My 12 Shades of Awesome Home Remodeling

If you're friends with me on Facebook, you know I've been quite busy with the home owner projects.  I'm currently in the midst of putting in a pocket door which was considerably more difficult than I thought it was going to be, but the end is in sight nonetheless.  I'll post some pictures when it's all done.  

A couple weeks ago, I put up some waynsecoting in our guest bathroom that came out quite well if I do say so myself.  

Back when the G-Train and I lived in Bangor, NY, we built one thing after another at our house.  Before that, I helped build many projects both at my jobs and where I lived.  Here are some pictures from those days.

Here's my driveway I designed and made.

Here's a porch I added to my house.  It didn't last long.

Here's a window I put in.

Here's a staircase I added to my house.

And here's a home security camera I added.

When I worked for a construction company back in the late 80s, I helped out on two projects before they laid me off.  One was putting in some balconies at an apartment complex and the other was installing an ATM at a bank.

A No-Brainer

It's over - Adam Lambert won. Easily. He will go on to be rich and famous.  His work will legitimize American Idol.  American Idol will be known as the show that discovered "the Great Adam Lambert".  Kris Allen did a credible job, and he should have a halfway decent career, but c'mon.  He was no Adam.  Add this prediction to my "Bailout is a bad idea" and "American car companies need to focus on boosting their MPG" that I've preached about in the past.

Advice the Wisest of Sages Would Give

When watching Family Feud with your wife and the question is "Name an age at which a woman is most interesting", it is a really bad idea to blurt out "19!"

Really bad.

About Last Night

This ain’t no Brat Pack, this ain’t no disco, aaaahhhh, finally – an AI show I won’t fall asleep during: Rock Week!  Finally, a genre of music that I know something about.

First up – Adam Lambert singing Whole Lotta Love.  Great choice, I get it. He gets to practice with Guest Mentor of the Week Slash.  If you nail Whole Lotta Love with Slash, someday his people will call your people about making an album.  Adam did get it right, with Slash and on the show.  If he wanted to have a little fun, though, he could have done Sweet’s Ballroom Blitz.

 Next up – Allison, who did Janis Joplin’s Cry Baby, not a good choice.  If I were her, I would have gone with No Doubt’s Don’t Speak or Kim Carnes' Betty Davis Eyes.  If she had her heart set on a Janis Joplin song, how about Me and Bobby McGee?

 The next performance was a duet by Kris and Danny, Styx’ Renegade.  It was a great choice and well sung, but both seemed ill at ease during the performance.  This is clearly not their area of specialty.

 Kris then did the Beatles’ Come Together and was very mediocre.  If he had his heart set on a Beatles song, how about A Day in the Life? He could have had some fun tinkering with the arrangements.  If I were him, though, I think I would have done Bryan Adams’ Run To You or maybe Tommy James’ Draggin the Line.

 Danny finished up the solo performances with Aerosmith’s Dream On which in a word was Cheesy, Cheesy, Cheesy, Cheesy!  I get that he wants to do a classic, how about the Who’s Baba O’Reilly? Or Springsteen’s Born in the USA, or Born to Run or Glory Days?  If he had his heart set on Aerosmith, how about Chip Away at the Stone?

The final performance was the Adam/Allison duet, Foghat’s Slow Ride.  Brilliant choice, great performance.  Simon commented that Adam may have saved Allison by teaming up with her, and I have to agree.

So who’s getting sent home? You could make a case for anyone but Adam.  Probably Danny deserves most to go home, but he seems to have a voting block backing him that I don’t get.  If there’s a Bottom 2, I’m putting Kris and Danny in it, with Kris hitting the road when it’s all said and done.  Mathdude out.