If you were wondering about the whizzinator; is a fake male… woo hoo… that is filled with clean…. wee wee… so that some people can pass certain tests without showing that they partook in using any… wacky backy… [click to continue…]
Tools
If any of you have read my profile my favorite tool is my framing hammer. I’ve made a lot of beautiful music with it and it just feels right in my hand. But looking at the Douglas Hammer I can hear Eric Carmen singing ‘Hungry Eyes’ and my mouth begins to drool. Where do I begin with this piece of art? [click to continue…]
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. And while that may be true I contend, in at least this case, that ingenuity is the cranky old grandfather and boredom is the big papi! What you think you see is an old upright piano however, de de de de, it’s a covert work station with pegboard and cabinets. So I guess the guy was like, “Well I have this 800 lb. broken piano, and all my tools in this itty bitty apartment. How can I have the best of both worlds?” I’d personally love to see what he could do with a recliner and toilet! Truthfully, when I see things like this I want to ask the person who did it if they are interested in taking a look at that pesky cancer thing or our energy dependence. I gotta think there’s more problem solving in that mind. Regardless of the rest of this guy’s life work, his addition to society, the Stealth Piano, has earned him a place on my mantle next to Mr. Dewalt and Señorita Makita. [click to continue…]
Via my home improvement guru and mentor Red Green I learned early on that Duct Tape was the handyman’s secret weapon. So with that class-A upbringing I learned to use duct tape as not just an adhesive but as a tool. One as versitlie as my leatherman multi-tool. As you might imagine, when I recieved a box from my editor in the mail containing two rolls of T-Rex Tape (manufactured by Shurtape), a new beefier version of duct tape, my heart fluttered like a tween at a Justin Bieber concert. [click to continue…]
photo by Keith Burtis
