A View from Elsewhere

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An Alcoholic's Guide to Fine Wine...

I've never been told I'm out of luck so nicely before....

Four woods to make a table? A lot of work to make a chaise....

A positive story about Home Depot customer service....

Go to the Big House? Or just be one of the Three Thieves?...

Managers rewarded for being out of stock? Only carrying Ryobi and Rigid?? What's going on here?...

Drink more wine: Torii Mor 2002 Oregon Pinot Noir and 2003 Lucky Country Barossa Valley...

My last post about my new Maytag Neptune washer and the class action suit against Maytag yielded a lot of comments. Like most folks on this thread, I can't say that Maytag has been really responsive to my requests for information. In a way, this is a...

Somehow, simple projects around my house always turn into complex ones. Now is no different. It's time to build a new second story on our house....

I just bought a Lodge cast-iron grill/griddle . I wanted it mostly because I don't have a way to get the fancy grill marks on food unless I use my gas grill (outside) which, during winter in Seattle, is a wet proposition to say the least. So I bought...

Now that I've had my HVLP sprayer for a month or so and used it on a few projects, I have some observations. To those who use spray painters all the time, I'm sure they are of the "duh" nature. To those who, like me, are just learning the benefits of...

Well, well. After doing all the research, we learned yesterday that there's a class-action lawsuit against Maytag for problems with the Neptune washers -- evidently they develop mold in the door gasket, the motors break, and other things go wrong. So...

It's been a while since I gave the local wine update. Mostly this is because I haven't spent enough time blogging, and that's mostly because I was swamped at work (the Longhorn announcement and its implications on various products and marketing activities...

Being that today is Labor Day, I decided to do some labor. So I got up and set about doing all those horrible cleaning chores that nobody likes to do. Of course, I got to use power tools, so that made things better. Specifically, I went up into the attic...

Yesterday when we were out food shopping, I picked up a $16 bottle of Willamette Valley Pinot Noir -- "H" from Hamacher. Wow. Lots of nice fruit and a good finish. Back to back with the Firesteed, my other $15 Pinot Noir, I'd have to say that the H shows...

After a few hours down in the basement (the first few dedicated to eradicating the dust that had been building up, the last few dedicated to real work) I finished a wine rack. It will hold nine cases of wine. And all it cost me was a sheet of plywood...