20080926

Big Guy Bigger Guy

Addled came home last night in a bit of a furry.


Addled: There is something wrong with my back.

Me: What's up?

Addled: Well, the guy (some kind of physical therapist) came on line and grabbed my shoulders and said that my one side is 30-40 percent larger than the other side.

Me: Take off your shirt.

Addled rips off his shirt like a Chippendale dancer, and low and behold his one side IS 30-40 percent larger. It truly escapes me how I have not noticed this distortion.

Addled: I need massage therapy.

I couldn't stop looking at his back, it was like something out of a superhero comic. He could be called Below Average Height But Big Guy Bigger Guy. He's built like a tree stump.

Me: Well why aren't you on jobs that work both sides of your body? Why is it that your are amassing so much muscle on your one side? Do they know what this could do to our love life? Now I have to buy two sizes of shirts for you and cut them down the middle and piece them together and sew for God's sake. Are you going to get a "special outfit" allowance for this? My God man, that is crazy.

Then later in the evening the laughter hit. Then laughter and tears, and then I almost peed myself. I know that it wasn't funny, because, I know back pain hurts, and Addled must feel terribly upset that he is not as perfectly formed as he once was. He is very into himself. Yet, damn, there is a joke in there somewhere. I had to console him that I was not laughing at him, it was hormones and that new back pain drug. Seriously I have a problem of laughing at really bad stuff.

Anyhow, I am off to try to install some different locks on the rental. I have more to say about my day later as some really funny stuff happened.

20080925

Life Lessons with Jon Lajoie

Everyday Normal Guy

20080916

Ramrods - Ghost Riders in the Sky

Dead Kennedys/ Rawhide

20080915

NEIL YOUNG - FOR THE TURNSTILES

20080912

The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl

Love this tuneage!!!

20080911

TEMPWOOD TEMP WOOD WOOD STOVE INSTRUCTIONS

After a promise a while ago to post the instructions, I got an e mail needing the booklet. So any of you out there using a Tempwood Woodstove, go nuts! If you double click on the pics you should be able to see the instructions clearly. This is the booklet I received with my stove, so use at your own risk, and remember, indoor chimneys, and mainfloor situated woodstoves work better :)

One bonus, it has cut our gas consumption down to half. With good wood, it burns at a steady heat all night.

The only time we had a problem, was after the first season of installation, and stupidly, we forgot to empty the chimney cleanout in the basement. So it was backdrafting into the house, if this happens, sometimes it can be that your chimney is not high enough or you haven't cleaned your chimney correctly.

We have our stove installed on a brick floor, brick wall and steel framing with that concrete board. So far, we haven't had time to finish the concrete board (looks like drywall). I have to antique it some how. Our tempwood is tied into a chimney that is indoors and runs from the basement up two floors and out through (of course) the attic. I have a chimney cleanout in the basement, and we sweep the chimney a few times a year.


Okay, the first two pages posted are the last two pages, I can't figure out how to move them around. So don't install backwards ;)










20080903

A Part of Our Heritage: Peacemaker

Reminds me of the silent movie "The Bear" where the bear mistakenly eats magic mushrooms.

Mc Luhan - The Medium is the Message

Melrose Place isn't on at 4pm anymore!!!!

A Part of Our Heritage - Women in Medicine

The bits!

Heritage Minute - Dr Penfield - Burnt Toast

LOL, I may have posted this gem before, but I love Heritage Minutes :)