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So it’s December 11th and I wish we were two or three months earlier in the year. I’ve been busy with some home improvement projects. Ordered some closed cell DIY polyurethane spray-in foam insulation. With an r-value of 7/inch, airtight and impermeable to water and moisture, and no off-gassing or VOCs, it’s just about the best insulation in my mind. We’re moving the pellet stove to the first floor, from the basement. More on that in a later post.

Also received two pallets of pellets from PelletSales.com. They came on a flatbed with a 3-wheel forklift hanging off the back. The guy got the forklift stuck in the ditch and we had to pull him out. It’s been rainy the past few days, but it’ll turn to snow / ice later tonight into Friday.

And you know what seems like a really distant memory? That election. It’s been interesting watch Obama make cabinet appointments based on merit, as opposed to Bush who stuffed regulatory agencies like the EPA with people from the private sector hellbent on dismantling said agencies. I read an article awhile ago that claimed Republicans were horrible policy makers because of their assumption that government is the problem. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when they’re in power.

And what’s with the Illinois governor? What a moron!