A Daily Slice of Awesome

We were on our way home from my wife's sister's place where we had an exquisite dinner. Our son was trying to convince us that he should have more containers in his room in which to place his beloved objects. He is a hoarder. Any box, old can, or bag can be made into his new treasure chest. My wife wanted to limit the amount of possession-safes he had in his room. He led out with five, which seemed like a pretty good starting point. In negotiation, they teach you that most times, it's better to give the first offer--they call it 'anchoring.' He anchored a bit high, but it wasn't absurd, like ten, thus preserving the negotiation to the next step. My wife countered with three. He thought about it for a moment, and countered with four, right in the middle. The way he hesitated was perfect. You could tell he wanted to stick at five but knew he needed to give up some ground to succeed. A compromise was struck and a deal made. He can now have four receptacles in h

We have finally moved into our new house. It's awesome. It quickly got increasingly more awesome once we took the water regulator out of the shower head and turned our sprinkler into a hose. Yeah, the environment probably takes another small hit for the team, and I'm a horrible person, but I really like it. A drizzle in the shower is pathetic. A jet stream is luxuriousness. I suppose the best part of a new house is the house, but for me its going to be the pool table that I can stick inside it. It should come soon. It's also nice to look out the window and see trees instead of my neighbors' houses and cars. Unpacking boxes is decidedly un-awesome, as was the truck that I procured to move everything into it. I have to say, U-Haul let me down something fierce. I made a reservation for the biggest truck in the fleet and for whatever reason, that reservation was cancelled and I got the 10-foot minnow in exchange. Despite being a gutsy little thing, it doesn't fit mu

I know, I know, it has been a long time. You probably forgot this little corner of the internet existed. It's been a strange few months and I found it difficult to think of things I wanted to write about. Awesome things still happened, but I either found them repetitious, or just well...not awesome enough. That ended though this past Saturday. My wife and I took a quick trip up to Portland to visit Golden West Billiards. I'm in search of a pool table. They make them there--really nice ones. Behold, the Northwest: In a word: Awesome. It comes with a slightly un-awesome price tag, but when you're only going to buy something once for the rest of your life, then I say go for it. I should say that my wife let me because even more honestly, there's no way I could do something this nice if she didn't buy into it. Thanks! This beauty will grace our new home we hope to move into at the end of the month. I'm probably more excited about the table than the home, as w