Category: Grey Gardens West

Who knows what your 3d printer will come up with!
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There’s something wrong with my Kit-kat.

   December 4, 2023  0 Comments on There’s something wrong with my Kit-kat.

I was trying to 3D print a funky little bin, with those bars on the SIDE, but it kept printing…

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A smooth mouse is a joy forever

   August 28, 2023  0 Comments on A smooth mouse is a joy forever

Whenever I encounter a problem, I apply Hoarder’s Razor. This principle states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the…

Coyote sounds like a moving van with bad brakes
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Urban Coyote sounds like a poorly maintained box truck

   August 3, 2023  0 Comments on Urban Coyote sounds like a poorly maintained box truck

There is a field behind our house, recently there is a new member of the coyote family, or maybe they are becoming urbanized?

HUGE shovel found in back yard
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My shovel dug up his own granddaddy

   August 1, 2023  0 Comments on My shovel dug up his own granddaddy

  Clearing some sticker bushes in the way back of our property, and dug up this HUGE shovel head. It…

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What is this thing, dad?

   June 30, 2023  0 Comments on What is this thing, dad?

My father passed away a few years ago. He had a lot of neat old tools. A master craftsman, he…

fruit fly drama
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No shit!

   June 18, 2023  0 Comments on No shit!

I read that fruit flies become more antisocial and die faster after seeing or smelling their dead.

Old Jalopy will not start
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Honda’s super secret radio code

   June 9, 2023  0 Comments on Honda’s super secret radio code

So I had an old shade-tree mechanic replace the starter in my 2015 CRV, which involved disconnecting the battery for a time.

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Fred Flintstone’s toilet was a… pelican? Droll. Very droll.

   May 22, 2023  0 Comments on Fred Flintstone’s toilet was a… pelican? Droll. Very droll.

My mother loved anthropomorphic characters, like Fred Flintstone’s turtle lawnmower, who would pause, look at the camera, and say “It’s…

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Just because it’s Samsung

   May 5, 2023  0 Comments on Just because it’s Samsung

I thought the water filter for our ice maker was an inline one that goes behind the fridge, it was…

Junk found under the woodstove
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We didn’t start the fire

   April 14, 2023  0 Comments on We didn’t start the fire

[2019] The clean air authority here in Washington offered a big rebate for replacing our wood stove insert, under certain…