Author Archives: Joel

I took apart a toilet and I feel fine

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Joel

I like to think my DIY skills are improving over the years. I started in electrical years ago with replacing ceiling light fixtures, then graduated to minor plumbing work to replace toilet tank components and sink fixtures. In the past … Continue reading →

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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Joel

Saturday evening, Nums and I took the kids out for dinner and a movie, to celebrate our “Date-aversary” (14 years and counting.) For dinner, we tried our this interesting “fast super casual” Mexican place called Mexican Mariachi Grill. I’ll admit … Continue reading →

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The Wolverine (2013)

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Joel

I borrowed The Wolverine (2013) from our local library last month. This is the sequel to that not-very-good X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) film that came out 2009. I didn’t watch all of Origins, but I watched enough to be traumatized. … Continue reading →

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I installed my first cat door

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Joel

In the townhouse, we had a cat door originally installed by the previous owners leading to the cat litter in the basement. This worked out well for all of the three cats that we had in the house while living … Continue reading →

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The Ipes have moved in

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Joel

I think it is rather official at this point, and we can call it: The Ipes have moved into our new home. We have spent the past two months cleaning out our townhouse and migrating the majority of our wordly … Continue reading →

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I have to say that I really like the Honeywell WiFi thermostat

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Joel

Nine years ago when we moved into our townhouse, I was appalled by the ancient thermostat located in a far, obscure corner of our living room. I hired an HVAC company to install a newer Honeywell programmable model in the … Continue reading →

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Business Trip to Toronto, Ontario

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Joel

Pictures from my last trip of the year. I traveled to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to sub in for someone else. While I like Toronto a lot, and have traveled there on business for many weeks in the past, this wasn’t the optimal … Continue reading →

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Godzilla (2014)

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Joel

I was in Toronto this week, and my late night flight in on Sunday wore me out. By late Monday afternoon, the coffees were barely helping. After I left the office, my wife and I took care of a last … Continue reading →

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Update on our big move

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Joel

We have only about a week to go until closing on our new house. In the midst of all the packing up our belongings,  cleaning up the house, getting our new mortgage approved, finding movers, buying new furniture, and moving utilities, we … Continue reading →

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The Lone Ranger (2013)

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Joel

After recently browsing the video aisles at our local library branch, I borrowed The Lone Ranger, Gore Verbinski’s 2013 take on the old Lone Ranger radio and classic Western tv character. It stars Armie (Armie?) Hammer as John Reid / … Continue reading →

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