Category Archives: House

Home unimprovement

I love This Old House’s Home Inspection Nightmares.  This has got to be the best one ever.  Yes, that’s a showerhead.  Yes, that’s an electrical control box.  Yes, all that electrical work is rated for indoor use… as in “not … Continue reading

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Home Depot

I have a love/hate relationship with Home Depot.  On the one hand, they’re always open and they usually have what I need, or a reasonable facsimile.  But on the other, they’ve driven pretty much everyone else out of business so … Continue reading

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How to clean a house

Alas, not something I’m good at, though my sister could probably correct any minor points in this article. How to clean a house, from a former professional maid at Curbly: Let’s talk about cleaning. Cleaning is a drag. I hear … Continue reading

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My lawn

A lovely anti-front-lawn screed by Michael Pollan. It covers some theory on just why we Americans are so lawn-crazy. Another day it occurred to me that time as we know it doesn’t exist in the lawn, since grass never dies … Continue reading

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