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Out of the Blue

Well we managed to survive the triple-digit heat yesterday, and did not manage to notice a single car backfiring, much less any fireworks. I did however, lose my mind and get caught up in a project that turned out a lot sweatier than I imagined: I was changing a lock on the front door when I learned that one aspect of locksmithing is to add what are called "tap screws" to the ends of the screws that hold the whole deal together (presumably to make them less prone to disassembly, a bad quality for a lock). The thing is that I could not figure out or find anywhere exactly how one removes one of these taps screws. So I had to escalate and bust out the sawz-all, which made extremely quick work of the lock, as it would of any other material short of Captain America's shield. Now if only I could figure out a way to make all the little projects around here incorporate this wonder tool, I'd be a lot more willing to play handyman.

Unfortunately it looks like the holiday weekend is preventing our mail hamster from its emergency feeding, so for the time being please continue to use our bluesnews@abydos.com address to contact us.

Links of the Day: Breaking down doublewide mobile homes. Another fun project for your sawz-all.
CIA Using American CEOs to Infiltrate Al Qaeda. Thanks Zdim.
Supreme Court Rules Earnings Should Be Protected As Art. Thanks again Zdim.
Story of the Day: Tampa Couple Put Baby's Name Up On EBay. Thanks GinRummy.
Auction of the Day: NAME our CHILD - (College Fund). From the above, so thanks again GinRummy.
Wild Science: Are Holograms Finally for Real? Thanks Tony Fabris.
Image of the Day: Adventures in beer.. w- a sawz-all. Continuing a theme.

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