I've been AWOL for over two weeks! Why? What's the old saying, " ... busier than a one-armed paper hanger." I've hung wallpaper for decades with two hands and I'm here to tell you doing it with one hand would be frantic! I've been crazy, crazy busy the past twelve or so days. Right now, […]
Last week I did something new. It's good to do new things. I taught myself how to tie a bow tie. It's really pretty simple. Here's a photo of one I tied last Friday just before I started to board passengers onto the scenic train I work on here in New Hampshire. I watched a […]
Guess who tied his first pretty decent bow tie yesterday? Did you guess me? Congrats, you're right. I'll have a photo for you on Wednesday. Speaking of photos, I received an email from Ed Moore a few days ago that made me laugh OUT LOUD for a few minutes: "I get your newsletter at work […]
Three weeks ago, I purchased two Cannondale Quick 6 fitness bicycles - one for myself and one for my youngest daughter. She's working for me to pay it off. I hadn't owned a bicycle in probably 35 years. This bike is made to traverse bike paths and some pavement. It's not a mountain bike and […]
How is your summer going? Mine feels like it's a rally car zooming past me. My youngest daughter is now helping Kathy and me do a huge public relations effort for our Stain Solver product. She's reaching out to countless specialty magazines trying to get them to feature Stain Solver in the New Products sections […]
It's Friday. That means it's time to get projects done this weekend. How would you like to watch a VERY CONTROVERSIAL video of mine? It's about using a pressure washer on a shingle roof!!!!! I can hear your screeching now! Watch the video and pay attention to the RED notes in the video. Be sure […]
Two weeks have blown by. What happened in your world? In my world, I was at Mt. Washington volunteering for four days to work communications for the Climb to the Clouds Auto Race, I moved my daughter home for the last time from college, I worked on the train for three days straight, blah, blah, […]
Good Morning! This is going to be an abbreviated newsletter because I'm nutso busy. Yesterday, I worked the scenic train finishing up my training as a conductor and got to do something very, very cool, but with huge responsibility. We did a push back. The rail line is like a road, but in your car, […]
I had to go with my daughter on Friday to buy two fitness bicycles - one for her and one for me. Then I had to go work on the train. I ran out of time to get you the Weekend Warrior Tip on Friday. Yesterday, I was up at 4:15 a.m. and out the […]
This coming Saturday (June 21, 2014) those of us in the Northern Hemisphere will enjoy the most amount of sunlight in a 24-hour period while our under-equator allies struggle through the most amount of darkness in the same 24 hours. It's time for the solstice. For me, it's a sad day because the sun starts […]
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