OTR Tragedy: Smitty’s Burns

It was 7:30 am and my first alarm had just gone off and been snoozed. The theme song to Austin Powers came through my phone speakers, meaning someone was calling me. I squinted to see my boss’s name, and instantly jumped to the next level of coherence. I tried my best to disguise the sleepiness [...]

Tunage Tuesday

I’ve been known to tell people that “I bleed music.” This doesn’t mean I can play any instruments (the opposite is true in fact), and I’m no expert on any particular genre. What it does mean is that I have a much deeper connection to music than I do to other forms of media entertainment. [...]

One Fish, Two Fish, Dead Fish, New Fish.

I was looking for some old photos on my computer when I stumbled across this gem from my freshman year of college. As is dormitory law, we had our white board (or in our rebel case, silver board) on the outside of our door to both post messages and have more obscene messages and drawings [...]

10 days, 2 trailers, and a pickup

It’s amazing what 10 days (and local labor on a Saturday) can do to a place. With my focus on the apartments on the 2nd and 3rd floors, I’ve managed to get most of the hardwood exposed, and the drop ceiling is gone from the third floor. I’ll be back at it again this weekend, [...]

Puffin down by the River

Just lettin off some steam.