Yeah, this is probably damage related to a poor roof design issue that caused chronic ice dam leaks nearly every time we got more than a foot of snow. We replaced the roof to eliminated the core problem (upgraded with better ventilation and ice guard layer), gutters, had to have a whole corner of the house rebuilt…

Yeah, I had the two ashes trimmed last year to get rid of the deadwood in an attempt to save them, but no luck. Worse this year, very thin crowns and even more dead major limbs. Woodpeckers have carved them up all over going for the beetle larva. They're gonners. Ash trees in the eastern US are going to be…

Yeah, more than I'd expected. That's for everything: door, installation, carpentry to replace any of the supporting wood (at least one beam shows rot). I got another quote from a contractor for 3k, but it was a lower grade door and didn't have a lifetime warranty. It was the same grade as the door I'm replacing and…

A woman thanked me "for my service" because I was wearing a cap for the Liberty Ship John W. Brown, apparently not understanding that Liberty Ships are from WWII and it was therefore highly unlikely that I served aboard one. No, I appreciate the sentiment, but I bought the hat to support the ongoing upkeep for a piece…

We sometimes take our kids (2 and 6 yrs) to an art museum that does these regular programs geared for young kids: takes them around to a couple things based on the theme of the week, talk about it, then do a related craft project.

It seemed that focusing exclusively on film in the middle of a golden age of scripted television was maybe not going to be a great business model.

I rewached "Fish Out of Water," the 90% wordless underwater episode of Bojack Horseman. It was so soothing.

So get a new job. I mean really, do we have to think of everything?

Brooklyn Brewery Summer Ale is my go-to easy drinking beer this season. It's a nicely balanced, uncomplicated, good 'ol "crack a bottle after a long commute home" beer, and I keep buying it.

The idea of starting a new sandbox game horrifies me right now. Skyrim was probably the last one, and I clocked over 250 hours without even finishing the main storyline. And I just ended a 9 month stint in WoW and I might be literally physically sick to my stomach if I checked how many hours I played this expansion…

It's become much easier for me to drop an unfinished game since having kids. I just don't have the luxury of "whenever I feel like it." I can't play while the kids are awake because it's a) not fair to Mrs Lint that she entertain them while I play and b) my son is intensely curious about whatever I'm doing and even if…

Finished Spec Ops: The Line. It's a good shooter, entertaining game. It obviously had something meta to say about these games ("Do you feel like a hero yet?") in addition to the overarching message about war and conflict and what it does to those who fight and make moral compromises. But that message is slightly…

New Pornographers - Play Money
Spoon - First Caress
LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls
Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear
Perfume Genus - I Decline
Tennis - Needle and a Knife
Girlpool - Before the World WAs Big
Mary Epworth - Me Swimming (Richard Norris Remix)

4 grand to replace the rotted-out patio door. I could replace for cheaper with contractor-grade door and wood trim instead of composite, but that's just going to rot again. This gets me lifetime warranty on the door and installation.

A gathering with two other families at our friends' house for backyard pool, grilling, and smores around the fire pit. It's nice to drink beer from a can while floating without a teenager saying, "Sir? Sir! You can't do that in the municipal pool." Our kids are all in the spread from 6 years to 9 months, so it's nice…

Whyyyyyyy? Literally the worst Bond theme on most lists, including mine.

Sweet, I thought I'd lost access to my Monkeylint burner account on Kinja, but I just searched my email and found the access key! Last used in 2014, never commented. Because Kinja was then and is now terrible.

It's the default option.

>Extra-large cup holders

He probably still has a few years left before he's eligible for parole.