Continuum

Husband and I watched the first 30 minutes or so of Continuum this morning.

( Spoilers )

Ceiling collapse update

Friday Pedro from The House Doctors arrived. V, our Mr. Landlord, spent the day here, too.

Pedro got a late start because three lanes were blocked on 495. The same thing happened going the other direction in the evening rush hour. People in Woodbridge, or Lorton, or whereever the heck people live at that end of the Beltway were pretty pissed on Friday.

Pedro says that not only was the ceiling only nailed up, but there is also a glue that is used to attach ceilings, and that was also not done properly.

He is planning to put screws into The Barbarian's room and the stairwell hall and the kids' bathroom.

The master bedroom appears to have no nails left. It appears to be being held up by the corners and the drywall of the walls. They will be taking the ceiling down in there and putting up a new one.

A week. *sigh*

I feel like the family has gone to the mattresses. *snerks*

( Cut for length )

Please, God, do not let the upstairs HVAC unit fall through into the bathroom. Amen.

Nastygram

RE: Your phone survey, August 3, approx 8:50pm

Dear Fairfax Deomcratic Committee:

Your automated phone survey just woke up my sleeping two year old.

I do not appreciate this use of my telephone number and personal information.

Please remove our family from your database.

[demographic information redacted]

I'm a yellow-dog democrat, but if you wake up my child again, I might vote Republican out of spite. Seriously. If you have kids, you know what I mean.

Sincerely,
CK, registered Democrat

Extra More

No lesser source than the US Embassy in London.

I quote our esteemed leader:

"What's interesting, however, is that people are plenty wise about how to conserve. You're making the choices about whether you want to drive a little extra more or not drive extra more."

I told AG33 about this quote, and he cracked up laughing.

He was just visiting my uncle and aunt, who had a joke on their fridge. Which presidential family is better, the Adamses or the Bushes? Well, the Adamses knew seven languages between them, while the Bushes are still working on their first.

He said, "I thought that was just a joke!"

*snickers*

Random thoughts

I may have a tiny, hardly worth mentioning, teeny-weeny kink for Generation Kill.

*ducks*

On the upside, at least it wasn't Ice Road Truckers.