The Maintenance Shop – Handyman Services

The Last Mainstream Day in Sprinkler Blowout Land Today marks our last mainstream day here in Sprinkler Blowout Land — the grand finale of the regular season. If everything goes smoothly (and nothing decides to explode, freeze, leak, or hiss at us), we should be able to finish off the current list by the end […]

Sexism in Blogging About fifteen years ago, back when this blog had about 200 readers and half of them were probably accidental clicks, I had a guy — we’ll call him Ernest — tell me something I will never forget. And yes, when I say Ernest, I absolutely mean Ernest P. Worrell energy: “Hey Vern! […]

Today is coming in hot — and early. As in 5:30 a.m. at St. Luke’s Hospital downtown early. Sheila has her second back surgery scheduled, and this time they’ll be fusing one level above and one below the last repair. Not exactly the kind of “stacking” or “leveling” work we normally do around here, but […]