Last Tuesday I finished a draft of the memoir which now has been given the working-title “Mustache Dad.” I printed it off and it’s sitting in a stack beside me. Though it’s full of issues and thin parts and likely pages upon pages that will be cut, there is quite a feeling of accomplishment to [...] Continue Reading »
mustache dad
5the toppling Honda and aftermath
2First of all it is important to note the resurgence of activity on the blog by one, Ashley Addair, who has returned to our readership and reminded us with playful sentences to be happy in simple moments, to be audaciously yourself, and furthermore I would remind you to vote for her as “best visual artist” [...] Continue Reading »
hunger for the Skeeter-Dog
0I’m having a nice afternoon under my felt Stetson, hiding in a Starbucks just to the right of the entrance in Wytheville, VA. Ashley is with a great bunch of Addair women for dinner theater at the Wolhfahrt Haus. That’s impossible to spell by the way, and I’ve done my usual Wytheville loafing which takes [...] Continue Reading »
15 albums from the library
3I picked up a stack of CDs from the library to study like homework. Here’s how we came out: Jacob Dylan, Women and Country (produced by T Bone Burnett) Justin Townes Earle, Midnight at the Movies Justin Townes Earle, Harlem River Blues Waylon Jennings, Greatest Hits Josh Ritter, the Animal Years Roy Clark, Greatest [...] Continue Reading »
Sherwin Williams Emerald paint review: update
10I told you we were doing an interior/exterior job up the street using the new Emerald line of paint from Sherwin Williams. The 300 sq ft addition comes off the kitchen with a bed, bath, large closet, utility room, and pantry, plus a new porch off the back of the house. The homeowner obtained LEED [...] Continue Reading »
dandy paint review: Sherwin Williams “Emerald”
5We’re painting a new addition up the street on Glenwood. The homeowner has taken several measures in the project to obtain LEED credits and it seemed like a good time to try the new Sherwin Williams “Emerald.” Emerald is a true zero VOC paint. VOCs are the nasty things emitted into the air as paint [...] Continue Reading »
backpack junky dad and the Deuter Kid Comfort II
7I’m a backpack junky and I always have been. A gear snob of the most fastidiousness. But since my youthful discretionary income halted around 2003, my top-of-the-line gear is now reaching “vintage.” Of course that makes the snobbery worse. For example, my expedition size pack (yes I have a specialized pack for every size trip) [...] Continue Reading »
mockingbird sun: “these guys are the real thing” ~ a fan
1Mockingbird Sun came through Knoxville last night on their “We’ve Never Heard of You Either” Tour, which is a fantastic title. Yes, 10:00 PM on a Sunday at Preservation Pub is a difficult slot to fill. But you’d never know it was a Sunday night from watching them: a true mark of a great band. [...] Continue Reading »
wired ride shop presents the Gnarly Bar
1This is the latest innovation of Glen Addair and the Wired Ride Shop: the Gnarly Bar. The Gnarly Bar is a tool that gives an action sport rider a key advantage to their development: the ability to measure. Place it on the flats, or place it anywhere. The advantage of the Gnarly Bar is specificity, [...] Continue Reading »
best google search engine terms that found us
4And now it’s time for more guilty Google searches. Of course we can’t see who they are, but we know what they were looking for. Here are the chosen (for this Quarter): why isn’t my daughter a hipster? fellini kroger (39 times) settlers of catan hipsters (3 times, spelled cantan 2 more times) kick em [...] Continue Reading »