This weekend I installed a new handle on our crappy screen door because:
A. the old handle broke off
B. I’m too cheap to buy a new door
C. Even if I did buy a new door, I’d be too lazy to install it.
The old handle had no latch on the inside, so we could open the door just by shoving any part of the door with our hands, feet, butt, whatever. And our dog could escape any time she wanted unless we kept the main door closed.
The new handle does have a latch. Which means our pooch will stay put… but it also means we all have to unlearn our decade-long habit of opening the door any old way we please. To help remind everyone to push on the latch handle, I relied on a Post-It Note and the song stylings of Salt-N-Pepa…
I’m thrilled to announce that this blog has received one of the most coveted consumer group endorsements in the country.
You may think that means the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval
But this is much more prestigious. My 11-year old daughter, upon hearing that I had a blog, said “That’s so lame! Does anyone even read it?” Coming from her, that really meant a lot. After all, her previous experience with blogging comes from a Disney show called Dog with a Blog.
Basically she’d rather read posts from a canine than from her old man. So from here on out my blog will proudly display this badge of honor:
A couple of weeks ago, I accidentally dropped our handheld kitchen mixer onto the floor, thus ending its useful life (please don’t charge me with involuntary appliance-slaughter).
Yesterday my wife wanted to make a recipe that required a mixer. Problem? No siree! Check out this beauty:
Better yet, I can use this same device to give my wife that Jacuzzi bathtub she’s always wanted – I’ll just put some duct tape on the trigger.
As Red Green says, “if the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.”
Kevin Sullivan on 43-3=1,001: “Reading while listening to Keith Jarrett, “Guess I’ll Hang Out My Tears To Dry”, good good stuff Damian, thanks.” Oct 3, 09:29
Thomas Kuhl on We did it!: “Well done! Good and Honorable man!” Sep 29, 01:29
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