Steel vs. steal
For no particular reason, I wanted to make the small, 6-by-9-foot bay in our carport a little more impregnable. Again, I’m not saying that I…
d.i.y.
None of your…
Part the First: Justification She actually kidnapped me. This, despite the fact that I was already married to her and contractually obligated to accompany…
More palletable
Remember when we took that pact to avoid buying new stuff? Well, there are some issues from time to time. I’m not talking about…
Breakfast flub
Don’t worry, guys, we won’t forget about you. I’m talking to all five of you: brain, athlete, basket case, princess and criminal. Thirty years…
LED the way
So, it’s not really the lightbulbs’ fault that anytime I hear reference to MR-16 bulbs, I remember one of the worst jokes imaginable. OK,…
Crestfallen
Commercial toothpaste is a hot mess — thanks to questionable chemical contents, an unrecyclable tube, a useless cardboard box and a whole lot of…
Paper boy
Gotta love the Internets, with their cat photos, their funny videos of stupid people getting hit in the ol’ guts-and-garbage, and the free plans…
Stumped! (Part 3): Boss Level
It’s been a year since I went in deep on the krakhaus case, clearing out the entire east side of hard-knots before getting pulled…
Book end
I destroyed 127 books this weekend, and it felt awesome. I didn’t rend them en masse with a flamethrower like one of Bradbury’s firemen….