tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post114354860987114005..comments2023-10-17T09:02:05.939+01:00Comments on The Home Improvement Ninja: Schadenfreude and the Sudanese GuyHomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1167907387393577212007-01-04T10:43:00.000+00:002007-01-04T10:43:00.000+00:00Home Improvement said that i hope ur going to bui...<A HREF="http://homeimprovementhub.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Home improvement">Home Improvement </A> said that i hope ur going to build ur home with good homeimprovements.<BR/><BR/>ushakanthushakanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09150940021023992730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1144088632177184722006-04-03T19:23:00.000+01:002006-04-03T19:23:00.000+01:00You could contact DCRA if you think that there are...You could contact DCRA if you think that there are too many refugees living in the house. Check and see if he has an occupancy thingy. He's supposed to have some other permits or whatever to be a landlord (like any pays attention to those things). Unfortunately it means the refugees have to find new homes. If you do contact DCRA do it before or after the flood of DC interns.<BR/>Also Southern Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378722789147387229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143665299817111822006-03-29T21:48:00.000+01:002006-03-29T21:48:00.000+01:00Reya, I haven't seen it yet, but I definitely want...Reya, I haven't seen it yet, but I definitely want to. Natalie Portman (yes, please!) as a libertarian fighting the state. How could I miss it!<BR/><BR/>RC, I don't think the guy even lives there. I think he just uses the place to exploit his countrymen. <BR/><BR/>karen, I haven't heard that one. Although I like the imagery there, I wonder how his body would end up in a chinese river.HomeImprovementNinjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143657991295106362006-03-29T19:46:00.000+01:002006-03-29T19:46:00.000+01:00Ninja There's an old Chinese saying"If you wait by...Ninja <BR/>There's an old Chinese saying"If you wait by the river long enough the body of your enemy will float by" Perhaps you've heard it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143579865322084412006-03-28T22:04:00.000+01:002006-03-28T22:04:00.000+01:00I hope he remembered to pull the car out before th...I hope he remembered to pull the car out before that dirt came along!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143577659232436922006-03-28T21:27:00.000+01:002006-03-28T21:27:00.000+01:00I love El Guapo...asshat? As for you, HIN, have yo...I love El Guapo...asshat? <BR/><BR/>As for you, HIN, have you seen V for Vendetta? I won't see it but it sounds like a schadenfreude filled movie.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143573502516233592006-03-28T20:18:00.000+01:002006-03-28T20:18:00.000+01:00bromius, thanks. I think Catholic School survivor...bromius, thanks. I think Catholic School survivors, like Vietnam POWs have a post-traumatic pysche that only other catholics can understand. <BR/><BR/>christiane, if you go back to previous posts you'll see that he was digging the crawlspace deeper to turn it into a basement. He stopped paying the contractor, so the contractor took his dumpster...but left the dirt. It's been there since. <BR/HomeImprovementNinjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143569806960285082006-03-28T19:16:00.000+01:002006-03-28T19:16:00.000+01:00I love the word "asshat". El GuapoI love the word "asshat". <BR/><BR/>El GuapoEl Guapo in DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536916066151906073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143566277231776752006-03-28T18:17:00.000+01:002006-03-28T18:17:00.000+01:00Glad you got the photo programs up and running! I...Glad you got the photo programs up and running! <BR/><BR/>If you're in Ward 1, Jim Graham's office did wonders for me when we had that terrible, terrible problem wherein DC Public Works buracracy <I>screwed us</I> so no one picked up our trash for six weeks after we moved in. Once I got ahold of a dude in Graham's office, it was picked up in a day. Let me know if you want the guy's name who I Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923775350839384137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143564705137011992006-03-28T17:51:00.000+01:002006-03-28T17:51:00.000+01:00"Schadenfreude" reminds me of how one of my philos..."Schadenfreude" reminds me of how one of my philosophy of education professors asserted that when the tower of Babel fell and all the world's languages were created he was certain that German came from 2 three year olds, who's only method of make new words was combining together smaller words.<BR/>I like to be able to touch on both the language and the religious points of your post, and share Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789671321540125917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143563971754582212006-03-28T17:39:00.000+01:002006-03-28T17:39:00.000+01:00Dude, what is up with the DIRT?! Seriously, is he...Dude, what is up with the DIRT?! Seriously, is he planning on actually using it for something?<BR/><BR/>Seems like if it rains, you might have a mudslide and, if it goes through his house, you could then claim some plague or another. Surely the city wants to avoid plagues, yes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143562577936167992006-03-28T17:16:00.000+01:002006-03-28T17:16:00.000+01:00LOL...... as a graduate of a catholic grade school...LOL...... as a graduate of a catholic grade school, I feel your pain and wish you success on your continued recovery (just kidding ;-))<BR/><BR/>This post did give me a good laugh, and even though you have a "trouble" neighbor, it's good that you can still joke about it.<BR/><BR/>Best of luck!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143557720462101612006-03-28T15:55:00.000+01:002006-03-28T15:55:00.000+01:00siryn: when I saw that, the first thing that popp...siryn: when I saw that, the first thing that popped into my mind was "Karma, baby!". <BR/><BR/>patricia: this city is notoriously slow and incompetent. I think i'll get organized and start calling them every, say, monday about it and see if they do something. <BR/><BR/>By the way...seee, the pics were necessary. No one would believe an effing tree fell on that asshat's house if I didn' have aHomeImprovementNinjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143555390291692442006-03-28T15:16:00.000+01:002006-03-28T15:16:00.000+01:00Why has the city allowed this? I mean, if he was ...Why has the city allowed this? I mean, if he was planning on using it within a certain length of time I could understand it but really. It looks like he has a teeny tiny backyard and it is now just a huge pile of dirt that when it rains will wash into the city sewer system. I am really surprised the city is letting your neighbor get away with it.Ms. P in Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16044745952111340330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-1143554530846881052006-03-28T15:02:00.000+01:002006-03-28T15:02:00.000+01:00wow... ha! The wheels of the karma bus go round a...wow... ha! The wheels of the karma bus go round and round...Sirynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182070117669304520noreply@blogger.com