The Abode of McThag

One of the blocks of rat poison we left out is about 1/4 eaten! I have no idea how much of a block it needs to consume to meet Rat Jeebus, b...

Our lawn mower died.  Rather, it will not start. It doesn't seem to have compression. It's about... um...  11 years old. I think tha...

Thanks to all who've made helpful comments about getting a generator. We already have one! It's just not worth digging out for a cou...

First off, FUCK YOU Joe Biden and your AIM act! Fuck all you congress creatures who suck greenie cock. A $3,000 compressor and air handler i...

Harvey  found a oscillating fan to replace the dying Lasko on the back porch for half-off at $10. While it wasn't the sturdiest design, ...

Spent the evening with a badly backed up shitter and having to pay a plumber to snake it. $600 that we didn't think we'd be having t...

The heating element in the oven decided to arc and die. Happily, we noticed one spot glowing yellow when the rest of it was orange and order...

Got the agitator dogs replaced in the Kenmore today. What a difference! The Boy's bed linens actually smell clean now. I rewashed a loa...

The washing machine was making a screeching noise in spin cycle. No es bueno. We hired the local appliance place to come diagnose and repair...

At our last AC service I asked what speed the air handler's fan was set to and they told me "Medium." They'd moved it down...

I have baby gates across the bedroom door to keep Shadow separated from Beeper. The bottom two gates are swing-out style and have two lugs o...

When it gets cold, my toilet starts dripping. It's no surprise that this will be visible on the water bill. So I, finally, replaced the ...

Got my burners replaced!  No idea how much I saved doing it myself instead of calling an appliance repairman. I do know a brand new ...

Our motion light on the garage side of the house decided to become a disco light show instead of staying on. Lots of clicking from the unit ...

Went to boil some water to make some cup-o-noodles and I got rewarded with arching from the burner! Got a couple of cool Jacob's ladder ...

Got Smedley, the Grim Reaper, all set up and placed! We're quite proud of this decoration. Once Harvey got it draped to her liking, Marv...

Not gun contented. I made four logs into firewood yesterday. Made much easier with the cheap hand-pumped hydraulic log-splitter Marv bought ...

Got the Halloween decorations down and many of them placed. Gotta fix Smedley the Grim Reaper we're making.  It's a process. 

The Lovely Harvey  and I consider Halloween our Christmas in terms of decorating and having fun. This year She wanted to put a Grim Reaper i...

Stuffing a pillow in the gap between the gates prevents Beeper from using it as an entry. The gap, with the pillow removed, lets  Harvey  pr...