Leee-deee-ah! Come, Leedia! Leedia?

This is Legend and peeking out from behind him is (Bedtime) Story.  Hunter chose that one.  We decided to name the puppies after different types of narratives, so we have the above pair as well as Epic and Fable.
It started almost a week ago.  I got a phone call at work – not an uncommon event [...]

Solder? No thanks.

How hard can it be to replace a leaking, outside hose bibb? If the person doing the replacing happens to be me, it can be extraordinarily hard.
Yesterday, our hose bibb started to leak. It’s a force-fit one (where there is a ring inside that bites into the copper pipe so it doesn’t need to be [...]

“If you live with the lame, you’re gonna limp.”

This, among many others, is a favourite saying of a friend of mine.  Whatever its true sentiment may be, I take it to mean the unintended adopting of attributes among people who spend a great deal of time together (“living in each other’s pockets” as my mother would say.)  I’m sure that it’s a common enough experience [...]