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• Blue Collar Roundup — Arsty Fartsy Fall Photos Edition

  

  Welcome to the newest edition of the blue collar roundup! It’s fall out and the leaves are changing colors and so I took some pictures of the changing leaves.... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Road Rage With a Gun — The Verdict

  

  If you’ve been following me for awhile, you might remember that I got involved in a road rage incident with this guy. The court case for it kept dragging on... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lifestyle Carnival – 24th Edition

  Welcome to the 24th edition of the Lifestyle Carnival, dudes! Did you know that you can submit your blog article to the next edition using our carnival... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Should You Go Against Fire Code When a Client Asks?

  

  Last week I had a job installing doors onto this business that is located in a strip mall. My bosses (yeah, there’s more than one) told me to not talk with the... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 HOME, SELF EXPRESSION

• Are Fake Shutters Worth The Money?

  

  I was asked to do a job on Tuesday that involved putting new shutters on this woman’s house. On 2 of her windows, the shutters were old and falling off. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Do Hubcaps Do?

  

  My sister took a corner too fast and her front passenger hubcap flew off, lost forever. Her version of the story is that someone stole her hubcap. C’mon, sis,... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Blue Collar Roundup — Dumb Sayings Edition

  

  Welcome to the Blue Collar Roundup — Dumb Sayings Edition. There are a lot of dumb sayings out there, dudes. Little pieces of “wisdom” that somehow make people... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Sometimes You Have to Do Scary Things

  

  I just had the steepest roof job of my life. I previously had a post on how doing roof work can be dangerous and costly if you don’t do it right, and the... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 HOME, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Blue Collar View on Starbucks

  

  Not too long ago, I got a work order to install a sink in a Starbucks. Different Starbucks have had other work orders for me in the past, like fixing an... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• What Happens to Kids Who Were Bullied?

  

  I wrote awhile back about having to clean up homes after they get foreclosed on, and how sometimes the cops have to kick down the door so that we can get in... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Profound Thoughts on Fences

  

  I had a job recently putting up a partition fence between two townhouses (made of 100% cedar, by the way, the most affordable, naturally bug and rot resistant... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 HOME, SELF EXPRESSION