On December 23rd of 2007 I posted my first post to my blog. Since then I have been honored by the AR Gods by having 16 of those posts featured----14 at AR and 2 at Localism. At the time it surprised the heck out of me that some of these got featured----when others, in my opinion, tha
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12/31/2008
Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, there was a little town called Runathemill where the Naunows lived. In Runathemill everything was----how shall I say it? Well----run of the mill. Even the local sawmill was run of the mill. Even the annual Runathemill "fun- run" was----ru
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12/29/2008
One thing that is universal about laundry rooms is that the walls behind washers and dryers are often trashed either from mechanical damage or hidden leaks----both past and present. I can imagine what many buyers must think when they start to move in and find these conditions when they go
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12/28/2008
Perhaps more than anyone else here in the Rain, my buddy Steve Smith can relate to this post. Especially in relation to the hoards of girls that used to hang on his every word as a radio disc jockey. I don't think he had to deal with anything like the wacko stalker that Clint Eastwood had
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12/26/2008
The other day when I left Seattle I got to see Santa at the airport. He was there as part of the first flight of the "Snowball Express." Regardless of your feelings about the war in Iraq, and the general war on terrorism I have to say this gesture by American Airlines to bring some jo
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12/20/2008
While all the defects associated with this installation will be over the heads of many of my Rainmates, I am sure all of the inspectors will appreciate the full extent of the problems with the installation----if it is fair to call it an "installation." This is someone's idea of a 30 am
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12/18/2008
If you have sent your kids to public school you know what I am talking about. Sooner or later parents become nit pickers. So----sooner or later----as an inspector, I am going to be a "nit picker" as well----well not the same kind----hopefully. I don't go out of my way to be a nit pic
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12/15/2008
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