The Double A Lounge

We have progress on the bathroom. Starting to look a little more inhabitable this time around.

Up, up, and up some more! Yes, New York State is raising it’s Thruway tolls yet again. To add insult to more insult, those who use EZPass automated toll collection (like me) are getting a very sharp increase. I will give our Thruway system here this: they do keep it in great shape. Only problem [...]

It had to happen eventually, but the second bathroom here is being totally remodeled. A man came today and totally demolished the inside of it. Considering how thick the tile and plaster was, I’m impressed that he got it done in one day. Somehow he managed to pick up a 350 lb. bathtub by himself [...]

More and more I keep attributing my various health issues to being overweight. My blood pressure was sky high before I was put on medication and diet to manage it. Problem is I have to take about five medications to keep it under control. I hate popping all those pills every day. Even if I [...]

I’ve noticed over the years of listening to music and researching the people behind it that regardless of what genre I listen to, many of the musicians involved have all played with each other at one time or another. I like finding out who actually played on an album or song or who wrote the [...]

I recently finished a book worth mentioning. It’s called To Rule The Waves: How The British Navy Shaped the Modern World by Arthur Herman. This book has an extensive amount of information in it. I was initially concerned that it would have been overly academic which translates to difficult to read and not very interesting. [...]

I recently ordered a package of 100 DE blades from this vendor. As a bonus, they also had free shipping which is always nice. I paid $17.99 for those 100 blades. I challenge anyone to do that with cartridge razors. Haven’t priced out disposables but considering the quality of shaves I’ve been getting with DE [...]

I frequent a budget bookstore on the other side of town from time to time. They have lots of interesting books to be had for a fraction of the price that the regular bookstores sell them for. Recently I picked up a book entitled “Prescription for Excellence: How Innovation Is Saving Canada’s Health Care System” [...]

Merkur 38C DE Safety Razor Over the past month or so, I’ve undertaken the task of learning the wetshaving technique using a double edged (DE) safety razor. I got fed up with trying to get great shaves with my electric, so I moved back to a cartridge razor. It was somewhat better but I was [...]

Well, it’s been a few months since I posted anything here. Not much has really inspired me to do so. The winter was long and is finally starting to break so that helps. I could use large doses of sunshine this spring and summer. Being isolated in the house while it’s been so cold outside [...]