Tagged: furniture

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Pair: Immersive Catalog

Pair is just the latest thing to remind me that when I think, “There should be a thing!” that thing very probably already exists. Earlier this month, a friend and I were talking about a trip to IKEA and other...

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in DC: kicked to the curb?

Not sure what’s going on here. Came across this scene on my way home from work. It’s either an eviction or a move gone very wrong! From the concerned people standing around, it’s seeming like the former…

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etiquette: telephone 101

Just a quick informal poll: You’re calling someone for the first time who has no reason to expect a phone call from you. Once they answer, how would you–the caller–begin your part of the call?

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culture: I’m a believer

Look on my vacuum-sealed works, ye mighty, and despair! The exterminator came for the first of two visits yesterday and he could not have been more friendly and professional. Mostly the prep and eradication methods I’d done had helped a...

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don’t fight the food coma

First a Happy Birthday shout out to CJ! Indian food wiped my ass out last night! I swung by the Tivoli Giant (also called Bling Bling Giant) on the way home to pick up cake ingredients. Even if it fails...

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Great, now I have calluses…

I took the day off work today to accept delivery of the new bed and in my infinite wisdom decided that I wouldn’t pay the recommended company to assemble it, but do it myself instead. Oy vey! I opened up...

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drippy and strippy

Paint stripping is icky work. The stuff I’m using has a very pleasant orange smell, which is nice, but really distracts you from the fact that you’re going to have drippy, strippy stain and paint to deal with. But it...

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Yes a mighty wind’s a’blowin…

Watched ‘A Mighty Wind’ on Sunday, twice, actually. Hilarious, I’ll probably end up buying the Christopher Guest collection that’s been released so I’ll have all of them in my collection. Today’s project is to start stripping and cleaning an old...

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spent

That’s about the size of it. At least I know being a nasty customer sometimes does pay off as my furniture arrived today. Now I need to figure out what arrangement will make me happy. Perhaps Shawn will be by...