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July 2011

SentrySafe Big Bolts Safe Big Giveaway

Sentry®Safe is launching a new product category called Big Bolts and asked me to give one away. The safes are awesome. I know this for…

DIY rain barrel

My mom was green before it was cool. She and my dad have all kinds of little hacks and upcycles around their house that I’m…

Sugru rescues the scratched Harley Davidson fender

When attaching the passenger pillion pad to the fender of a Harley Davidson, I noticed that the rear bracket was at a weird angle, digging…

The AlumaWallet™ gets some DIY love.

My little Julia got me an AlumaWallet for Father’s Day. It was super cute. Of course it was because she was susceptible to the infomercial…

Reattaching a Paper Towel Holder

Did someone at your work or home get a little aggressive ripping paper towels off the mounted holder above the sink? Same here. But fear…

Summer Splash

“Daaaaad…I’m booorrred.” At least 23 times per day. “What are we going to do? Are we going outside? Can we ride bikes? Is it going…

Hog Pen

A while back my oldest son wanted a pet and we decided that he was ready for the responsibility (or at least learn about the…

Mmmmm…Garbage

Plate that is. Garbage Plate. Pete introduced me to this gastronomical fanfare. Those of you in NY are probably like “yeah, yeah, yeah, garbage plate.”…

Mow on…Wax off

Last Saturday I was trying to decide whether I’d wash the cars or mow the lawn. Well, with rain for like 5 days straight, the…

Finished remote control

Kid-Proofing Your Home

My beautiful wife, Star, asked me the other day where all of the small spoons were. “Are there some in the dishwasher, because the drawer…

You don’t have Skycraft.

You don’t have Skycraft, but you wish you did. Do you need a toggle switch with one of those red safety covers like they use…

Broken leg with terminator-like hardware

Break a Leg

It’s been a while, huh? My better half in this blog (Pete) has been picking up my slack, while my better half at home (Star)…