Good handymen are hard to find

I had a card for a commercial electrician in my collection – a guy who did excellent work for my company a few years back. I could tell he was one of those guys who loved what he did, so when we needed some work done here I thought I’d call him up.

His boss answered instead and so I put the question to him. “I know you do commercial work,” I said, “but is there anyone you could recommend who does good residential work?”
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US to shoot down errant spy satellite

A sophisticated U.S. spy satellite is deorbiting out of control. The Bush administration announced its plans to shoot down the satellite with a ship-fired missile, ostensibly because of fears its rocket fuel would poison anyone coming in contact with it.

Riiiiiight. It would be the first time ever the Bush administration paid a whit to the environment. The satellite is likely to have a fiery reentry, so it would follow that any remaining rocket fuel would burn with it. The real reason for the shootdown is to keep the terrists from discovering the bird’s secret capabilities.

Plus, it will make a really cool bang.

Did I say popular?

Remember when I said our Craigslist ad was popular? Well, was I wrong … its really popular! Its not yet 6PM and already we’ve racked up an astounding 309 views of the ad! Of that, a huge audience of 41 visitors went to our Great Raleigh Home website wanting to find out more.

Today, we showed the house to three different groups. We’ll probably have at least two showings tomorrow. Maybe even an offer!