The Gambling Geek has served me well for a couple of years, but its starting to become a bit defocused. In an effort to refocus this blog back on gaming, gambling, and the occasional science tidbit, I’ve created a new blog for Tab and I, Tall Tales from the Patterson Ranch. This [...]

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The dining room is finally finished, picture rails and all!!

Check out the whole story on the Dining Room page linked on the right sidebar.

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I’m destroying yet another room! I’m not done with the upstairs bathroom just yet, but I’ve started working on the main floor bathroom anyway. With Tab’s broken foot, she can’t go upstairs to use the shower, so I’m working to put in a shower down here that she can use. I’m still [...]

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With the help of my good friend, Barry, the fridge finally made it outside. I didn’t dare open the thing in the house. As it turns out, the fridge wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. When I opened it a year and a half ago, there was a green [...]

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I have a great old fridge in my basement, and this whole situation reminds me of the Cowboy Bebop episode Toys in the Attic. Spike left a lobster in a fridge and the resulting in some unexpected and unfortunate biology. Well, there’s been a watermelon in my fridge for about two years now, [...]

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I’m making headway on the upstairs bathroom. I finally finished the tub, shower, and associated plumbing. There was one initial leak around the drain, but a couple turns of a wrench fixed that. I didn’t have the drain screwed in tightly enough. Tab and I are off to the store tonight [...]

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Yesterday, I finished work on the Blue Room. Well, ok, I finished work on it for now. We’d still like to relocate the overhead light fixture and install a ceiling fan. That will happen later on, perhaps this fall. You can see pictures of the progress and final result on the [...]

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Its not complete, yet, but I’m making progress. I’d hoped to have the north bedroom finished by now, but things keep popping up to distract me. …mainly DD Poker games. You can see the latest pictures by clicking on the link The Blue Room under Pages to the right. I’ll [...]

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