Aaron Zelman RIP

Aw Crap.

http://www.backwoodshome.com/blogs/ClaireWolfe/2010/12/29/aaron-zelman-rip/

That is all I have to say right now.

Lowers in place

Lowers are in place. Countertop folks are supposed to do a final measurement tomorow.

Kitchen Cabenetry

Yesterday my father showed up with a trailer full of kitchen cabinets. We unloaded the trailer, but didn't actually get to installing anything untill today. Hurray for Thanksgiving leftovers.

Today we spent 8 hrs or so installing new uppers in the kitchen. The old ones were ugly, poorly made, and will make excellent shed cabinets.

California Ranch architecture and "southwesty" cabinet doors just do not go together. Note, not Southwest, "southwesty".

Here is the before pic. The microwave was already taken down since it failed spectacularly a couple weeks ago. (click to embiggen)

The new ones are just a wee bit sturdier, have 1/2" backs, and go all the way to the ceiling to get rid of the annoying gap one gets as a result of builders simply slapping cheap cabinets up. Oh, and I dropped in a new microwave.

I'll do the crown molding tomorow. Then we have to do the doors on the pantry cabinet, the doors and drawers in the bathroom vanities, and possibly add some shelves to the pantry.

Lowers will go in after Christmas, and countertops hopefully very quickly thereafter.

Quantitative Easing Explained

Just in case you need a better explanation of the QE2.

Randslide

Looks like Rand Paul won 55% to 45%.

Randslide.

Predictions

My prediction for tomorrow:

R's take 64 house seats and 8 Senate seats. I'm not going to bother with an over/under on how long it takes them to go back to their old ways.

Quote of the Week

From Seanan, re the Rocky Horror Picture Show:

If you've never been a Rocky fan, it was sort of like being a Browncoat, only sluttier and with more sing-alongs.

Yeah, that says it all.

Pegaus Winners 2010

Copied from the announcement by the Pegasus committee -

The Pegasus committee is very pleased to announce this year's Pegasus
Award winners:

Best Filk Song
A Thousand Ships - Juliane Honisch and Kerstin Droege-Macdonald

Best Classic Filk Song
Fire in the Sky - Jordin Kare

Best Writer/Composer
Heather Dale

Best Performer
S.J. Tucker

Best Magic Song
Where the Magic is Real - Paul Kwinn

Best Mad Science Song
What a Woman's For - Seanan McGuire

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all who voted!

I'm reasonably happy with the selection. I voted for Seanan and Paul, and Fire in the Sky was my second choice in that category. For the record, I have absolutely no clue who S.J. Tucker is nor Juliane Honisch and Kerstin Droege-Macdonald.