So how in the hell had nobody ever told me about this? I mean, backyard chicken coops made from bunk beds and bottle racks? A kids’ play kitchen made from a supercharged table leg? This is a penny-pinching directions-hating capitalist libertarian do-it-yourself-er’s frigging paradise, and I have to hear about it from Rod? This is your job, readers, so please make a note.

P.S. While I’m on the subject of nothing in particular, this is miles away the best homemade whole wheat bread recipe we’ve tried, and we’ve tried a lot of them.

P.P.S. Also on the subject of nothing in particular but also on the subject of global capitalist triumphalism, Mr. Potato Head may be the one toy in the world that thoroughly engrosses a two year old without driving his parents to insanity. Nothing quite matches the sound of some nice wooden blocks, but ol’ Mr. P is one piece of cheap plastic crap that the good folks at Playskool clearly got right.

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