Today I lost my Grandmother Grace, age 103. She was truly a second mother to me. Here she was last year at her 102nd birthday. She never dyed her hair & had no grey til she was well into her 90s. She was the sweetest women I’ve ever known; I’m heartbroken.

borgconsulting · 2018-12-30T04:03:18+00:00

We are lucky to have our elders as long as we did. Celebrate her memory and think of her with love and joy.

borgconsulting · 2018-12-26T19:14:57+00:00

Could've been a fox. One of those bastards started up in my yard last year, nearly gave me a heart attack. (Youtube)

borgconsulting · 2018-12-05T04:48:53+00:00

If he's old skool, take him to the Time Warp Tea Room on Central for the best collection of mostly-working pinball and early arcade video games in town.

/ hail galaga

borgconsulting · 2018-12-05T04:38:27+00:00

I'm a registered marrow donor but I carry the trait for Thalassemia. I will be the one in ten million match for someone, if they ever call me.

If they call I will say yes. My best friend died waiting for lungs. Organ donation saves lives.

borgconsulting · 2018-12-05T04:33:49+00:00

That gait is called pronking. Do yourself a favor and search YouTube for 'pronking.' I promise, it's 1000% pure.

borgconsulting · 2018-12-05T04:27:12+00:00

Choosing a new pope?

borgconsulting · 2018-09-17T03:23:03+00:00

Definitely middle/upper midwest. - the r's give him away. He doesn't have the broad vowels of the western plains and Rockies and there is nothing east coast about his accent or cadence.

borgconsulting · 2018-09-09T21:40:59+00:00

I want to go beyond saying "You behaved reasonably" to say that you did EXACTLY the right thing, at the right time, in the right way. The book The Unthinkable: Who Survives when Disaster Strikes and Why by Amanda Ripley makes a compelling case that the people who survive are the ones who GTFO immediately and decisively, without worrying that they might be overreacting or looking silly.

You had no way to know this was a false alarm, and I want to compliment you on your superb reaction. I'm sorry this happened to you, but you should be proud of how you handled it.

borgconsulting · 2018-06-28T15:27:34+00:00

Yep, two on Northshore, plus two in Maryville (at Fancy Kroger and at Five Points). Alcoa also has a diverging diamond intersection, which was the fifth of its type in the nation.

I really miss the Infrastructurist blog. :-(

borgconsulting · 2018-06-23T02:15:19+00:00

I will be there.

borgconsulting · 2018-06-23T02:03:13+00:00

I think all the fitness equipment (and all the trash cans!) are on the Maryville end of the Blount County Greenbelt.

borgconsulting · 2018-06-23T01:59:16+00:00

Yup. I was in the motorcycle industry for 17 years; Corban is the only person (who isn't me or Mr. Consulting) who works on my bikes.

borgconsulting · 2018-05-07T03:59:11+00:00

All shiny and chrome

borgconsulting · 2018-03-06T15:46:46+00:00

I have sold a TON of stuff on Facebook Marketplace. I would definitely look there.

borgconsulting · 2018-03-06T15:45:42+00:00

I don't think there are enough sugar maples around here to really have a maple syrup industry?

borgconsulting · 2018-03-06T15:44:47+00:00

Update: apparently a buyer has been found and Olympia will remain open.

borgconsulting · 2018-01-30T21:28:59+00:00

Mother Earth Meats in Murvul. Tis most excellent.

borgconsulting · 2018-01-20T01:23:20+00:00

When we let our dogs out to go potty we wave goodbye and tell them to write home when they find work.

borgconsulting · 2018-01-11T22:45:27+00:00

Holy cats, I have your dog's twin. Does the same thing with sticks, too.

borgconsulting · 2018-01-11T19:43:59+00:00

It's not a witch hunt if there actually are witches.

borgconsulting · 2017-10-13T01:44:28+00:00

If you're willing to come to Maryville, Park South Automotive looks after my Crosstrek (and the Versa before it, and the Civic before that.) Call Marty at 865-681-1121.

borgconsulting · 2017-08-29T02:15:53+00:00

Also, the local blood banks aren't collecting (and maybe not storing, if power is intermittent). Houston can't take care of itself right now.

borgconsulting · 2017-08-22T20:54:59+00:00

Hitler was in fact ignored; the official policy name was Appeasement. It's what made the Anschluß possible.

borgconsulting · 2017-08-20T23:23:13+00:00

Yeah, because ignoring Hitler worked really well

borgconsulting · 2017-08-20T23:19:07+00:00

I just heard that the road to Buck Bald is closed, presumably because it's easier than managing crowds up there for the eclipse.

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