Guys Doin’ Guys Stuff

Last night was supposed to be our regular “guys night” but I needed to get a few things done on my house. We’ll be putting the house up on the market this week and there just a few things we need to get done. Around 1998 I installed a garage door opener on my single car garage with the help of my brother and my Dad. I didn’t have the wiring done so I ran an extension cord to the opener. It’s worked that way since. Last night (with my Dad’s guidance and assistance) we finished the wiring in the garage. It looks Fantastic—very professional!

My Dad is so awesome when it comes to helping his sons out. It doesn’t happen as much as it used to I’m sure, but he’s always willing to help out… with a little prodding on the timeline. He also delivered my birthday presents from him and my mom. The first was an Elvis clock that actually plays portions of “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog” alternately at the top of the hour. The other present was a little bit of $$ in a home-made card! $$ is always good.

In addition to helping out with the garage, my dad also took the pile of rubble that was sitting in the back yard from when I banged out some sidewalk for a little landscaping. There is a dump up there that will take that sort of stuff. Our garbage man won’t take “building materials”.

I was also able to get the sanding done in the entry-way to the basement and put the light switch cover on. These are things that I should have done months ago—but haven’t. It all looks great now—thanks to more painting skills by Heather.

Later Rob and I ended up meeting Hutch at Quinn’s for some fish and chips. Then we all went back to my place and hung out, listened to music and played some old school Activision classics on the PS2.

I highly recommend the PS2 Activision Anthology disc. It comes with over 40 Atari games (including two never released) and has a great 80s soundtrack (though the soundtrack is only about 10-12 songs). It has a fabulous interface too. Here is a photo of it.