Archive for February, 2010

We have taken a break from the Bucket brigade…

Posted: February 26, 2010 by datechguy in personal
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…basically if you were here you would have the sight of me in shorts and boots carrying buckets of water from the cellar to outside, while the wife (who has called out today) fills the buckets in the cellar and brings them up to me.

The oldest has put out a blast e-mail/facebook for extra hand, so hopefully we will have a full crew of teens/friends and over the next 36 hours have the cellar cleared of both water and stuff that will grow mold (everyone in the house but me has allergies).

The base plan is to get the water out today and get the furnace back up and running, while tomorrow we will clean out the trash and everything else that has to go. We will of course get what we can get done today. I’m hoping for a lot of the kids friends for that as we will certainly provide pizza etc.

That is the plan for now, I’ll see what blogging I can get in between.

I’m not proud so i’ll take any able body willing to help get this done.

Still in search of that elusive $800 per wk…

Posted: February 26, 2010 by datechguy in employment, hobbies
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For those of you who have been here awhile you are aware of the “I’ll do it myself Tucker Fund” that doubled as a CPAC jar in the quest to send me down south.

Things remain up in the air for me but now that the readership has once again increased post CPAC post factor I am going to make this offer once again but not just to Tucker Carlson.

In my old job I was making $800 a week. (excluding overtime) I am more than willing to write for anyone at that wage on the condition that I am writing from here. If it is desired that I cover an event beyond my regular range, I would want expenses (travel, a room and maybe $30 a day for meals).

If anyone is out there who is looking for someone to write or film under those termss just give me a heads up in comments. If someone is looking for a part time writer I can adjust the rate accordingly, with the understanding that I will keep trying to find something to make up the rest or to get the whole shabang at once.

If someone wants to hire me on a temp basis a particular campaign etc, I wouldn’t mind that either. I can live on extended unemployment, but I’d rather not, I dislike the situation and would like to change it. If you can help I promise to give a solid effort and earn the funds I’m paid.

And of course if you are a reader and just want to kick in I certainly won’t turn down any hits to the I’ll do it myself Tucker fund.

If you want something you have to ask, so I’m asking. I’ll provide the Fedora.

Foot of water in the basement, blogging will be a tad light…

Posted: February 26, 2010 by datechguy in personal
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Went downstairs to add water to the furnace and found that nature beat me to it adding a foot of water to my entire basement.

So blogging will be lighter as I start with the buckets and the maybe grabbing a pump.

Update: It’s amazing how unimportant politics is when you have a cellar to clean out.

The latest in our series of bloggers that I interviewed during the early hours of Saturday just before I got my second wind. Bruce Carol of Gay Patriot.

I didn’t get to really talk to him much other than this interview, but I’ve been reading his blog long enough to know that it is worth your time too.