In which #1 disappears without internet for several days and wonders what #2 will come up with when she returns…
This: the pain of weeding books. Ow.
Five Cent Nickel explains why ze will never be a landlord.
Bardiac with: If you give a house a repair.
For those of you who are super nerds or love someone who is a super nerd, we really enjoyed this website and its recent video of famous nerds playing a board game. And not just because #1 has a small crush on Grant Imahara.
Wandering Scientist with an incredibly popular post on chores and couples. We’ll have one next week (it’s been scheduled for over a month in the deliberately controversial slot…), but it is unlikely to get as many comments!
April 14, 2012 at 12:23 pm
It is a record number of comments for me! But to be fair, a lot of them are me replying to other people’s comments.
April 14, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Another bloggy right of passage there, congrats @Cloud! And by the way, thank you for your discretion about the tempest in a teapot. I’m just getting back from traveling and am so not in the mood. @N&M, I’m really looking forward to your post. I think you’ve managed expectations accordingly, and I’m excited to finally get to read it next week.
April 14, 2012 at 1:12 pm
We love to manage expectations.
April 14, 2012 at 4:37 pm
No worries, I figured if you didn’t make the link, neither would I.
I’m looking forward to the N&M take on housework, too! I am specifically waiting to write my follow up “what I learned from all those comments” post until I can link to it.
April 14, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Internet outages…no fun. Thanks for the links!
April 15, 2012 at 9:07 am
This one was voluntary… it’s nice not lugging the laptop around. Not so nice to come back to hundreds of emails needing either deletion or attention.
April 15, 2012 at 6:42 am
I continually think about home repair. It’s like 1% of my brain is now dedicated to things like cracked tiles, areas that need to be repainted, etc. It’s like the house needs a monthly visit from a handyman or contractor. But instead I fix what is urgent and continue thinking about the rest of it. Like the exhaust chimneys on the roof really should be repainted but I really don’t want to climb up there. Speaking of chores, I should probably mow the lawn today.
April 16, 2012 at 10:24 am
Enjoyed the piece on weeding books. I’ve been in that process for several years now and it actually gets easier for me all the time.
April 16, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Looking forward to the post on chores and couples, too. I didn’t read through all the comments in that link because I really don’t think I’m going to find my solution anywhere but at home, and I’ve read enough similar stuff that I really don’t think anyone else’s situation is going to enlighten mine. I’m a “Joan,” except I don’t fight about it. I just passive-aggressively don’t do any more housework than is necessary to maintain my personal comfort level. I figure if he doesn’t care about the giant tumbleweeds of cat fur rolling around the parquet, why should I.
April 16, 2012 at 5:04 pm
That may make you a Steve like me!
My partner vacuumed up the cat hair tumbleweeds while I was out at a conference last week. I think he got bored.