Just add water

One hundred sixty odd frozen bits and cold pieces later the basketball hoop is complete! That is it makes a nice lawn ornament. The directions for these things are clear, concise, and easy for anyone with phd in mechanical engineering to comprehend. Actually they were not too bad, I suppose it may help that I have built one before. As my brother-in-law noted, there were not even any left over pieces when I finished. It takes about eight hours to build one, seven of which are spent digging through unenumerable plastic baggies trying to find the part that they clearly specified for the next step.

So it is done. They just forgot to include water in the package. Without it the thing will not stand upright. Through no fault of his own, my brother-in-law's neighbor's hose was a solid rope of ice. It is none of your business as to why we did not use the hose here.

Thus, the game is suspended to such time as Michigan thaws out a bit. This is just as well, since my skills suffer mightly under the weight of four shirts and a coat. I like the cold as long as I am warm.

For those of you who are dying to know (read sisters) what I bought with all that cash I mentioned in the previous entry I am providing the too-cool-dan-in-new-duds-and-soft-light picture at right. (dang I have a little head, you'd think someone would have told me)

Sam's Summary

• The Hoop is finished
• We can't use it yet on account of it being so cold out.
• I wear many, many layers on account of it being so cold out.
• I sometimes take pictures of myself wearing my new outfits.
• I beat not a six but a SEVEN AND A HALF year old in the quarter mile. BMX vs feet.