Archive for July, 2006


A romantic I’m not

It seems I’m a creature of habit. For years, I’ve bought into the scam that is iwon.com. I go there just about every day, get my 100 entries, and get out. I’ve never won anything (surprise!), and I’ve never known anyone to win anything except for some schmo on Howard Stern’s morning […]

#1 song

I know you love music. Someone built this tool to tell you what the US or British #1 song was on a given day (the idea is on the day you’re born).
Me? Knock Three Times by Dawn (US). How 70’s. The British one was some song I’ve never heard of.
Anyone have […]

Property III (Junk revisited)

So, Junk Away held true to their deal. The property is mostly junk-free. Well, there is still the house and outbuildings, but that’s a different story.
For the most part, the only remaining junk on the property is what we requested be kept. That which we kept can can easily be taken to […]

Property IV (lay of the land)

A friend suggested checking out Microsoft’s TerraServer. It’s pretty cool, and shows property fairly well. Here’s our property:
  · Aerial Image
  · Topographic Map
I took the liberty of screencapping the aerial photo and modifying it to try to illustrate our plans. Keep in mind that this is VERY rough … the actual site for […]

Property III (Junk)

Short update about one of the specifics of the property:
As many of you already know, when we acquired the property, we also acquired about 20 years worth of neglected junk. Things, you know, like tires; many, many windows and miscellaneous glass; piles of rusted metal; metal barrels of more metal and/or general trash; etc. […]