Dentists and veterinarians recommend the same thing: regular dental cleanings and checkups are a must. I and my dogs have learned this through some rather painful experiences. (that’s Diva to the right, playing hide and seek as a puppy). Continue reading ‘Dental care is important for humans AND their dogs’
Tristan Schmid is host and producer of
List-en up!, the Angie's List podcast. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, working on websites, audio or video production, he stays occupied by taking his dogs for walks, helping
homeless animals find families, and skiing.
Earlier this summer, I wrote about preparing to move from one great, beautiful home to a house that’s, well, soon to be great. Last week my wife and I took possession of our new house. We have our work cut out for us with the long list of to-do’s (or rather “never-gonna-do’s”) the previous owners left. Continue reading ‘Welcome to the jungle: Cleaning up our new house’
Tristan Schmid is host and producer of
List-en up!, the Angie's List podcast. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, working on websites, audio or video production, he stays occupied by taking his dogs for walks, helping
homeless animals find families, and skiing.
I’ve always been fascinated with vehicles and the vast number of designs humans have devised to achieve rapid, efficient, or just plain fun transport. To be fair, simple methods of transporting oneself such as walking, swimming, or climbing have their benefits, but in my opinion, they get old (though maybe if I was Spiderman or Superman, I’d think differently.) For us non-superhumans, though, there are few cooler things in life than the ability to ride a motorcycle, drive a car, or fly a plane (read on to find out what’s pictured below.)
Continue reading ‘Transportation, Jetsons-style’
Tristan Schmid is host and producer of
List-en up!, the Angie's List podcast. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, working on websites, audio or video production, he stays occupied by taking his dogs for walks, helping
homeless animals find families, and skiing.
Like fitness and puppies, certain themes run through the Angie’s List Blue House at any given time. And like Eric and Conor, I’ve caught the moving bug.
My wife and I have only been in our house for about two years (see pictures below), but thanks to the current housing market, we’ve found an affordable place right next to Broad Ripple Park, and we can’t pass it up. Continue reading ‘One door closes, another opens’
Tristan Schmid is host and producer of
List-en up!, the Angie's List podcast. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, working on websites, audio or video production, he stays occupied by taking his dogs for walks, helping
homeless animals find families, and skiing.
In college, I adopted two mixed-breed dogs from the Monroe County Humane Association in Bloomington, Indiana. I named the sisters Aja and Diva (that’s Aja’s nose shot, and Diva playing hide-n-seek — her favorite game), and I thought I knew what I was doing while raising and teaching them. Eight years later I finally realize they weren’t the only ones who had a lot to learn. Continue reading ‘The power of pawsitive reinforcement’
Tristan Schmid is host and producer of
List-en up!, the Angie's List podcast. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, working on websites, audio or video production, he stays occupied by taking his dogs for walks, helping
homeless animals find families, and skiing.
When I was younger and started receiving disposable income (first allowance, and later paychecks from places like my local sub shop), I had a hard time understanding why people were so willing to use their hard-earned cash to pay others to do things for them. I’d rather wash my high school car myself than pay someone $10 to do it for me — after all, that $10 was almost enough to fill up my Camry’s gas tank at the time! Continue reading ‘Good service and valuable time’
Tristan Schmid is host and producer of
List-en up!, the Angie's List podcast. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, working on websites, audio or video production, he stays occupied by taking his dogs for walks, helping
homeless animals find families, and skiing.
Angie’s List is proud to have a large membership of people across the country who actively rate and review thousands of service providers in hundreds of categories - everything from plumbers to dog walkers to pediatricians. Those of us who work at Angie’s List, though, are also proud to find ourselves on a different kind of list. For the second year in a row, we’ve ranked in the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Best Places to Work in Indiana”.
With a pinball machine, a unique campus, an active volunteer program (with the Handy Helpers and the Tree Huggers), and many more benefits like an exercise center and personal trainer, Angie’s List deserves an overall “A” rating (to use company parlance), in my humble opinion 
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Tristan Schmid is host and producer of
List-en up!, the Angie's List podcast. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, working on websites, audio or video production, he stays occupied by taking his dogs for walks, helping
homeless animals find families, and skiing.
I know I already wrote a blog post today, but I wanted to add a quick one to say “Happy Earth Day!”
The Angie’s List Tree Hugger Society was formed by Angie’s List employees to encourage environmentally friendly efforts on the Angie’s List campus and its surrounding neighborhood, and the Society, along with members of Angie’s List’s Handy Helpers volunteer group, celebrated Earth Day at lunch today with the kids from IPS School #14 here on the Near Eastside of Indy. Continue reading ‘P.S. - Happy Earth Day!’
Tristan Schmid is host and producer of
List-en up!, the Angie's List podcast. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, working on websites, audio or video production, he stays occupied by taking his dogs for walks, helping
homeless animals find families, and skiing.
I was thinking about writing something else today, but my free time over the past week has been consumed by yard work, and with the spring weather, I’m sure it’s been the same with many Angie’s List members and contractors, hence this post about yard work (containing a rather long intro sentence.)
Like Kristy, Staci, Jackie, and “Flipper,” I’ve been having issues with my lawn lately. When my wife and I moved into our house about a year and a half ago, we had a blank canvas to work with: the front yard had some taller-than-me fire bushes concealing half of our house, there was a small rosebush on the side of the porch, and the backyard had a mass of flowering vines climbing along one side of the fence, but that was about it. There was some grass in the backyard, too, but overall our landscape wasn’t much to look at. We’re hoping to change that, one small step at a time. Continue reading ‘Grass, grass, please go away, I don’t want to mow you another day’
Tristan Schmid is host and producer of
List-en up!, the Angie's List podcast. When he's not sitting in front of a computer, working on websites, audio or video production, he stays occupied by taking his dogs for walks, helping
homeless animals find families, and skiing.
Au revoir, Blue House Blog. Au revoir, “List-en up!” Au revoir, Angie’s List magazine.
