Rapid City – Page 4

Open Carry

I finally understand why the doors come off Jeeps. This was quite handy.

In addition to bringing the vanity replacement saga to a close, we continued the garden project, which isn’t really a “saga”; everything is proceeding as planned, just slowly. The next step is to work out from the far corner, because they compost will be in whatever space is left after a 2’x2′ corner and aContinue reading “Garden Progress”

Remodeling the Remodel

So far, this is the first. We wanted a floating vanity and I really liked the vessel sink that came with it. (See what I did there? I’m training you on the magic words.) Well, the floating vanity didn’t. It started as the precariously hanging vanity, segued through the barely-held-on-by-plumbing vanity, then ended its lifeContinue reading “Remodeling the Remodel”

Christmas in July

I bought a rifle for myself as a “Christmas” present. The scare quotes are because I didn’t buy it until February and did not receive it until March. I thought that finally mounting it would be a good Independence Day present. It seems very low, but it needs to be lifted up to get itContinue reading “Christmas in July”

How to Rationalize Anything

Or “How I bought an insane thing and want to feel justified about it.” I would hope that anyone old enough to drink has at least heard the phrase, “humans are not rational, they rationalize.” We do things because we want to. We come up with the logical reasons, afterward. Not always, of course (notContinue reading “How to Rationalize Anything”

Black Hills Renaissance Festival

This year’s was the fourth annual. We went to either the inaugural or the second annual, I don’t recall which. It has grown significantly. There were many vendors. My gratuitous purchase was a halberd head. I’ve just become the Sergeant At Arms for my Toastmaster’s club. “Arms” seems a requirement for the job, but aContinue reading “Black Hills Renaissance Festival”

Garden Plot

I know I said I wouldn’t do this, but it happened, anyway. The garden beds are the white, rounded rectangles along the edges. The grey is concrete. The bluish grey lines are the chain-link fence with the posts as block dots. It’s to-scale. I had the drawing – several versions – so adding the gardenContinue reading “Garden Plot”

One Third Done

I’ve become a recluse. It took me a week to recover from having guests for a week. People have become exhausting. In any case, this weekend we managed to get the first third of the garden beds built. We had two done. Now we have eight done. Here’s the reverse angle: That’s bigger than itContinue reading “One Third Done”

Garden Progress

Two beds done. About ten to go: The goal is beds all the way around, but the “before the deck is in” goal is just the ten (or so) to the gate in the back (about where the tipped over recycle bin is). Those two are the result of three days effort. The bottleneck isContinue reading “Garden Progress”

Shen Yun

For years, I’ve seen advertisements for them. We finally decided to go. I’m pretty sure they’re a cult. If so, it is a cult of very athletic dancers. There were two songs that were hymns. The rest of it was dancing – except the erhu solo, which sounded somewhat like a classical violin. Just asContinue reading “Shen Yun”