Fan Mail

The last couple of weeks I've been preoccupied with our precarious financial situation, and I haven't check my email since the first of the month. Today I was pleasantly surprised to find a goody in my mailbox. It read:

Hey--I'm Brenda, from Brooklyn, and I totally love 'Devil Queen' and just gave you a great plug and link in my month-old quasi-houseblog,
http://www.crazystable.squarespace.com/

Of course, I'm only getting about 10 hits a day, but think of the honor!
Good luck with your stuff,

blb

At first I was suspicious. Had the comment-spammers found a way into my email? Curious, I checked out the link. Nothing nefarious (further strengthening my wife's argument that I'm paranoid), and I was very please to find that it was a great plug. What can I say? Not only am I paranoid, but I am vain as well.

I recommend that you check it out. The house's back story is as wild as they come. The most recent previous residents/owner were 20 some-odd Chinese immigrants and their landlord, "General Chang."

Truth is stranger than fiction.


As for the weekend, I have a hot date tomorrow morning with Charlie the Plumbing God. I think we're gonna kick the kitchen sink's ass and finish running the last of the waterline to the laundry/back-bathroom. If I'm feeling frisky, I may try setting up one of our on-demand, electric hot water heaters. I'm curious to see how well (or if) the thing works. Aside from that, I'm just expecting more of the usual home-renovation cruelty.