2721

Congrats man! Home ownership is the awesomest burden ever.

I thought kids were?

j/k

2722

I think that’s why he told me. The problem is, it’s got vines all over it, choking the life out of it. I’m hoping the Master Gardeners can help.

Depending on the age of the tree, you could just get weed killer and douse the vine with it. An established tree should be able to shrug that off while the vine dies.

2723

Hahahaha, it’s funny cuz it’s true.

2724

Nice-looking home, man, but what’s with that hole in the shrubbery?

2725

It eats unsuspecting peeping toms.

2726

2727

I think that’s where you go to turn on the in-ground sprinkler system.

The previous owners gave us the number of the guy who mowed their lawn and trimmed their hedges, but made a point of saying (three times!) “Just have him mow the lawn and trim the hedges. He’s not good at anything else.”

Apparently he’s not great at trimming hedges either.

Today I rented a wallpaper steamer. I have now stripped the wallpaper from all three bedrooms upstairs, and the upstairs hallway. My wife was dying from scrubbing the walls (she’s a wimp) and has declared that we will not strip the wallpaper from the stairs (the walls there). Tomorrow, the downstairs!

Also, I’ve gotta say, listening to podcasts while stripping wallpaper puts me in the zone. I got all caught up on my Out of the Games and my GWJ Conference Calls, and now I’m starting on Giant Bombcasts from back in April. I went 4 hours without a break, and my wife finally had to tell me to finish the wall I was on and call it a night.

2728

So anyone have any tips on how three guys can kill time and avoid boredom on a twelve-hour coach bus ride? We’re travelling during the day, so deep, long sleeps are probably out. Also, we’re not travelling on those new GLI buses with power outlets and WiFi, and our combined laptop time is probably six to eight hours, if we’re lucky.

We’d love to try to get a good card going. Uno or poker sounds doable since there’s not a lot of cards spread out or seperate piles, but we’d love to try to play a game of MtG.

We’ll have two DS units plus a handful of games, but we’ll only have two copies of Mario Kart and Tetris, although we’re fine with some SP gaming.

We’ll each have a book, but the Internet has destroyed our ability to sit and read for a solid block of time.

2729

I like how you set up good ideas and then shoot them down!

If you can tear yourself away from the other two you’d probably feel less obliged to entertain them, or stuck trying to figure out something the ‘three’ of you can do.

I’d buy books, steal one of the DS’s, brign an iPod, charge up my cell phone and come prepared with a few phone numbers of some hot chicks to call while on the ride. Then during the entire trip you’re only left trying to entertain yourself, which should be pretty easy for only 12 hours with all those gadgets and potential love interests at your finger tips. Those other guys would be on their own. Then you can spend the rest of the trip trying to explain why you’re so anti-social.

2730

Should mention I’m a Canadian crossing the border into the US. You know what the roaming fees would be like for marathon cell phone session?

2731

Print out some lewd drinking songs and sing them along the way. The Ballade of Eskimo Nell will kill at least 5 minutes.

2732

In that case, make sure you have a contingency plan for the extra hour or two you may be stuck at the border. The last time I took the bus to Montreal, we had some undocumented Haitians on board, with someone else’s child they also had no papers for…

2733

I think with the new mandatory passport thing they make sure you have all your documents in order before you even get on the bus.

2734

I completed my first 50 mile bike ride event today. I registered for the 100 mile ride, but I realized there was no way in hell I could complete that in the allotted time. Actually, taking into account biking to and from my house to the start/finish line, I biked closer to 70 miles today. This is a huge personal accomplishment for me because two years ago I could barely ride three blocks up the slight incline from my house without stopping to catch my breath.

2735

I got an opportunity to make a total jackass of myself today.

I keep in touch with some old friends who live far away via Facebook, and one particular girl is always posting bizarre and outlandish status updates to the general amusement of all our friends. This morning her status was (paraphrased) “Caught my husband screwing some woman on a trampoline!” Of course I immediately had to respond with sarcastic jokey comment. She replied to my comment with a comment saying she was completely serious and was glad everyone was getting a good laugh out of her problems.

Oops. I’ve got some apologizing to do :(

2736

HAHAHAHA Kraaze,

Yea yea, her life status is currently set to “Tragedy” but that type of discovery is a perfect subject for the ‘funny but not funny’ thread.

2737

Well, they don’t call ‘em trampolines for nothin’.

2738

I discovered this morning that rock wall climbing is a hell of a lot harder than it looks. I got strapped into my harness and proceeded to fail for about an hour. I just don’t have the grip strength. Fun but frustrating.

2739

In my opinion, if she put something personal like that on Facebook, it’s fair game for any snarky comments. Especially if she’s known for outlandish status updates already.

2740

Sunday turned out to be one of the best days I have had with my family in quite some time. As per usual, I had my Parents over to hang out in the yard and do an outside picnic table lunch dealy. Then my Uncle and Aunt stopped by to take a look at my well pump because it’s running in 15 minute intervals, then stopping, so I have to take quick showers or I’m left with soap suds and no water… Anyhoo, what started as a nice little Sunday ended up with a fairly large family picnic dinner with tiki torches, bottle rockets, and general awseomness.

Simple, yet interesting to me. Gotta love an on-the-fly party. :)