Helpful Home Improvement Hint Number 1

So that I can continue to consider this a Home Improvement Blog, without feeling guilty about the lack of progress, I'm going to post a weekly helpful tip that is based on my vast knowledge of fixing stuff (when I actually do real work). Here's the first one:When using an extension cord with your power tools, tie the end in a knot like this. That way, if you move the tool around and pull on

Escape From NY: I Rub a Bull's Balls

Impressions of New YorkWell, my NYC trip was eventful. I don't think I'll get that job at the investment bank, but I did get a call from a different headhunter on friday about a different investment bank, for which I am less qualified, so I got that going for me.I'm trying to decide whether I would want to go to NYC at all. Walking around there, reminded me of the things I hate about New York:

Unconventional Thoughts on Father's Day

On Father’s Day, I usually think about the second time my Dad almost died.After I graduated High School, I wanted to hang out and party and, generally be a degenerate, but my dad had other plans. My choices were to go to college or go to work with him--there wasn't really a third choice. My Dad has his own construction company that varied in size depending on how the economy was doing in New

Miscellany

My friend has an organization that has balls. I mean that literally. And this Saturday, is one of those balls. There is a ball on Saturday at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. So if you want to see one of my friend's balls, then you should go. There will be two, count 'em, two live bands, food, drinks, and me in a Tuxedo. Since I didn't get any good shots of me in a Tux at the