The life and times of a happily married couple in Ohio.
When California Girl and I were returning from dinner tonight, I noticed that the road ahead was not as bright as it usually is. A quick inspection of the SUV when we got home confirmed my suspicion that one of my headlights was out. It was only a couple of months ago that the lamp [...]
I had to replace a burned out headlight on our SUV on Monday when I got home from work. Amazingly, in order to reach the bulb, you have to take off the wheel and remove the fender liner. For a light bulb! And that’s the “easy way”. The “official” procedure is to remove the front [...]
Today was the first really warm day of the year. Which means it was also the first day that I attempted to use the air conditioner in the car. I say attempted because it was blowing air that was warmer than the temperature outside when I turned it on. So, instead of getting outside and [...]
January Did a lot of tinkering with the number of posts on the front page to speed up page load times. Finally I wrote a plugin that shows all posts published in the last seven days on the home page. Created and published our favorite HNT photo post of the year. February Got California Girl [...]
Long ago, one of my online handles used to be Handyman. Not because I was a prolific DIYer; but from the prehistoric human Homo habilis. These days; however, I’ve become more of a traditional handyman. I seem to be spending a lot of time fixing things that are broken. In addition to keeping three cars [...]
Just when I thought that we were going to have a relaxing weekend, The Girl called in a panic because the engine compartment of her car was smoking. Once I determined that she was out of the vehicle and that the engine was turned off I got in my car and went to “rescue” her. [...]
