The Falling Blog

Just rocking out some small projects around the house. Our home...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:11:41 -0400

Custom Sunshade!

Build Helper!

Old house pan rack

New house pan rack, some good ideas should be repeated.

Fixie chairs! I found these in the woods next to my new house. Wire brushed and repained to match the sunshade bench.

Just rocking out some small projects around the house. Our home design strategy is to make every space to be warm and inviting. Matched up the exterior furniture, added a shade, and improved the pan storage.

My Workout For Saturday June 15

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:04:37 -0400

I earned 238 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

Running +238 pts
- 0:13:18.8 || 1.4 mi || 9:28.9 min/mi || moderate hills (+167 pts)
- 0:09:51.5 || 0.9 mi || 11:06.5 min/mi || light hills (+71 pts)
- http://runkeeper.com/user/850829196/activity/195261308 http://runkeeper.com/user/850829196/activity/195264262 Training my daughter ^_^ She wants to run a 5K

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low light photography over my place

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:43:50 -0400

low light photography over my place

Beauty in the evening

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:30:26 -0400

Beauty in the evening

My Daughter and the Ducks

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:14:00 -0400

My Daughter and the Ducks

My Workout For Saturday June 08

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:45:30 -0400

I earned 820 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

Running +820 pts
- 0:58:24 || 5.7 mi || 10:15.7 min/mi || 170 BPM || moderate hills (+820 pts)
- http://runkeeper.com/user/850829196/activity/192073814 HOT Today.

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3 Generations of Giles My old man, my brother, and my son.

Fri, 31 May 2013 11:32:01 -0400

3 Generations of Giles

My old man, my brother, and my son.

theclearlydope: I’ve waited my whole adult life for this...

Wed, 29 May 2013 09:07:03 -0400

theclearlydope:

I’ve waited my whole adult life for this desk.

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New project.

Day

Mon, 27 May 2013 19:27:09 -0400

Had a crazy day. Lots of personal firsts.

I ran my first 10 k in under an hour. I won an argument with my wife. I put the kids to bed before 6 PM because they were unruly.

I’m drinking some corn and enjoying the evening.

Next year I’ll take the long weekend for myself.

My Workout For Monday May 27

Mon, 27 May 2013 12:33:54 -0400

I earned 1079 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

Running +823 pts
- 1:00:25.1 || 6.4 mi || 9:27.2 min/mi || flat (+823 pts)
- http://runkeeper.com/user/850829196/activity/186337672 Kicked Ass.
Walking +256 pts
- 0:30:00 || 3 mi || flat (+256 pts)
- Decided hiking back after my run was the only option.

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New place, new paint.

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:02:09 -0400

New place, new paint.

My Workout For Tuesday May 14

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:06:21 -0400

I earned 307 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

Running +307 pts
- 0:24:30 || 2.7 mi || flat (+307 pts)
- Found out I don’t have cancer today.

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Congratulations to my awesome wife Catherine. Finished her...

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:07:37 -0400

Congratulations to my awesome wife Catherine. Finished her degree today!

5k

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:54:44 -0400

Ran my first of this year after a break. 27 min!

Fun run!

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:15:16 -0400

Fun run!

My Workout For Saturday April 27

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:08:22 -0400

I earned 401 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

Running +401 pts
- 0:28:17.7 || 3.1 mi || 9:08.4 min/mi || light hills (+401 pts)
- http://runkeeper.com/user/850829196/activity/172625933

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Closing Apr 30 th!

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:56:52 -0400

Closing Apr 30 th!

Not True. Honey keeps and keeps and keeps. And my bacon grease...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:06:17 -0400

Not True.

Honey keeps and keeps and keeps.

And my bacon grease can go bad, and lordy that stuff isn’t good for me (but I love it).

Whom do you represent?

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:09:00 -0400

I just got a letter back from Craig Zucker, the MD State Delegate.

I read the letter last night and had decided to write him back to continue the discussion. And then something about how it had been written had struck me as terribly odd and also completely out of line with the job of being a representative of the people.

He writes:

“Over the past few sessions, bills concerning the legalization of marijuana have been debated on the House floor. Though I believe that marijuana should be accessible for medicinal purposes only to patients with a debilitating medical condition, I do not support full decrimialization and regulation at this time, and I will be closely monitoring the progress of this bill.”

After reading the letter a second time, it occurred to me that my delegate had used the term “I” for everything in his argument about how he is representing the State he is sworn to serve. Service is not about “I”.

What is he a King? He’ll closely monitor the bill but be warned he doesn’t support it? Where are the arguments about my fellow Marylanders who have written in full support of continued prohibition? Where are the references to studies that indicate that the decriminalization of the plant would be deleterious to MD society or economy? Just that he doesn’t support it (which is interesting also because he gave no reasons why, yet he voted ‘Aye’ for the gambling bill to support casinos in the state, so surely it isn’t the morality of the issue). But yet everywhere I’m looking I’m seeing overwhelming support for decriminalization of medical and recreational both from my fellow Marylanders as well as my fellow Americans (See Oregon and Colorado and others).

Bear in mind, this isn’t necessarily about THC or the potential benefits medically, socially, or economically it could bring to our state. For me this is much more fundamental. I’ve received a letter from some hedge delegate who has no earthly idea what his job is or whom he serves, or truly that his job is to serve the interests of the people who reside in the state. His beliefs and opinions and personal views are not my concern. The fact that he is brashly indicating that he will do as he sees fits is.

There are other Maryland reps who send out a bi-annual survey to get actual data on what the people want. They don’t rely on the beliefs but on the will of their constituency.

You will be hearing from me Mr. Delegate Zucker. You can count on that.

Imagine how many other of our representatives only do as they deem?

Been a busy couple of months.

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:52:24 -0400

Well, it has been a while since I actually updated.

New job for me and for my lady.

Next thing you know we are both sick of the 270 commute. Time for a new house.

We sold our little townhome just two weeks ago. What a crazy experience that was. I learned that you never take a real estate recommendation from a work colleague. The team was a disaster. They had no idea what they were doing (even with their purported 30 years of experience). We finally got to closing and they couldn’t be bothered to show up on time. They had the nerve to be surpirsed when they were fired for finding our new home.

The new home has been found and it’s 2/3rds closer to our new jobs and it’s on 10x the amount of land. We’ve gotten ourselves a nanny and we’re awaiting our closing date.

Soon, after a little longer, I will up to my eyeballs in home projects. I look forward to blowing up your dash boards with decks, gardens, homebrew and bees before long.