my toilet has been broken for about a month and ive been manually flushing it with water from the tub. it took the 80 year old plumber about 8 hours of toil before he realized the tank had a crack in it and another three weeks for him or the landlord to do anything about it. so he came by today to take the tank to a store about half a mile away to get a replacement. the tank is not exactly light and considering he asked me to help him move the top of the tank a few weeks ago i assumed he would need help with the much heavier tank. so i offered but he repeatedly refused to accept my help although i did persuade him to let me carry it downstairs. god help him if he doesnt get a cab. meanwhile jewy mclandlord ask in all seriousness if instead of replacing the tank i could only fill it half way which wouldnt even solve the problem as the crack goes all the way to the bottom. this is maybe a hundred dollar part and the work is free as the plumber lives in the building at well below market value. im really starting to think hitler was on to something.
Marvin Aufrichtig's Brooklyn
White Castle stuffing. It's a thing, I guess.
Fuck yeah, mergansers.
PBS Nature does ducks, tonight at 8:00.
PBS Nature does ducks, tonight at 8:00.
im casting the gummer girls (meryl streeps daughters) for an american downton abbey. jazz age hamptons? gilded age newport?
via erin, hysterical review of some awful new place in times square
I watched this last night. Park Ave $
"The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus over an extramarital affair marks a stunning reversal for the longtime media darling. But some in President Obama’s inner circle are not displeased the neocon-friendly ex-general is gone, reports Robert Parry."
there are some supposed whiz bang typists among us. test your own skills behind the keypad. i rated average for the site, about 50 wpm with about 98% accuracy but i was exhausted after about a paragraph. i think i might rate lower on a test that measures the ability to focus on a task.
on hbo thursday and im sure repeated a couple of times later.
the documentary series from oliver stone, the untold history of the united states, starts tomorrow night on showtime.
Finally got to eat at Beehive in Boulder. CO. Linda and I are 5% shareholders and it rocked. Wish we could do dinner but it was 100% sold last night. Tonight its closed, off to brunch again now....
LOCAVORE: Nossa honey yogurt, fresh fruit, Udi's granola (Alice ate two, but no fruit)
LOCAVORE: Nossa honey yogurt, fresh fruit, Udi's granola (Alice ate two, but no fruit)
snowing...
i havent looked for any numbers but on tv last night they said obama go 90% of the hispanic vote in nevada and colorado and also that people of puerto rican descent in florida came out strong and for obama. heres hoping the dems start cultivating some national leaders from those communities along with focusing on issues important to them before the republican find their way out of the box theyve put themselves in regarding latino voters. one issue they might start with is statehood for puerto rico as a strong majority in puerto rico now support that effort . as a side benefit, its sure to drive the wingnuts crazy which would only further alienate the latino voters from the republican party.
The Post-Apocalypse Survival Machine Nerd Farm:
In 2007, Jakubowski began working on a minimum set of machines necessary to sustain a modern civilization. It comprises bread ovens, aluminum smelters, tractors, brick presses, and 46 others. Factor e Farm has already built 15 of these devices, including a computer-controlled torch table that can cut intricate patterns on metal with a jet of superheated ionized gas. Work will com-mence soon on a cement mixer, a sawmill, and an industrial robot....
Jakubowski expects to have all 50 tools finished by 2015 and publishes progress reports on the Open Source Ecology website. He shares the designs for all the machines and produces how-to-make-it videos. He wants as many people as possible to take a crack at improving the designs.
