weekend House Work
Last weekend I installed the sheetrock on some framing I installed at the bottom of the basement stairs.
Hate to admit it, but T@# was right. There is not a damn thing that is square or level in this house!
Not stopping at that, I started ‘rocking up sections of the main basement dividing wall around pipes, etc.… Read the rest
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Tagged basement, cats, door, home-improvement, insulation, Jenny, sheetrock
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Spammers take Christmas off?
Looks like they get Boxing Day off, as well!… Read the rest
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