animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

what’s that in the air?

The stench of defeat… Things aren’t looking good for the Kerry campaign. I guess there’s still a chance that they’ll win the election, but I’ve resigned myself to another four years of W. Unfortunately. I’d like to thank all of you one-issue voters for making this possible. The only thing …

vote

I hope you all voted today. If not, then we dedicate the next rottenstone song to you. And that’s not a compliment. Brian and I always vote after supper. We were numbers 502 and 503, respectively. I don’t ever remember getting a number that high, so voter turnout must’ve been …

halloween

A wise man (Peter Steele) once said, “Every day is Halloween.” While this might be true for some people all of the time, it was certainly true for everyone today. But, it was apparently true for less people this year than last–we have a ton of candy left over. I …

attic project, part 2

Since Jake was at the grandparent’s today, Brian and I spent the day working on our on-going attic project. We*** inserted baffles in order to keep the insulation off of the roof deck and to improve ventilation for the soffits we previously installed (see attic project, part 1 for details). …

bass and keys

Jake is staying at Brian’s parent’s tonight so this evening was dedicated to rottenstone. I completed the bass and Brian completed the keys for our latest song, (a)pathetic. It sounds pretty cool, if I do say so myself. Brian hasn’t written the lyrics for the song yet and I have …