April 3, 2006
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Will I never learn? Probably not. . . .sigh
Okay, last blog I mentioned how I was inspired to repair an axe stand that I had put together half-assed in the first place. What an Idiot I was, to fall for the old “delusions of competence” trick. I took the thing apart, couldn’t get the screws back in properly, and when I was done, it was straighter, but the damn back tipped more and was farther out of plumb than it had been.
In other words, I spent a lot of time and effort to make the damn thing worse. I finally said to hell with it, jammed some cardboard shims in it and slathered the hell out of it with Elmer’s Glue, which made it look a LOT worse than it did before I started screwing with it. But at least it doesn’t wobble any more.
Ya know what? I should stick to easy stuff like running a business, or performing miracles with my shamanic work–and leave the hard stuff–like getting two fucking pieces of wood to stick together properly–to the trained professionals.
Comments (3)
Well, you cured the wobble so it wasn’t a total waste of time, hope the event goes well at the weekend after all that!
Blahahah….
Well, at least you tried.:)
As Zimbo said, it doesn’t wobble. Wobbly axe stands could be dangerous.
When you’re counting up your competencies, don’t forget the poetry, the humor writing, the heresy… you’re good at lots of stuff.