Well played, Murphy’s Law
When I started to close my garage door last night, the old springs broke and the door dragged me to the concrete in half a second, basically doing a sort of full-nelson body slam on […]
When I started to close my garage door last night, the old springs broke and the door dragged me to the concrete in half a second, basically doing a sort of full-nelson body slam on […]
There it goes again, the shriek of a buzz saw. My neighbor can’t stop himself. I swear he can’t go more than a day without cutting, hammering, puncturing, screwing, or smashing something. He’s driven by […]
Matt Smith came to my house to help figure out why my clothes dryer isn’t running—he even used his sonic screwdriver on it. He discovered it is indeed getting supplied with power … but it […]
I had to exchange the plug on my old dryer with the plug on my new one, which I bought for $25 at my mom’s church. In other words, electrical work. There were plenty of […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK Last week, I described how preparing to fix my home’s only toilet turned into a half day ordeal. The rest of the day went pretty much the way you’d expect: […]
I finally got the thing put together and in place, but only after it fell apart about six times and hit me on the head. I keep waiting for it to explode in a clang […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK In honor of my son-in-law coming over to replace the toilet in my house—as far as I know, the old one was original equipment—here’s the story from a few months […]
We bought a bathroom sink last night, and already have a newer toilet waiting, thanks to my daughter and son-in-law. This morning we spent some time trying to figure out the maze of plumbing in […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK I’ve been seen recently with my arm in a sling, and whenever asked I just explained it was for sympathy. My wife put a stop to that when she realized […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK This has been the fourth year out of the last five when my furnace didn’t want to work in the fall. Who can blame it, really? My internal energy source […]