I survived Irene. Was asleep by 1:00/1:30! The 3 espressos i had at 4:00 yesterday did nothing!
The power that was Irene was quite impressive. Would love to experience something like that again, however, my home would not like to experience that again. Too stressful for all involved.
Thanks for tuning in.
Wind and rain.. Irene not playing around.
Kinda crazy and nerve racking.
Can't stare out window any longer, as the trees are to big and the destruction they could cause freaks me out
Every few minutes the lights flicker, but we haven't lost power yet FINGERS CROSSED KNOCK ON WOOD
Its inevitable though.!
Not gonna sleep tonight.
Hopefully the house is still here tomorrow and not blown out to sea.
Will have more updates
Wind is picking up.
Home Depot is crazy busy.
People smoking by the propane, crazy.
Irene bringing the fury???? Not quite. But it might get crazy yet.
The Kop singing "i just can't get enough'
Irene still boring.
Thinking of taking a nap later.
And Jordan Henderson scores for Liverpool
:)
Irene is still boring.
Gentle rain and small bursts on wind.
I'm taking a break from putting together a grill in the shed to watch Liverpool destroy Bolton (fingers crossed)
Uh oh, the wife had close the window a bit. Why? Water starting to come in.
BLTs for lunch, yum!
Nothing
But a nice warm breeze is a blowing while I enjoy my cup of coffee and the Bundesliga.
Bayern v. Kaiserlatern (sic). Always go for the ünderdog.
just sayinThe admiral likes to play dress up.
Also Codmothers in DC on U Street are ok with open drug use at the bar as long as you share with the barkeeper. However, girls, please pile into the 2x2 bathroom for coke up the nose. Oh yeah, and if you are underage Codmothers in DC on U Street will serve you. They don't care even if You have giant X's on your hand.
Codmothers, look for the painting of Admiral Akbar in drag, my Star Wars friends.
On June 7, 2011 my wife gave me her kidney in order that I can survive, keep living, live a close to normal life.... IT WAS THE GREATEST GIFT I HAVE EVER RECIEVED... AND AM INDEBTED TO HER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE... i will eventually go into more detail on this blog, regarding this event, in the future (after I have gathered my thoughts)... but for now i want to discuss the aftermath or one part of the aftermath:
Man Boobs
or Moobs if you are so inclined.
See, in order that my body doesn't reject the new kidney, that is now inside me, I am given large quantities of drugs, medications or pills. I average about 40 pills a day. All different kinds of pills.
It's successful in that i have limited side effects to the pills that I ingest.
However, there is one side effect that i have not been able to get away from....The Man Boob phenomena. I believe i have gained these training bra sized lumps from the steroid prednisone.
I take my shirt off in the front of the mirror and think to myself "who is that pubescent little girl standing in front of me, OHHHH it is none other than myself"
I find myself jiggling top side as I walk the halls of my office... i bounce as I take the stairs to my basement... and i protrude through a shirt, that just a few weeks ago was fitting nicely.
Now that I have had the stent removed (another good story for later) and have the ok from my doctors and nurses at the Hume-Lee Transplant Clinic, I have taken on a more ACTIVE exercise regiment.
Power Walking & Some Running for no less than 30 minutes a day. This WILL be increased to 45 minutes over the next few days with bicycling and swimming added.
I am hoping with the removal of the prednisone ( i started taking 5 pills a day after surgery, now down to 2 pills a day) from my pill regiment and the addition of more ACTIVE exercising, i will not only lose the 15 pounds my doctor wants i will reduce the size of my man lumps.
Thanks
Mighty!!!!
PS: if someone knows of a nice, cheap, clean & year round pool please contact me.
Thanks
Never should leggings EVER ever EVEr be considered as pants.
No one should have to be subjected, especially in the workplace, to you in leggings. We honestly do not want to have look at the unflattering bulges, dimples and pock marks that can clearly be seen underneath your 'painted' body covering.
They aren't pants, never were pants and never will be pants PERIOD
Yours kindly,
Mighty!!!
1117, the long time home to Mighty and the Ginger ( who is no longer a Ginger, for several years now) can no longer be considered our cave.
As of July 18th, 2011, we can now be considered part of the sect of home owners. No longer are we foolishly handing cash ($120,000 at last count) to another homeowner in order to conduct our top secret experiments in urban living.
We decided to pack up and move to the 'country.' Nights are filled with the sounds of tree frogs and chicadas battling it out for the top spot at Top of the Pops.
We have gone country peoples: with rain barrels, compost piles, a screened in porch and basement crickets. Large (very) basement crickets sing us to sleep each evening. Each morning we discover the carcasses of dead crickets, half consumed by our companions in crime: Gus and Camille our faithful and deadly, and armed with laser eyes, CATs.
Honestly, our country consists of three blocks across the DC line in great county of Prince George's. Our fair little 'city' full of the blue collared, hippie fetishizers, dabblers in the arts & art professionals. While we might only be 3 blocks from our former municipality, it is a world away with a fiercely outside the beltway mentality (who cares if we're 3 miles inside the beltway, HA!!)
Anyway... that's what's new... among other things... which I WILL get to eventually. So please keep checking back and let me know what's up and what you are thinking.
Bye for now.
Mighty!!
On my to IAD for a trip to Portland, OR. Why Portland you ask? To see my beloved DC United, match. Stay tuned for updates.
A part of the re-launch will include a mobile component. This is a test of the said mobile Ninjamonkey3000 component. Enjoy
mighty!
"He doesn't understand technical terms, so when possible use technical sounding terms so as to confuse and silence him. You'll be set if you do."
I think it would a good idea if we sing happy birthday to Sharlleen. In Korean!
"The song you sing on someone's birthday????!! on the day someone was born"Questioning ourselves whether or not he understood what we were trying to say.........Kim taught us the song you sing to those on the anniversary of their birth. Then on the bosses lead we burst into Sharlleen's office, one over eager spontaneous guy, one confused Korean and one embarrassed new hire, singing a half assed version of Happy bIRTHDAY IN Korean..
From: jackevans@dccouncil.us
To: xxxxxx; shawneighborhood;
Cc: xxxxxx
Subject: [ShawNeighborhood] RE: So Jack...
Dear Off7th Guy- I have been in the pre-legislative meeting and legislative
meeting since 8:30 this morning which lasted until almost 6pm. I read
your email and emails of other residents regarding the ECCA meeting last
night. As the Ward 2 Councilmember, I have attended each
citizen/civic/ neighborhood and other associations in my Ward at least
one time a year, every year. This month I was the guest speaker at ECCA.
I am also speaking at the following meetings in the month of February:
Kingman Place NW Residents meeting, Dumbarton Condo Association meeting,
James Senior Building meeting, Mt. Vernon Neighborhood Association
Awards Banquet, Blagden Alley Neighborhood Association meeting, and the
Sheridan Kalorama Neighborhood Council, just to name a few.
I saw on an earlier blog someone invited me to attend an upcoming CCCA
meeting and I'd be happy to do so.
As the Councilmember for all residents, I am continuing to work on the
issues in your neighborhood and others in ward 2. In particular, I am
working closely with MPD and other organizations to address the increase
in violence in the Shaw neighborhood. We are also working to increase
economic opportunities. Just today, under my leadership, the Council
voted its final approval for the Convention Center Hotel to be
constructed at Massachusetts Avenue and 9th Streets, NW. We have also
continued discussions with Rhodeside in anticipation of breaking ground
at the O Street Market. Finally, at today's legislative meeting we
passed emergency legislation, the "Home Again Estates at Mt. Vernon
Disposition Emergency Approval Resolution of 2008" to ensure the block
of vacant properties needed to complete the redevelopment of the 1200
block of 4th Street in the Mt. Vernon Square neighborhood is addressed.
All of this follows on the announcement earlier this week that Shaw Jr.
High School will be replaced with a brand new Jr. High school and
community center...a great victory for our neighborhood. Additionally,
we look forward to the construction of the Watha T. Daniels
library...another important accomplishment for the Shaw/Mt. Vernon
Square neighborhoods. Both of these achievements are a step in the right
direction to ensuring our children get a quality education.
I think it is important that we all remain focus on addressing the many
outstanding issues throughout Ward 2.
Jack
A Republican state senator from Fairfax County has introduced a proposal that would allow a boss to fire employees who don't speak English in the workplace, which would make them ineligible for unemployment benefits.
"Haven't we had enough with Bushes and Clintons and Bushes? The country needs a shower - a good, long, hot shower. That's what Obama is, a hot shower. So fresh you can smell him. Delicious."-- Larry David, on the campaign trail with Barack Obama in New Hampshire
