renovationism

Lufthansa flight 419 from Washington Dulles to Frankfurt, Germany on April 23, 2009.

Many parts of the basement renovation project have induced angst. Only the stairs, however, had the power to produce such constant long-term fretting. As I begin to document that part of the journey, the stair work is done, and I’m reasonably happy with the result. Reaching that result, though, was…
First, a look at the original [...]

1:40 PM: While working on my MacBook, in MS Word for Mac, the screen freezes, but the mouse pointer is still alive. This is the first time this behavior has occurred.
1:41 PM: Control is restored. I immediately click to save my Word file. The MacBook freezes again. I notice an uncharacteristic repetitive clicking sound from [...]