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  • more house-esqe pix

    Ok, so it’s been well over a year since official updates to my web site. Therefore, as is typical, it’s time for a flurry of activity. There are some house pix I’ve added to posts that are slightly less than a year old, as well as The New Laundry System that is slightly less than an hour…

  • New garage attachment

    Ok, it isn’t so much a house thing, but I got something different for the garage, so it kinda counts — it’s a 2000 Honda CR-V!

  • fixed? or broke?

    Why is it that some blogs don’t make it out? Hm.

  • whimsical bidding wars

    eBay item 569361404 (Ends Mar-19-01 16:57:57 PST) – Irish Spring Deodorant Soap SPORT!! Ok, I couldn’t resist a St. Patrick’s Day item.

  • mall, mall, maul

    Well, looks like the deluge of Mall commercials has subsided. Some 120 commercials over the last few weeks. Now talking in sentence fragments. Probably make an offer on That House (pictures soon) this week, and then begin the happy dance of financing.

  • rain day

    Rainy here in Chattanooga. Stormy kind of rain. It’s been a busy week at work; among other things, I created 4 commercials for WDOD-96 “The Mountain” and tried to organize the “other mountain” of information flooding in for another project: Springtime commercials for Malls (oh, say forty-six malls, y’know). Then there’s The House. But I’ve…

  • broadband!!

    Just installed a cable modem from Comcast. Actually works. Will test for speed now (grin).

  • So how would they know?

    I’m suspicious of this story; I mean, after all ‘He has an unlisted telephone number and could not be reached for comment by The Associated Press’ … Reporter Fired For Fabricating Facts

  • rocks and glass houses

    Wouldn’t it be easier to require that walls facing the street must be transparent? Still, I like the ring of the phrase ‘Our competitor is only planning to do so at some unknown future of time’ … MediaCorp launches Digital TV on Wheels

  • i’ll be, umm, right back…

    Aha! A keen user of the “Theory of Massive Distraction” … Husband missing for six years reappears after quake

  • eBay is bountiful

    “His flat, mitt-like paw…” always makes me laugh out loud. An inspiration for any other artist: eBay item 553857558 (Ends Feb-09-01 12:44:09 PST) – CREEPY BOY OLD OIL PAINTING WEIRD

  • lost in the mail

    I was especially impressed by her range of excuses for delayed shipments… Memphis Woman Busted for Beanie Baby Internet Scam

  • Version 5 of pluckey’s web

    For those of you keeping score: I’ve begun to make the change-over to Version 5 of pluckey’s web (as seen here – hopefully). (Version 1 dates back to 1994 – so crude I barely remember more than using the wallpaper texture from my then-apartment. Version 2 was the cloudy/blue sky interface. Version 3 was the…

  • Tenacious D!

    Are you up with the D? TD Sounds Tenacious D : Sounds

  • Doggone

    Oh, sure, I guess life’s not always playtime in SanFran… Dog Owners Outraged By Search Warrant issued while S.F. couple were away

  • w-e-b-l-o-g, ie blog

    Ok, now I’ve begun to implement weblog technology for Updates With A Better Taste. Hoorah! And so on.