What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

Warning to snakeaphobes......don't look!

 

I spent most of the day building my wife one of those Little Library things. She's been wanting one for over a year now. I finally started it today. I might redo the roof since I messed up the angle. Now I need to see if I can figure out how to build a decent door for it.

 

Never heard about the Little Library concept until you mentioned it here. Read up on it and that is one fantastic idea.

Large libraries seems to unfortunately go the way of the dinosaurs and with the exception of some rather specialized needs like microfiche and certain study-related material the internet and various e-readers/tablets just proved to be too competitive in an increasingly digital market.

I remember the excitement every time we, as a family, went to the library in our town.
I remember spending hours going through the shelves and how you 'graduated' from one section to another as you got older..
The upstairs floor held the tech/foreign language/non-fictional sections. I sat on those floors reading everything from Carl Sagan, various foreign literature books (fiction and non-fiction) - to Guinness book of world records (that fascinated me greatly) - and often had to be coerced to leave for home again.

To this day I attribute my love of reading and literature in general to that little two-floor, brick house library and even though I know that you can't stop progress I do feel that we stand to lose something really valuable with the disappearance of the traditional libraries.

Phew. End of rant.

Great project

 

Yup I agree...being introduced to libraries as a kid changed me forever...

 

I mowed the lawn and fought another round of my never ending battle against the neighbor's trumpet vine. Those things are pernicious!

 

Got home from work, took shower and splashed on a bit of clubman. That was at 2pm. Here at 5pm wife said the bathroom smelled like a man. Job well done... That is all.

 

I brought my wife home from the hospital yesterday after she underwent major surgery on her right foot. Spent the day ministering to her needs, cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping. Although she is pretty well whacked on Percocet, she still as a good deal of discomfort. Just doing what a hubby needs to do in times such as this.

 

Ended up sharing a lunch table downtown today with a very attractive young lady and, lo and behold, I ended up with a date tomorrow, Sunday, evening for some vino at my favorite wine bar.

I'm thinking I should shave.

 

Good man.

 

+1

 

Yeah, and probably brush your teeth too. If she's real attractive, you might consider a shower also.

 

Ok now it's starting to feel like a big to-do.

 

so you won't be trimming your nose and ear hairs then?

 

It's not December is it?

 

You might want to see how it works out before you tell her that you have the financial equivalent of a luxury car tied up in single edge razors.

 

No woman shall come between me and my facial hair removal tools.

 

Hmmmm..Sounds like the beginning of a Shave Den betting pool. How many days into the relationship before there is a flood of lather catchers on the classifieds?

 

Ha!
Sorry, in just a month of watching this guy in action - the woman doesn't stand a chance! My money is on the hardware!

 

Worked in an acid tank at work. They suck as it is but especially so when it's in the 90's outside with no AC or fans inside a steal tank.....summer sucks when you're working lol