tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192211292024-03-07T09:57:10.499+00:00The Home Improvement NinjaThe Home Improvement Ninja's battle to the death against his 100 year old townhouse. Currently, it's looking like they are evenly matched.HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.comBlogger376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-65541853835447200502013-04-22T19:05:00.000+01:002013-04-22T19:05:32.627+01:00Reality Distortion Field and iron fencesSteve Jobs was known (infamous) for his "reality distortion field". It's said that he believed things so passionately that he could convince you of it even if you knew it was wrong. If you suggested an idea to him he would reject it, and a few weeks later might remember it, but think he came up with it, and when he told about it, he would be convinced he came up with HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-81903518473243752882013-04-14T03:50:00.000+01:002013-04-14T03:50:00.035+01:00Starting a Plastic Moving Boxes BusinessSo, it wasn't easy starting a new business. I thought about going the franchise route and buying a territory from a company like Bungobox or Frogbox, but in the end I figured that I'd rather be a pirate than join the navy, so I set out on my own.
It took a lot of work to get my business from the planning stage to where it is now. I had to hire a web designer, find suppliers for the HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-36310316578002580342013-04-10T05:03:00.000+01:002013-04-10T05:03:20.208+01:00Link loveI've never cared much for search engine optimization (SEO). I just let this site grow in popularity organically. But as I set up a new business, I realize how important it is. If people can't find you on Google, then you are invisible. You may as well not even exist. When I posted yesterday about the new business I am starting that rents plastic reusable moving boxesHomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-30747079846401653712013-04-08T19:41:00.002+01:002013-04-08T23:49:13.476+01:00Elf Boxes Plastic Moving Boxes Coming to DCI am in the final stages of launching a new business. It will be starting in West Palm Beach, Florida this week. And I hope to launch it in Washington DC too. This company will rent plastic reusable moving boxes. These are easier to use than cardboard (no tape required, no assembly required), are stronger than cardboard moving boxes, don't fall apart in the rain, and are HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-57740061679209271702012-03-30T17:33:00.004+01:002012-03-30T18:18:25.559+01:00Eating the ElephantQ: How do you eat an elephant?A: The same way you eat anything, one bite at a time.I'm 200+ pages into Good Calories, Bad Calories. It's 600+ pages with enough footnotes to give a NASA scientiest a hardon. It's drier than a box of saltine crackers, but very informative, albeit with a lot of science jargon. As someone without a background in science, it's hard to digest but not impossible. I don'tHomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-35506915414520388352012-02-07T11:30:00.002+00:002012-02-07T11:33:43.588+00:00Elvis is everywhere!I randomly remembered this song that has such awesome lines "who built the pyramids? Elvis!" The girlfriend thought I made it up, but after a few minutes I found it and started singing it. Elvis is everywhere, baby, enjoy it!!!HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-24953130657184461852012-02-02T17:35:00.002+00:002012-02-02T18:09:29.035+00:00I'm an uncle!I got the news last night that my sister in law gave birth to a baby boy. I wonder why people always specify that it was a "baby" boy. Is that really a necessary adjective? Are there a lot of people who give birth to full grown boys, such that you'd have to specify to avoid confusion?"Really? you had a boy? a baby one or full grown? ateenager? that must've been painful!"I don't know if it was a "HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-37694210613377266162012-01-14T20:35:00.005+00:002012-01-14T21:15:47.984+00:00Happy Birthday Elvis: the other kind of Fight ClubHappy belated birthday to the third greatest American to ever walk the earth, Elvis Presley. In case you are wondering who the first and second greatest Americans are, they are Thomas Jefferson and Jack Lalanne, in that order. You might think this is open to debate, but it's not. Arguing about this is like arguing about the existence of gravity; it will just make you look foolish. Here's HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-65659716947821735562011-12-24T15:35:00.003+00:002011-12-24T15:57:41.331+00:00Tap tap tap...Is this thing on? ("that's what SHE said!") haha, I kill me sometimes. It doesn't feel like it's been over a year since I blogged something, but the internet doesn't lie. If you're wondering what happened, that makes one of us. At some point in a dog's life he catches the car he was chasing and wonders "now that I've got this giant squirrel by the metallic bumper...what now?" If you find thatHomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-54280668644016012832010-12-16T16:21:00.003+00:002010-12-16T16:23:34.253+00:00SnowAs if to mock me, it snows. I drove to work today, so getting home should be...interesting. Growing up in NY means that I have experience driving in the snow. So I know I won't hit your car on the way home today. Please do me the courtesy of returning that favor. Kthanxbye.HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-29733740933172590492010-12-14T11:46:00.003+00:002010-12-14T12:17:32.825+00:00I still hate snowI stil hate snow. It's snowed twice this month. The first time, I saw it outside the window, but it stopped before I got outside, and left no trace. If other people hadn't commented on it, I would've thought I imagined it. The second time, I didn't notice it until the morning. It covered the tops of cars lightly, but melted and disappeared into the sidewalk, leaving no trace of itself. My HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-54608235416621492312010-12-07T17:13:00.000+00:002010-12-07T17:15:06.553+00:00Message from the founder of BloomBars (www.bloombars.com). BloomBars is a non-profit arts center in Columbia Heights.If you can't donate, pass this message on to a friend or family member who would be interested. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT and we are grateful for any help you can offer.You can learn more and make a tax-deductible donation online at:http://www.indiegogo.com/bloombarsNow the message:A HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-23129954685620952232010-11-14T19:25:00.002+00:002010-11-14T19:27:39.692+00:00meh...I've been toying with the idea of starting a new blog, since I haven't been writing much on this one as of late. Watching it sit here is like watching that once mighty TransAm or Camaro sitting on blocks in the driveway, a mere shell of its former glory. Stay tuned...HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-24475574272774258982010-09-25T00:25:00.004+01:002010-09-25T00:33:03.137+01:00Capoeira Workshop on Sunday October 3, 2010Hey All, be sure to check my friend Bomba's Capoeira Workshop at BTI Dance Institute on 14th street in downtown DC. It's on Sunday and it's a great opportunity to learn from the only Contra Mestre in Capoeira in DC! Sunday, October 3 ยท 4:30pm - 6:30pmLocationBTI Dance Institute1515 14th St NW Suite 200 (near P St)Washington, DCCreated ByRaimundo Bomba DosMore InfoThe D.C. area's only HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-26220135928799682652010-08-30T01:28:00.003+01:002010-08-30T01:52:23.330+01:00Random improvementsI've been too busy and unmotivated to do anything major at the fortress, but I have been smaller projects here and there, like painting, which takes only slightly more effort than laundry, when done correctly.The key is to have all the right tools, like this mixing attachment that you put on to a power drill. Tools are awesome when they do all the work for you.Here is the Living room window HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-70365142385710859142010-08-01T22:15:00.006+01:002010-08-01T22:42:27.795+01:00Crappy Singer's Publicity Stunt Makes Media WavesThe stupidity of the media never ceases to amaze me. Every year when PETA decides to run some outrageous publicity stunt, it always makes it onto the news. Like their commercial that was sooooo racy that it was banned from the superbowl. No mention is ever made of how they would have come up with a bajillion dollars to air the ad if it had been accepted and aired on the most expensive HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-52090404150417801832010-07-17T12:26:00.002+01:002010-07-17T12:46:55.746+01:00Earthquake smerthquake...I don't think I've been in an earthquake before, and I've never heard of one happening in DC in the 10 years I've been here. Around 4am though, we got one. I was up since I had insomnia, which is a mixed blessing, I guess, since it would suck to have slept through that historic event. And yes, I would've slept through it because I can sleep through anything, including falling off the top of a HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-84993035886368659212010-07-09T14:19:00.003+01:002010-07-09T14:39:33.913+01:00free plug fridaysIf you're going to be in town this weekend, a friend of mine is appearing in a group art show at the new Cre8 Space Gallery. It's a blues music themed art show and there will be a live performance at 8pm by blues guitarist Michael James "Blues" Baker, who is almost a thousand years old. The address is 1314 9th Street NW. (9th and M street). Click on the link above or THIS ONE for details.HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-2232710862399274082010-07-07T14:25:00.005+01:002010-07-07T14:43:33.050+01:00Back to the FutureWell, it turns out that another important day in pseudo history came and went unnoticed by me and many others. It turns out that a couple of days ago was when Doc and Marty McFly went to the future and hijinx ensued. Although July 5, 2010 must've seemed like a meelyun years in the future, it was, in actuallity not that far into the future--especially when you consider that Michael J. Fox still HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-55752653781642104162010-07-06T15:07:00.008+01:002010-07-07T14:47:37.418+01:00Thank you GentrificationIt's no secret that I love gentrification. As more and more trendy restaurants and stores move into Columbia Heights, I get happier and happier. The more people who want to live here, the more my house will be worth when I decide to sell it soon. If some hipster who moved here a year and a half ago thinks that this place will lose something if it starts to look like Bethesda, I will laugh and tryHomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-57359139191935420362010-06-25T12:19:00.002+01:002010-06-25T12:39:08.925+01:00Well, I'm on week 2 now of my Couch to 5K program. I've never been much of a jogger, but I think I can handle this. It starts of easy (run 60 seconds, walk 90) and takes about 1/2 hour out of my day. I've been doing it at lunch with a co-worker (insert a "that's what she said" joke here).It starts of slowly like an old man lowering himself into a bathtub and the running intervals get longer HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-82090198437349994672010-06-15T12:49:00.003+01:002010-06-15T14:27:05.287+01:00Trashcan SinatrasI went to the Rock N Roll Hotel last night to see my favorite band, the Trashcan Sinatras. If you don't know who they are, I feel sorry for you. I'm not surprised you haven't heard of them, because they are far less popular than many shitty musicians (Yes Brett Michaels, I'm talking to you) but they are really good. They are the greatest (and possibly the only) rock band to ever come out of HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-2061638317402045122010-06-08T17:18:00.002+01:002010-06-08T17:27:13.879+01:00more questions than answersI thought I would return to blogging, but I haven't felt like it much lately. My nephew, who turned 19 a couple of weeks ago, died in a car crash over Memorial Day weekend. That night I couldn't sleep at all and at 4am I watched this video more times than I can count. I don't know what I was looking for. Maybe I thought the outcome would change on one of those repeated viewings. Maybe I wasHomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-80849842266015619632010-05-20T16:19:00.002+01:002010-05-20T16:33:42.386+01:00Explanations are in order...notWow, I just noticed that, according to the date on my last post it's been about 5 months since I've written anything blogwise. If you think an explanation is in order, you'd be wrong. You get what you pay for, and I do this out of the goodness of my heart and my narcissistic vanity, so don't complain if it never comes ("that's what she said!"). I'm sure you'll get over the trauma of that just HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221129.post-52788394663728683772010-05-19T11:33:00.003+01:002010-05-19T11:38:23.929+01:00I've been making small incremental progress on the house. I painted the kitchen the other day, then had a barbeque with lots of beer, meat and people who love free beer and meat. Anyway, here are some before/after shots of the kitchen.Before: Not bad, just too...white.After: I like how the doors at the end stand out now.HomeImprovementNinjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01134409822023878387noreply@blogger.com6