No, the chimney wasn’t completely capped, but the half of it that was, prevented us from using our fireplace in the family room. The owner/contractor of a local business will be here tomorrow morning to recap it to my specs. It’s an easy job that can be completed within a few hours for a reasonable […]
Archive for September, 2009
Squee: Chimney Uncapped
Posted in Uncategorized on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Approaching Fall Brings Slowdown
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My veggie gardens are slowing their pace, other than the beans, peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes. Slowdown with the Nitwits is even faster than that of my garden veggies. As much as I love this cooldown of garden temps, it slightly annoys me that all I can pick are beans, tomatoes, eggplant, and some nice cayennes. […]
Did You Find Everything You Need?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »
That is the question I keep getting asked by every checkout clerk, whether at a grocery store, or a farm market. Nobody ever asked me that when I lived and/or worked in NYC, NJ, or overseas. Come to think of it, nobody ever asked me that question in WI or MN, either. Same deal goes […]
Shallots
Posted in Uncategorized on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you’re reading this for new Nitwit activity, you won’t find any. This particular blog entry is about grocery shopping in SE PA — which one to go to for bargains on staples, which is best for everyday shopping, and which one to go to for really good surf and turf that you’d serve to […]
Non-fiction Check for $400
Posted in Dagstine, Legion of Nitwits, tagged Dagstine, Legion of Nitwits on September 2, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Hat tip: Johaha Larry’s latest blog entry is quite a hodgepodge, ruminating about Harlan Ellison, pontificating about technology, and bragging about a non-fiction check. Before all the clichés, before all the contrived storylines and slightly more mainstream pieces with beginnings but no middles and ends… before the slice-of-life vignettes which were supposed to relate to […]
Sales, Thy Name is Woe
Posted in Dagstine, Legion of Nitwits, tagged Dagstine, Legion of Nitwits on September 2, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Lorenzo poses a question on Shocklines about Amazon’s Kindle sales rank. I have a question about Amazon Kindle’s Sales Rank and how it compares to the regular print rank. For example, when I went live a few days early with Visitation Rights, the Amazon Kindle Rank immediately jumped down to 6,300… Naturally, I had put […]