tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51464812009-02-21T07:45:52.126-05:00Andrew Bockhorst thinks himself into apoplexy.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-7006811194397565242009-01-20T18:45:00.002-05:002009-01-20T19:21:14.961-05:00

Maybe I'm not going to go that far with Bush, although I was a little alarmed at how much surging anger came to the surface when the images of Bush boarding the Executive One helicopter taking him to Andrews AFB came on the screen. Given how he mocked Karla Faye Tucker's pleas for mercy before he denied her a stay of execution (which was probably more consideration than he gave the cases of any

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-40008760908763813222008-09-22T21:47:00.003-04:002008-09-22T22:04:17.942-04:00

Just got through with a Phase II evaluation of an 18th Century site in Southern Maryland that was slightly less interesting than it should have been, but it was nice to get back outside for a while at least. Unfortunately, my second unit was done directly in a large patch of poison ivy, and minute blisters have cropped up all over my arms and fingers, and the swelling around my eyes is just going

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-70825998706598560702008-08-21T16:17:00.003-04:002008-09-22T22:01:03.726-04:00

Congratulations to my sweet, sweet mistress Rachel Maddow on getting her own show on MSNBC! She's one of the most intriguing, entertaining political personalities on any medium at the moment, and one hell of a good kisser! Makes me wish I had cable...And one way to celebrate the birth of Mr. Providence: what looks like it might be a decent Lovecraft movie not involving either Jeffrey Combs or

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-75479823300327138612008-08-05T17:24:00.001-04:002008-08-05T17:25:03.521-04:00

Something to chew on while I come up with something interesting to say...

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-49902881990207146852008-06-26T23:02:00.003-04:002008-06-26T23:08:49.138-04:00

My now-habitual failure to post anything isn't from lack of desire, I've just gotten very, very far out of the habit. And I aim to get back into it, starting tomorrow. Damn it, I got the "get in shape" resolution under control finally, you'd think I could wrap up something like posting on my damn blog more often...Meanwhile, I just got a 95% on my boating license test, which means I can pilot

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-65216780729730227002008-06-11T08:00:00.000-04:002008-06-12T10:51:48.419-04:00

It's sort of old news now, but Kitty is now back with us after spending a week in lost cat camp on the Eastern Shore a couple of weeks ago. Not wanting to lock him up in our house alone for three days without his life-coach of a dog, we took him with us to my mom's house for her second annual Memorial Day blow out. Unfortunately, Kitty took advantage of the opportunity to escape the room we

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-9944891657165763642008-05-22T07:01:00.002-04:002008-05-22T07:09:47.406-04:00

Sigh. Someone else thought of the same joke and was much, much more clever about it.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-24908536445348866092008-05-07T07:07:00.007-04:002008-05-07T07:18:07.834-04:00

Come, Michelle! (sound of coconuts)

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-56842094903277163202008-04-21T21:49:00.002-04:002008-04-21T22:31:51.820-04:00

First, now that the temperature is prime, I'll be starting on my cardboard-aged Irish stout kit tomorrow evening. I'm sure somewhere in this god-forsaken house I can find a forgotten corner that's a perfect, constant 65 -75 degrees and is free of mummified mice. I'm taking a couple of Youtube refreshers from this guy.Second, kudos to Heather for knocking my degrees of separation to the Law and

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I'm back in Lancaster, OH once again, leading several crews in an exploratory excavation that netted a giant hearth feature (fittingly found before I arrived). And of course on top of that function, I'm also performing my office duties in my hotel room after hours. While at least some of my friends have a taste for the demon workohol (*cough* Laurid *cough*), I've never partaken willingly. I'm

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-76942763870040470372008-02-20T20:40:00.005-05:002008-02-21T09:32:35.256-05:00

I can't really say thanks enough to my Dad, Mom, Pete, Jennifer, and Ray for spending the weekend in Baltimore and putting up drywall on my living room that would've taken me weeks to do myself. It looks marvelous, and actually, finally gives a sense of what the place will look like when we're relaxing and finally, finally finished with the whole ordeal. Thank you thank you thank you!

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-71892619077830840632008-02-05T21:39:00.000-05:002008-02-05T21:45:19.958-05:00

Morrissey's ass.His latest song/video is here. Pretty good; still sounding very Ringleadery.

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Bigger version at Dipdive.com. I haven't been this enraptured since I saw that Coke marketing video at the bottling plant in Hong Kong!

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-59789068638110493152008-02-03T11:47:00.000-05:002008-02-03T12:09:16.886-05:00

If you can stomach any more of it, here's Coulter backing up her insistence that she'll campaign for Hillary if McCain gets the Republican nomination. Even better than this being an unmistakable edict to "Just Give Up" to the far Right from its High Priestess, this might actually be the end of Anne Coulter altogether. Whether this is a publicity stunt or not, I can't see the bitter-enders getting

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-6903161750699567322008-02-01T13:56:00.000-05:002008-02-01T16:27:40.697-05:00

In my weeks and weeks of being strung out on the sweet crack of election politics, this is by far the most disturbing (and possibly edifying) thing I've seen. BY FAR!Either way, if this truly is how much reviled McCain is among the off-the-map right, this bodes VERY well for the Dems' chances in November. I've known a few liberals that have sworn off Hillary, and vow to take their vote elsewhere

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-34093958356408883382008-01-24T21:30:00.000-05:002008-01-24T22:00:58.237-05:00

Oh yeah, anybody else love the title of the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, or that it's directed by Marc Forster, the guy behind Kite Runner and Monster's Ball?

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-9444551167557051942008-01-06T22:18:00.000-05:002008-01-06T22:38:10.741-05:00

This was during his surprisingly lucrative Vegas days, where he fled when strapped for cash. I definitely want to come back in the next life as a temperamental, cocky, gay British guy. (And I never did get to see the Noon-Day Gun, dammit.)

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-46228601177251852682008-01-06T11:47:00.000-05:002008-01-06T12:03:16.111-05:00

From UrbanDictionary.com:MurderlandA nickname for the state, Maryland. The hood places in MD are Baltimore City aka Bodymore, PG County, and some specific places in Mo County or other places. (mainly the DC area)Tyree: "Yo im movin back to Murderland nigga!"John: "oh forreal? where in Murdaland, B-more?"Tyree: "Nah, Takoma Park."

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-50083989342288663962008-01-03T17:46:00.001-05:002008-01-04T17:07:19.946-05:00

Found this in a frou-frou antique shop north of Salisbury. Want your dinner plates to look like they arrived fresh from the scene of a chainsaw slaying? Breakfast at the Clutter house! Awesome!

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-44921811373264008432008-01-03T11:39:00.000-05:002008-01-03T11:50:01.818-05:00

Actually, I didn't last night. For some reason, I was smooching with (alleged!) lesbian talk show host Rachel Maddow, who after the Young Turks sign off in a couple of weeks will be the only thing worth listening to on Air America radio. Maybe it was my way of saying thanks. I told Janine about it this morning, and I would have told her it didn't mean anything, but y'know, it probably did.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-29109218702439494132007-12-22T15:13:00.000-05:002007-12-22T15:42:01.887-05:00

I just came across this potentially chilling bit of comisseration: http://www.southphillyhouse.com/. The author's circumstances are remarkably similar to ours: a couple living in their row house while renovating, except the amount of actual work to be done (as well as their expertise, it seems) rivals ours by a lot. Mold, termite damage, and an additional storey to have to work on.The chilling

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-29068587781270392902007-12-22T11:12:00.001-05:002007-12-22T11:39:03.155-05:00

This monstrousity is what I'll be throwing myself into later today, while Janine's lungs try to hold her encroaching brochitis to the upper chest area, and I try to keep from falling prey to what has been my pulmonary kryptonite. On your right, you'll see the top and floor plates of the frame I've been trying to make level for far too long now. In the front of the house, the original ceiling

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-75904653734100830882007-12-18T20:50:00.000-05:002007-12-19T07:22:35.391-05:00

Get this: I'm being flown out today to Lancaster, Ohio once again for approximately 24 hours, whereupon we'll be throwing an appreciation/Christmas banquet for the field crew -- this is all going to be in the restaurant of the hotel they've been staying for the past many months, which has been of suspect quality. And we're bringing the beer, which is going to have to be in oceanic quanitities to

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-62795351404284133062007-11-27T10:14:00.000-05:002007-11-27T10:37:22.442-05:00

Note to Chris Dodd: Make Dick's "People = Shit" your campaign song. You'll still lose, but you'll be unbearably cool.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258922903262838957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146481.post-57838324770482962682007-11-20T06:54:00.000-05:002007-11-20T07:25:39.577-05:00

And now for your morning soul crushing...

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