It continues, DWTS

So last night after work I got some more fence work in.  I hung the 4 foot gate and then installed an 8 foot post out at the property line and strung a line from that post back to the fencing by the house.  Then I got ambitious and decided to rip down the section of Nicki’s dog run that was in the way. Getting the old fencing off was a pain in the ass.  The bottom of the fence was buried in the dirt and grown over with grass.  I used various tools to get the fence down including a hammer, the wire snips and chisel.  Finally I got the old fence off albeit not in a very tidy manner.  I haphazardly strung it across the dog run so it could still serve as a sloppy barrier if Ali wanted to let Nicki into her area.  All that was left was to remove the old fence posts.  Initially I rocked a few posts back and forth back and forth until I could pull it out.  However I was losing daylight and since I didn’t care about preserving the old posts I took a more blunt force approach.  I grabbed the big, heavy, iron post bar and swung it like a club at the old fence posts.  The posts were not able to withstand my brutal beatings.  Most of them snapped at the base after a few swings.  The bottom of most of the 11 year old posts had started to rot.   I found myself enjoying the experience of beating the poles, a lot.  It just feels good to hit something really hard and have it break as a result.

I proudly showed Ali what I accomplished when she got home.  I was a bit disappointed by the reaction.  She didn’t even realize I pulled down a section of the dog run until I told her.  Oh well, it was dark.

Dancing with the Stars is back on.  I made it through the first show on Tivo.  I’ll probably watch the first couple episodes and then just spot watch it like I did last season.  Especially at the beginning, it’s just too much.  No human being should feel good about watching 4 hours of DWTS a week.

 I heard Arlen Specter on the Stern Show today.  You would think having an old US Senator on the show would be rather dry and boring but it was actually good.  Arlen was interesting and surprisingly he wasn’t shy about expressing his thoughts about government.  I was surprised that he was as vocal as he was about Iraq.  Like most others he admits it was a mistake and thinks we need to get out of there sooner rather than later.  He also said that the country was in a recession, no bones about it.  I guess these answers surprised me because he is a Republican.