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This weekend I decided to see The Amityville Horror again. The original, not the recent remake. I hadn’t seen it since I was a kid and I think it still holds up fairly well as a horror movie. I think the 70s were a great time for horror movies since they had to rely more […]

Now we have a new fence, and some irrigation starting to get put in place.

Recently Dan posted a rant on interview puzzles. The other day I overheard someone a few cubes away telling the one about the 3 and 5 gallon jugs. I just figured he was talking to someone he knew like his kids or wife since he talks to them a lot. Then I heard him say […]

Boulders of various size now inhabit our yard. Also some more flagstone paths have been laid down and a fence is gone.

And some piles and anti-piles were made yesterday. I like coming home and not knowing what has changed during the day.

The flagstones have been better arranged and set and the back step has been mortared in place.

The cement for the new path was poured yesterday and it looks really good. Also the side yard has been cleaned up.

So soon after posting about Dirty Found, I was again in the book shop and discovered that Found #4 just came out. It’s worth it for the Rod Serling letters alone. Also in it is their tour schedule; here’s some relevant stops: Oct 26 – Seattle – University Books – 7:30PM Oct 30 – Santa […]

It was sad to have this large fairly old organism removed, but it will be replaced with 3 trees that are easier on the things around it like the driveway, the sidewalk, the utility lines, and any cars parked near it shouldn’t get sapped now. One bright side about the tree being gone (aside from […]

Just four pictures. Two of the now missing large tree in front, and two bad ones of the new step in front of the back door.