I Want MY Picture Taken With R2-D2

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It’s hard to see in the preview but that’s Darth Vadar and R2-D2….at Legoland.  I so want to go.
BTW, that pic is also from the Google Maps Trike View.  Google really does want to map the world!

Guess Which One Of My Senators Is A Moron.

How is it possible that a Senator wouldn’t know that people stay at their jobs, instead of striking out on their own, because that’s the only way they can afford healthcare?  Just how insulated are these people from the real world?
Job Lock – Suburban Guerilla
Update:  Perhaps he needs to read a few pages of the [...]

How Safe Is The HPV Vacinne?

Risk of dying from cervical cancer – 82,000:1
Risk of dying while driving (in a single year) – 10,000:1
But those stats are just an illustration of the relative risks. Click through to see the entire graphic and how many deaths have occurred in a year post-HPV vaccine.

Geothermal – What Will The Neighbors Think?

Late Wednesday morning a tractor trailer pulled up in front of our house carrying this:

Here’s some video of the driver getting it off the flat bed.

The driver told me before taking the front end loader off the flat bed that it would do “minimal damage” to the lawn.

If this is minimal [...]

Geothermal – The Install Part 2

It’s been a couple days since my last post and a lot has happened.  Again, I will tell the story in pictures.

Our half attic…with the light on it looks kind of monstrous.  I have lots of insulation to add to the floor and then we’ll have space for all the stuff we had to move [...]

Geothermal – The Install, Part 1

This week began the construction phase of our geothermal project.  I think it best to tell a story in pictures.

This is our old unit sitting on the driveway….man that thing is big.

Here’s our lower attic (above the dining room, kitchen, playroom) before the demolition.

And here’s the lower attic after removal of the air handler and [...]

Tales Of The Used To Be Rich

There is a bubble that some people live in.  In fact, I think we all live in our own bubbles.  But one thing that 95-99% of us can agree is that some peoples’ bubbles are less valid than all others.
Case in point are the mortgage traders from Lehman Brothers.  You remember Lehman Brothers…they almost destroyed [...]

My Shins Don’t Hurt!

My favorite line from the Emmy’s?
Captain Hammer: “Like the Ottoman Empire, the music industry, and Zima, we’re here to stay.”

Geothermal – The Energy Audit

See part one here
In order to get the secured loan for a whole house energy improvement we needed to have a whole house energy audit.  This is a bit more intensive than your normal home inspection.  You know, the one that lasted about an hour when you bought your house and missed that huge hole [...]

Geothermal – The Introduction

The story so far….
Let me ‘plain.  No, there is too much.  Let me sum up.  Our HVAC system has been less than steller since we moved into this house three years ago.  It has always been hot/cold in the master bedroom during whichever season it shouldn’t be hot/cold.  And our floor above the crawlspace is [...]