The wall is now completely down, as you can see here. There's really not anything witty or wry to say about it - there weren't any problems, or I should say, any additional problems that we haven't already made fun of. The wall you can still see is coming down next. I plan to spray paint "Supreme Court Decision on Corporate Campaign Contributions" on it and then smash it with a sledgehammer. Smashing actual Supreme Court Justices, for instance Samuel Alito, with sledgehammers is, I'm told, illegal.
Some generous friends and family members gave us Home Depot gift certificates as housewarming gifts. Between the three gift cards, we were able to buy some really cool new toys. This is a mitre saw. That blade comes down and makes a nice, clean, exact cut in your molding or floorboards or what have you. But the really cool thing it does is rotate so it can make mitre cuts. Look at your door frame. See how the two pieces of molding meet at a 45 degree angle? That's a mitre cut, and they're actually kind of tricky. Even cooler (and if you hated geometry you should skip this part), the blade itself rotates off of vertical, so you can make a cut that is diagonal on two different planes. Plus, the blade slides forward and back, so you can make a cut as long as 10". I don't expect you to think this is anywhere near as cool as I do - in fact, I'd worry if you did.
This is our new angle grinder. It's going to make it possible for us to destroy new and exciting things we were not equipped to destroy before. Like that metal that's falling off our basement ceiling. Or screws that have been stripped. Pretty much metal you can find, it can destroy. Yahoo!! Thank you Risa, Howard, JP, Donna and Chuck for our fabulous new toys!!
