Month: January 2008

  • Lighting 201

    Or Back in the attic again.  I got information about three-way switches from my friend the internet; that is search you want to word very carefully, trust me!  Anyway I had it wired correctly, but the dimmer that I was using needed to have a load on it to work correctly.  Anyway, I went back […]

  • manly gift

    last year, I had only one manly gift. The rest were mostly cookin’ stuff. two screwdrivers. from: Chey To: daddy Angry Gardner postscript:  Chey wanted to post on the blog.  She is very proud of her gift and I am very grateful for all my gifts.

  • Lighting 101

    I started my project of recessed light yesterday.  I think that I am doing alright.  I am having problems with the stupid three way switch, but I should be able to have everything straightened out tomorrow.  I also found that being up in my attic laying in the dirt and insulation has got to my […]

  • Too Good To Be True

    Many of the readers of this blog know of my fondness, some might say addiction, to the Elixir of Life a.k.a. Mountain Dew.  Anyway I have seen a film on the internet about making a “glow” stick out of Dew, Hydrogen Peroxide, and Baking soda.  I was SO excited picturing in my head 2 liter […]

  • Well I Think I Blew It.

    I applied for a different job right before Christmas.  I finally was contacted about today.  We set up an “prescreening” phone interview.  I don’t know what I was expecting, but it sure was not what I experienced.  The questions were very technical, and not having worked with Active Directory.  Anyway, my mind went blank, and […]

  • It’s Raining. Huh!? It’s Winter Right?

    I work up in the middle of the night to the sounds of rain.  Weather in Utah go figure.  In the morning it was the proper monochromatic crystalline structure, sorry sometimes I like to sound smarted.  It was one of the nicest snow storm that I had ever seen.  Heavy, wet, dense snow though great […]