last minute

The image on the right is the proposed 2-story addition + garage + master suite for a house in Marshfield. The owner is hands-on and wants something big to fill up the great site. This small ranch near the ocean in Manomet is looking to get a second floor.

The second photo below is the updated model for the 3-story mentioned previously.


Anyone is the Atlanta area? Grab one of the limited splits from Chunklet at Criminal Records and enjoy the show.

Robert Pollard has a new, limited single and cd at Off Records, both limited to 500.

Eenie Meenie has a great sale. Spend $20 and you are entered to win a bunch of vinyl records.


Unfortunately the Sliver I purchased last week was not the one I wanted and the search continues for items on my ultimate want list:

#1) Of Montreal – Cherry Peel Japan pressing. To me, this is just a legend but a few years ago I got a cd only copy off http://www.half.com/ so I think it was actually made but I don’t have any proof of the artwork.

#2) Sealed Longbox of Bleach. Known copies exist and I already have Incesticide and Nevermind in this condition.

#3) White Stripes SP Singles Club – I won a copy in a Sub Pop contest but then traded it for the White Stripes record player, which I sold to help pay for our porch. So, it’s needed to complete my entire collection of the Sub Pop Singles Club V.2. Available on ebay in the $350+ range.

#4) ‘Marbled’ Bleach – I have a version of every other color but this version wasn’t officially released and now priced out of my reach. Only show up once a year on ebay.

packing materials and tape

Just about thru my Winter ebay stuff and here are the numbers: Listed 49 items: 28 sold, 10 didn’t sell, 11 are still available + 5 items sold to people that contacted me directly. Bidding totaled over 1K with $150 ebay/paypal fees while waiting to get paid for 4 items. Of course I can’t just sell, and have ordered stuff from K Records, Suburban Home, Kindercore and the White Stripes record boxes.

This weekend I overbid and won a Solid Marble Peach Sliver which should complete my Sub Pop Sliver Collection.

obituary birthday

Miss you a bunch and I know your watching down on us.
The more we learn, the more we feel...



pain..and all along we knew that You Know You're Right.

getting colder

Energy efficient moves this Fall/Winter including spending extra for energy saving Refrigerator and Dishwasher. Also added weather-stripping to three interior doors that act as exterior doors, installed clear removable caulk on upstairs windows, draft dodgers, programmable thermostat and had the zone-valve fixed on our boiler.

PC Basketball started and once again we don’t have anyone to pony up on the 3rd ticket. The only rule change I’ve noticed is that the ‘low-block’ is open on free throws. In other words, all the players at the line are now closer to the shooter with only 3 players each side. Also we have noticed super-mayor Steve Laffey sitting across from us this year. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to chat-him-up this season.

Ebay stuff has been listed with the hope of getting some spending money this year. I’ve listed over 30 items and 9 have sold already.

The newly resurrected Kindercore label has a super limited (100 copies) Christmas CD available for pre-order. If you have ever wanted a song written for, and about, your choice of subject. This HHBTM pre-order for the Keith John Adams cd may be your ticket.

rare opportunity

Do not wait. If you missed your chance from the 2005 tour here is your opportunity to pick up one of the best band items ever, a White Stripes Record Box that comes with a 7” slipmat. There's a bunch more stuff available from the cancelled tour including kilts, t-shirts and stickers. The White Stripes have the most innovative band merch ever, and that makes them better than the rest. Here is a list of creative merchandise from all their tours.

blandest

At right is the proposed design for the Riverside Cape that still needs local zoning approval for the a new bath and hallway + a new, front pergola with deck above.

Here is the existing rear of a Barrington Cape and besides adding a new second floor we are looking at removing the unused patio room while adding a deck, mudroom and garage. This is my first pass at the design.

open your wallet and smile sucker

Well, no surprise today as the voters of Portsmouth, who have no money and are completely broke, approved raising their taxes to finance a 3.2M wind turbine and gave the ‘advocates’ 4M to spend as they please while limiting any chance to amend their school budget. This was done with the approval of 2K votes.

This is the uninformed RI moron factor that keeps this place a Welfare State: Approve 2.6M financing for a 3.2M windmill that will, in 25 years, save the town 50K per year. Of course, no one cares how they will get the missing 600K to actually finish the project (can you say supplemental tax). I hope the people are smiling as they truck their trash to the dump this winter and find out this spring that the school budget fails to keep up with teacher/municipal benefits that are guaranteed.

Here’s another typical RI success story: It details how to sell out your family history and make yourself famous at the same time. A DeWolf descendent is cashing in and will never have to work again, she’s now a big-time RI advocate. Unfortunately I know a little too much about family members trashing relatives to make themselves feel good.

Here are a few more results from some amendments voted on around the US yesterday. This included NJ residents rejecting financing 450M for the Stem Cell scam, Oregon residents refusing to raise their cigarette tax to RI levels (2.02 per pack) to fund crimalien heath care and a few states trying to legalize pot. Q: How many new smokers do we need to finance free heath care for illegal aliens? A: None. They already get everything for free.

The funniest thing about the Oregon vote is the governors’ interpretation of why it was rejected: the big, bad tobacco companies purchasing votes. Well I guess that is better than the tampered voting machine excuse most Democrats use whenever they lose an election. They must saving that one for when Shillary goes down.