Off The Plate: The Hidden Benefit Home Improvement

We all know the obvious benefits of home improvement. Be it increased home value, improved functionality, modernizing, or just fixing something that broke, home improvement is worth the effort.

I submit to you another benefit; free puzzles. Many folks spend literally tens of dollars on puzzles of all kinds. Why waste your money when you can add value to your home, and get a free brain teaser (or two, or three!) to boot? Every project, regardless of its complexity, always has some kind freebie tossed in. Here’s a great one I had on my last project:

Like great scientific formulas, the best puzzles are simple, elegant. Can you figure out how to remove the smaller piece and replace it with the identical, undamaged small piece?

This was actually one of the easier puzzles I had on my project list (several of which required a good deal more blood and profanity). To complicate matters, this piece was included in the box. I have no idea WTF it is or where it’s supposed to go…

For the solution to this puzzle, go here.

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Grapes Du Jour

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SPam of thE Week

Every one’s favorite spam user, WordPress Themes, is back at it. As you might recall, Mr. Themes is majoring in Frozen Novelty Theology. Apparently he’s picked up a minor (or perhaps these are required classes for his major). Here’s his latest comment, this time in reference to this post here.

“Good dispatch and this fill someone in on helped me alot in my college assignement. Thank you as your information.”

I’m not sure if you’re class is about weaponized fruit or the creatures they’re designed to stop Also, for the third time, alot isn’t a word and you spelled assignment wrong AGAIN. Finally… well, I’ll let you wade through the confused logic, poor grammar, and sentence fragment.

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Dino’s and Grapes

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Dinuba Raisin Festival

It’s that time of year again! September means the Dinuba Raisin Festival. Many of you will be traveling to California for the event, and here’s a link to the calendar of events. Here’s an image to celebrate:

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