Filling Tree Voids
A couple of my trees look like they have butts. This is fitting, as animals appear to use them as toilets. Those are pictures of the inside of each hole. That is disgusting. I had...
November 30, 2010
November 29, 2010
Sealing Door Drafts
The original section of the house still has the original doors from the early 1930s. This means they didn’t come pre-hung, and the frames around them are by no means perfect. I can see daylight through them. They...
November 28, 2010
Turkey Sans Explosions
Do you know what happens when you put a frozen turkey into a large container of boiling oil? This. img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('02628e5b-4052-40a7-953c-f87b2b230aa0');...
November 21, 2010
Mind the Poop
I just finished watching some Doctor Who, and now I’m typing with an English accent. Please read accordingly. Fall is my favorite season. It is likely not coincidental that my favorite colors are those of...
November 15, 2010
Fire Starter Follow-up
We used one of our Fire Starters over the weekend. A couple of weeks ago, we made them from common household items. They work great! To quote the great American hero John "Hannibal" Smith; I love it when...
November 14, 2010
Fixing Loose Shingles
We had some pretty high winds this year, and a couple of shingles managed to wiggle loose. Thanks to a friend’s extension ladder, I was able to quickly fix them. I grabbed a hammer and a couple of short, wide-head...
November 13, 2010
Building a Media Closet
This is the second post in a short series on our Entertainment Center. You should check out part one first; Mounting a Flatscreen TV. Today, I’m going to cover the contents of our Media Closet, how the various pieces...
November 9, 2010
Wall-mounting a Flat-Screen TV
Disclaimer: I did this project before I started this blog, so I don’t have any in-progress pictures. Sorry! To make it even worse, I had 3 hours of commuting today, so prepare for a humorless lecture on how to do something...
November 6, 2010
November 1, 2010
Making Fire Starters
My wife has a knack for lighting fires, and I don’t. There, I said it. As a man, this is embarrassing. It’s made worse when she mocks my lack of fire-starting ability. Don’t get me wrong; I can get a fire going. ...
October 31, 2010
Trunk-or-Treat
Our church does an event called “Trunk-or-Treat”. The basic idea is that members decorate their cars in the parking lot of the church, and kids come and trunk-or-treat from car to car in a safe environment where they’ll know...
October 30, 2010
A Treatise on Tools
One day, when I was about 12 or so, and my Dad was still a garbageman, he came home from work really excited. Dad would often find things of great value out on his route. Hey, one mans trash is another mans treasure. ...
