Lamp Base Repair
Our friend Thea has a standing lamp that she is very fond of, but whose base got quite damaged, apparently by her young daughter standing on it (a while ago, since her young daughter now has a daughter of her …
Category: Making
Screwdriver Holder
An electrician did some work at the house recently, and he had this really nice Craftsman electric screwdriver. I got one for Anna for her birthday and I, uh, also got myself one for Anna’s birthday. I use it enough …
Kintsugi Piano Table
Anna got me the Lego piano kit for my birthday, and it is really cool. As well as looking fairly realistic, with the ability to open and close the various covers, it also has some clever mechanisms; The pedal makes …
Lego Typewriter
The other day, we were shopping for a birthday present for a friend and decided on a particular Lego set. We join the scene in progress: Arlen: Are you going to order it on-line? Anna: Or I could just run …
A Safe Garage Door Opener for your Car
The case has been broken on the keypad outside our garage-door for a while, and I finally got around to replacing it. I was going to deprogram the old one and throw it out, but Anna had a better idea. …
I am an Illustrator!
No, I didn’t write this book! But this is one of many books by my friend, the award-winning Robin Owens, who has written 30ish books in various genres. She recently got the rights back for a series that was published …
Plumbering
My mum got new counters and sink for her new house, which meant that the faucet needed to be installed, and all of the plumbing stuff done underneath. Quote from the plumber was $700+, with the understanding that it could …
Ketchup
We’ve been going through some stuff that’s been in storage, and that includes a few of my old “art” sketch books. When I was younger, my friends and I would drive around singing musicals (yes, we were that cool), and …
Machu Picchu Puzzle
A while ago we got a puzzle of Machu Picchu, but it wasn’t very good. The picture was kind of fuzzy and the pieces were thin and bendy and didn’t stick together very well. Still, we did it and moved …
De-signed
So, Anna went out yesterday, and our Biden/Harris sign was gone. I choose to believe that the wind took it (which seems to have happened to a lot of Biden signs in and around our neighborhood. And, truth be told, …