March 19, 2006
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RANDOM STUFF
My son turned 23 yesterday. When in HELL did I become old enough to have a 23 year old?!?
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We went to see Michael Buble’ in concert this week. He is an incredible performer and his band is phenomenal. You’re jealous…you know you are.
Audio was four hangs of
Oh…wait a minute…I bet you could care even less about the gear they brought than my wife does. Sorry, it’s a hazard of my job.
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When I bought my house it had this odd recess in the wall in the dining room. It appears that it was intended to slide a hutch into so it wouldn’t stick out too far into the room. In the entire time I’ve owned the house we have never actually eaten a meal in the dinning room, so we converted it to an office years ago. My wife has started selling Silpada Designs jewelry and she kept commenting that she needed more storage space in the office, and that perhaps we should buy some shelves to fit into the weird little recess in the wall.
Last weekend she and her mother drove to
What’s that you say? I’m the greatest husband who ever lived? Yes, you would be correct, and not only that, I’m humble too!
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I sent my state representative an email about the house bill I blogged about earlier. The man actually called me at home from the house floor to explain why he felt like he needed to vote for the bill. I can only assume he must not get very many emails. I certainly don’t agree with him politically, but I was sure as hell impressed that he called me.
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Harassment at work continues. I’ve stayed true to my decision to pretend I don’t hear the comments, and they have slowed to about five a day. Comments last week centered on the fact that they felt only a gay man would actually spend money to attend a Michael Buble’ concert. I believe their tastes run more towards tractor pulls.
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Gosh I know … I have one 23 too; in fact 23.5 …
You know - if you ever do decide to pursue stopping the harassment, the fact that you keep notes here will be a good record
Bob Vila’s got nothing on you! Those are some nice shelves! Personally I think I would start recording the jabs at work.They are not going to give up until you take legal action, or go postal. I hear jail is very unpleasant this time of year, so definately go the way of the lawyer.
I have to admit that I like tractor pulls and I don’t have a clue who Michael Buble’ is! lol BUT, I still would not be happy if people were harrassing me like they have been you. You did a great job on the shelves….she, I am sure, was TOTALLY surprised! That is awesome. I got my husband to fix our mail box post yesterday and I was thrilled! lol Oh well. Hope your doing great! Take care.
Why are you a salesman sir? You could be a carpenter…I will of course show this to my husband who will wish to remind you that normal American husbands take months to create stiff like this……I am frankly jealous of your wife…but then I do have a yard ful of daffodils courtesy of my souse’s green thumb.
1. You’ve been “old” enough to have a 23 year old for about the last 6-10 years, it could be worse.
2. I can pretty much guarantee that I’m the only other person who reads this who cares about the equipment AND the music. I’m jealous on both fronts. Where on earth did they hold the concert? That much “umph” in the Maybee would reverb like crazy, non?
3. Where’s the picture of your severed fingers? Damn good job on the bookcases. When we move, I expect a housewarming full-wall revolving bookcase to house my retarded amount of books.
4. I hope that your representative explained that the reason he needs to vote for the bill is either a.) a remarkably bigotted move or b.) terrible political motivations in a state full of remarkably bigotted people.
5. Just tell the people at your office to hear “Dire Straights” when you say “Michael Buble.” You’ll be the hit of the office.
Thanks for the birthday wishes, Dad!
We’re actually going to rent out the Library of Congress when we move to store all of his books. Although they said they might not have room.
Excellent job on the shelving unit! I’m sure your wife is very proud!
You built that in one weekend? You are the MAN.
I’m also in awe of those bookshelves. They would have taken me a couple weeks, and wouldn’t have looked as good.
You are certainly in the running for the greatest husband ever….that is beautiful.
Jordan, I didn’t sever a finger, however…in a hugely tragic turn of events my urologist is now calling me “stubby.”
Oh wow, I am sooo loving that cabinet. I cant imagine my Mark ever surprising me with such a great thing.
you certainly don’t look old enough to have a 23 year old! LOL! And that’s a great list of gear!! I’m a sound, lighting and video geek, so I love lists like that!
What a great woodworking job! I’m so proud of you.
My urologist has always called me stubby ( Ba-Dum-cha ). Until after the accident when he called me a gynocologist! Be sure and tip your waitress!
Those shelves are amazing – and it would take my husband six months to make shelves like that.
I would be hard-pressed to ignore those comments.
I’m impressed with the shelves also. Very nice. You’re the greatest husband that ever lived. I work at a church and I get sexually harassed all the time.
Michael Buble really does it for me, and yes I am jealous! My son would love to hear all the gab about the equipment since that is what he is interested in doing when he graduates. It’s all Greek to me! What a sweet guy you are making the bookcase for your wife. And you keep trying to tell us what a jerk you are. The truth always comes out.
The maroons in your office are just jealous because you are the man every woman hopes to find. You take your wife to concerts where you don’t have to play “Count-the-Mullets-in-the-Audience” before the band comes on. You learned how to ballroom dance. I have not seen one picture of you in a NASCAR tee-shirt posted on this blog, and you can BUILD things! Those guys are jealous because they know if their wives had to choose between them and you, the wives would choose you.
What a great job on those shelves! You must have really scored some bonus points for those.
I’m impressed your representative called you. At least he did read your email and wanted to tell you why he is voting like he is. I do admire that, probably wouldn’t vote for him, but I admire the fact he wanted to talk to you about it.
Wow Mark, that a is a good looking cabinet!…I showed the picture to my hubby, who is a master carpenter (he’s single handedly restored our 110 year old farmhouse) and he said you did a fantastic job!…I had other motives for showing him the one you built, see, he is getting ready to complete the final room in our house, which is my office, some dufus that owned the house before us built these awful bookshelves (cover pocketdoors no less) and Mike is going to tear them down and expose the door again. He is also going to build some free standing cabinets like furniture and a partners desk for us, all in a Mission style to go with our farmhouse…so I wanted him to see what you had done as a surprise for your wife!
And cool about the congressman calling you!…that won my respect!
That’s a nice cabinet. Your wife is a lucky woman.