If you never have to build anything yourself, you lack a certain perspective on the world. I used to be that way, and then I hit a financial rough patch, and there were a few years that I could not afford to hire an expert to do anything for me. If the ductwork needed to […]

My first day working with a construction crew was one of the hardest days of my life. It was followed by several more of the hardest days of my life. Listen, if you don’t need to work construction to pay the bills, I highly advise you to avoid it. This is the most strenuous and […]

I love going to yard sales and garage sales, but what I really love is the flea market. Do you have flea markets in your area, or are they called something else? I went to something called a “swap meet” one time, and was surprised to find that it was basically just a flea market. […]

My Uncle Mike was a deranged hillbilly genius, and I say this as a compliment. Mike was smart enough to be an engineer, but he dropped out of high school to become a pot farmer. In my teenage years I spent a lot of time on his property, which adjoined the property owned by my […]