The Library Problem:
In March of 2006 my wife Mary and I owned about 3,500 books. We both have eclectic interests, voracious appetites for knowledge, and a great love of used bookstores. The problem was that we had no idea what books we had or where any of them were. We lost books all the time, [...]

Posted December 11, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: home, libraries, library, user perspective. Be the first one.

With plenty of moving help from Zack, Matt, Cliff, Justin, Jon, Will, and Karen, Bisson Tower went from empty to full quickly enough that we all had plenty of time to sit around and enjoy the lunch Sandee cooked up, then retire to the roof with cocktails.
The cats were traumatized by it all, but I’m [...]

Posted April 3, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Warren. Tags: bisson tower, condo, home, manchester nh, moved, moving, new home. 5 Comments.

A friend of mine jokes that every conversation in Warren revolves around heat. But, it wouldn’t be funny if it wasn’t at least a little bit true. As it turns out, most of the rest of the country is talking about heat too.
Pellet stoves have been all the rage this fall. I feel lucky to [...]

Posted December 6, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Warren. Tags: cold weather, energy costs, fire, heat, heating, heating costs, home, home heating, pellet fuel, pellet stove, pellets, Warren, winter, wood pellets, wood stove. Be the first one.

Jake Halpern’s Braving Home (also in softcover) easily took my interest. Here’s how John Moe described it for Amazon.com:
As a cub reporter at The New Republic, Jake Halpern earned the unofficial job title of Bad Homes Correspondent. Braving Home tells his stories of places where people really ought not live and the people who live [...]

Posted July 7, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music, Travel. Tags: alaska, braving home, california, danger, dangerous places, grand isle, grand isle louisiana, hawaii, home, homemaking, jake halpern, kilauea, kilauea hawaii, lava side inn, louisiana, malibu, malibu california, north carolina, princeville, princeville north carolina, underwater town, whittier, whittier alaska. One Comment.