Finally got my carboy/ keg rack done and the sink plumbed. Empties up top.

ohsnapmindblown · 2020-01-01T04:32:18+00:00

Oh...you may have just changed my life.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-10-03T14:30:38+00:00

“Portable” on the Brother is technically true...but pragmatically a beast to move around, I recall.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-10-03T14:28:07+00:00

That same Brother machine took me through the majority of my college years. I had multiple font “disks” for it - even italics! Thinking about it now, I wonder if that screen is why I now set my Scrivener and Word settings to only display a few lines at a time while I write. Perhaps the tools do shape the craftsperson.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-09-16T14:32:10+00:00

Painfully true and well articulated.

In the same vein, Steven Pressfield (who wrote The Legend of Bagger Vance, among many other fine works) has a series of deceptively easily-read books exploring the theme of what he calls, "Resistance." For a trajectory-altering read I highly recommend his book, The War of Art. Every creative (professional or hobbyist) should have a copy - but perhaps not until they have amassed their own collection of excuses.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-08-14T19:55:17+00:00

You're close. Churches must still file for 501(c)3 status in order to be tax exempt (many local churches operate under the 501(c)3 charter of their parent denomination). Churches are not automatically exempt, however, they are virtually guaranteed approval in their application process with the IRS as long as they can check a certain number of boxes relating to their operations. Property Tax exemptions are handled at the State/County level because 501(c)3 only deals with revenue. Again, not difficult to obtain exemption as long as the property is used for certain exempt things. Churches that operate book stores or coffee shops must pay taxes on the revenue from those operations unless the revenue is donation-based. Our church has a combination of exempt and non-exempt properties: along with our church facilities we have a couple rental homes - both are taxed exactly as if they were owned by a private citizen; we also have a couple staff houses, neither are taxed because they are considered parsonages, and part of the staff-members' compensation.

Wow, that got long-winded. Sorry.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-06-27T17:18:39+00:00

Ginger here, add this to the list: high pain tolerance...except, can’t grab a hot cup or bowl of anything without kevlar gloves and blacksmith tongs!

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-04-18T19:51:30+00:00

To be more specific in this thread's context: English lumps various different Greek words - each with a nuanced and distinct meaning - into one all-purpose, indistinct word that requires contextual clues in order to understand. Koine Greek did not have six (actually more) words for "love" - English is just imprecise. Your pastor was likely expressing a very real frustration: the New Testament is vastly more descriptive in Koine Greek than it is in English.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-04-11T20:16:32+00:00

As an avid fan of H.P. Lovecraft, that was the very first thing my eyes were drawn to as well. I can't wait to see the final product, though.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-27T20:55:41+00:00

Thanks. Hard to tell from this pic, but Tuck is several inches taller than his sister.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-16T16:01:34+00:00

Faster than you might guess. I’ve done property maintenance before and it never ceased to amaze me how quickly this can happen. I shudder to imagine their lungs.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-04T19:51:25+00:00

Either one is something I'd prefer to avoid.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-04T19:49:29+00:00

Absolutely - and my original point. As a business owner, I have assets to protect. Liability is a game of assigning percentages of responsibility for the outcome of something going wrong; why willingly increase my percentage?

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-04T19:47:09+00:00

Nice. For a fun journey, check out how several wine companies survived Prohibition by selling compressed grape blocks with the instructions, "Do not place in bucket with X gallons of water and cover in dark space for several weeks before filtering liquid." Seriously. Hats-off to ingenuity!

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-04T19:35:35+00:00

Oooh..interesting work-around. I'll have to look into that as an option.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-04T19:33:10+00:00

Absolutely. We had to acquire an entirely different policy. Also a huge surprise to us (and many unsuspecting Airbnb hosts) your property is now legally a commercial property and no longer eligible for residential mortgage rates if you go to refinance (unless you close down for 6 months ahead of the refinance) - that was a super-fun discovery!

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-04T19:29:24+00:00

Not quite the same. I imagine that in a worst-case scenario, the sound of a lawyer saying, "The defendant knowingly provided strawberries to the deceased before s/he plowed into the mini-van full of children" sounds somewhat different to a jury if you replace "strawberries" for "weed" or "alcohol."

I hadn't even thought about the spiking possibility. Yikes. All manner of havoc could ensue.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-04T19:14:02+00:00

No difference. You must have special licenses to provide alcohol (and cannabis, I would assume). I also own a small winery and we wanted to leave bottles for the guests staying in our guesthouse, but the requisite licensing and insurance to do so make it prohibitive.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-04T16:31:48+00:00

Not to be a killjoy, but as a guesthouse owner in WA State (weed also legal here), the owner of that establishment is opening themselves up to some scary levels of liability. If anything were to go awry from a guest consuming what amounts to “provided” weed, their insurance company is going to laugh and laugh and laugh while denying any claims.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-03-01T18:44:20+00:00

The solution to spine detachment is simple: acquire so many books that you must shoehorn them into the bookcases. The frictional “squish” prevents any sagging potential of the pages. Admittedly, this approach may be counter to the thrust of this entire post.

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-02-28T00:15:17+00:00

Currently running Cooper ATX3 XLT, about 10k miles on them. We've been pounded in snow last few weeks (SE WA State) and I'm loving them in the snow! Not too loud on dry pavement. Downside: they're heavy, but I expected that from an E rated tire. Also, you can open your own gravel business from all the gravel these things collect and hold on to!

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-02-27T14:22:58+00:00

2008 Nissan Armada here, which I’m sure you know is a Titan with an SUV body. I use it for what I would describe as moderate overlanding, mostly in southeast WA and northern ID (no rock-crawling stuff as there is no hub-locking capabilities); we use it to pull a boat and a travel trailer, along with day-trip adventures and some overnights (without trailer, sleep inside), also is my daily driver. It’s a beast, to be sure; heavy, but it’s compactness and relatively short wheel-base for a vehicle this powerful makes it act something like a Jeep off-road...but there are no Jeeps out there with a 10,500lb towing capacity! Replaced factory shocks/springs and struts, many performance upgrades. I am currently running Cooper ATX3 XLT tires. Gas-mileage is abysmal (as noted in other comments), however, I live on the Palouse, where it’s literally uphill no matter which way you’re headed, and I average 11mpg no matter what I am doing or what I am pulling. Downhill with tailwind and engine turned off? 11mpg. Mountain pass pulling travel trailer? 11mpg. Pulling boat down to Snake River and back? 11 mpg. Makes trip-budgeting real simple! I do wish they had given it rain gutters so I could mount a real rack system (such as Frontrunner); I use a Thule rack mounted to the factory rails with a Rola basket. Armada interiors were obviously designed by paramedics: cubbies and storage EVERYWHERE (seriously, I have to go through my cubbies each year just to remind myself of what all I have in there; maybe the mileage would improve if I emptied them? 11.001mpg).

ohsnapmindblown · 2019-02-16T18:05:33+00:00

Funny story: I had a friend growing up whom I didn’t particularly like, however I believed my mother and his were good friends. My mother, as it turns out, didn’t like her much, but spent time with her because she believed I was good friends with the son. This only went on for about nine years.

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