Thousand Words

Here are the HARRIBLE pictures from the listing. Click below for more. I swear these pics are taken with a cricket flip phone. The home is honestly so much nicer and solid than these pics convey. Things to note. The original columns and molding in the parlor and dining room are stunning. The kitchen is gigantic and almost feels like a waste of space. I think I’ll put a large island with seating in the middle of the kitchen. #PuzzleStation Off the back living room, is the seasonal sun room overlooking the private fenced yard. The back yard is so overgrown with weeds that they are obscuring the view out the windows. And there are no pics of the back yard in the listing. Perhaps I’ll do a video to show you how jungle-like it is. I am cautiously optimistic that there are original hardwoods under the carpeting upstairs. If so, wee! If not, meh. I can live with carpet in bedrooms and am fine with it. The two car garage is a rock-solid cinderblock building that could withstand a hurricane. It’s also strangely all tiled on the inside walls? Not sure why. The home used to have an above-ground pool (I’m guessing), and there’s a small space in the back of the garage that I assume was their pool house of sorts. The garge is connected to the house by a small walkway / addition that strangely has a crystal chandelier. The driveway could fit 8 cars, it’s so huge. Which is nice but will be a bear in winter. We will definitely need a snowblower. The house is vinyl sided and/or brick. All the windows are vinyl replacement windows except for the gigantic picture window overlooking the front porch which is original. But it doesn’t look too drafty because it’s all painted shut forever. The electric, plumbing, and heating have all been modernized and updated. It does not have central air, but it seems like that would be easy to fix since it’s forced air. Or even with minisplits. Meh? I can live without AC for 99% of the year, so that doesn’t bother me. The neighborhood is super cute and all the houses nearby are cute, well-maintained historic homes. The house is only 3 blocks from Nappy Knolls, so an easy walk to everything downtown.

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Hud

Alert! We got a house! I’m not sharing the link because the pictures are terrible. Like “taken by Mother with her flip phone” terrible. This is honestly one of the pics from the listing. But it’s a real gem with good bones, huge space, and lots of original molding and pillars. Most importantly it has an amazing private yard with a seasonal sun room that is fantastic. I can’t wait to hang out with a book in that room. Plus! An attached two car garage which is almost unheard of in the city. We are excited! But also fried. Because this is great news at a bad time. I’m headed into audit week and need to be in Syracuse every day. Luckily, I have Mr. K here in town if I need feet on the ground.

Antiques

Things I almost bought at the antique festival. A gilded triptych that looked like it had been looted right out of a cathedral during World War Two. A five foot tall statue of Ganesh that looked like it had been the masthead on a ship or something and was kinda attached to a column base. I ended up only buying a pineapple lemonade.

Regina

Mr. K doesn’t appreciate my random Ai image prompt generation tool. #DivorceCourt

Riot

There is some hardcore 90s riot grrl picking the musaq at this resto! I’m all over it. Fiona, Sarah, the whole shebang!

Home

Some ninety year old homeless dude said, “That’s a pretty ass shirt!” So I guess there is some sense of style left in the world. #FashionIcon

Pull

Because no one is around today, I created a database tool to generate image prompts based on randomly selected criteria for colors, genders, moods, head positions, gazes, and objects. Click a button and voila! Random new fun creature. It’s kinda wild! I’m having a lot of fun playing with it. #BookmarkEmpire

Summer

Things Mr. K needs to let me do this summer that I’ve never done before. Visit Boldt Castle. Go to the Bouckville Antique Festival. Make it happen, Universe! #BusySummer #BookIt

Demo

The matte acrylic arrived today, and I thus now have a fully functional demo! It looks fantastic. I’d love to share it with you. If you need a bookmark, drop your addy in a message, and I’ll send you one. It’ll help me get the kinks out of my production process. Danki! #BookmarkEmpire

Tens

I don’t like the phrase “tens of dozens”. If I weren’t busy, I’d research when this appeared and whom I need to time travel kill to eradicate.

Madge

Madonna – nor any of us really – could have imagined that her constant presence in media for thirty years would simmer down to an endless variety of short thirty second clips of her saying whacky shit on my phone around-the-clock. What other celebrity has so much A roll footage? I can think of none. I mean, it was once said that Princess Di was the most photographed person in the world. But she was more passing through and being snapped by the paparazzi. She wasn’t constantly being interviewed – a talking head – like Madonna. I often find myself thinking about where I was when and what I was doing when Madonna had those eyebrows, that hair color, lip line, and was chatting about Kabbalah or being interviewed at a vanity fair shoot. I’m not complaining. I enjoy the nostalgia.

In unrelated news, we need to talk about the constant barrage of text message reminders from doctors’ offices. What Ai decided that we need daily reminders about appointments a week away? I want to talk to the manager! With my gang of medical handlers and frequent appointments, it just becomes noise. Do I need to get a burner phone for medical only?