One thing I love about wearing my Bob Marley T-shirt is when the guy I always see around the coffee pot in the kitchen at work says, "Dude, I love Hendrix. He was a GOD!" "He was pretty good," I say. Maybe I should tell him. I just think it's funny. Is that mean? I mean, it's not like I make fun of him to anyone who knows him. Today, if he says anything, I'll say, "You know who else was good? Bob Marley. He was really good," and I'll leave it at that.
I'm feeling pretty manly today. Why? Because I stopped menstruating. No, that's a joke. I've never menstruated. (Man, I hope I'm not pregnant!) Seriously, though, yesterday I did some mechanical work on my own car. I was good, getting out there, working with my hands, making the machine go. There's a manly exhilaration to it, I think. Here, I'll tell you about it. It might be educational for you.
Some of you may not be mechanically inclined, so you may not understand some of the following jargon, but try to keep up and I'll try to keep it simple. My car uses an internal combustion engine, channeling the force of tiny electrically-ignited explosions of gasoline into power to move the car. In order for these explosions to work, however, the car has to have a continuous supply of gasoline. Cars with internal combustion engines, therefore, have a tank that stores and carries gasoline. My little car has a tank that holds 10 gallons (37.854 liters) of gasoline. As the combustion process is carried out this supply of gasoline is consumed. The tanks that hold the gasoline, however, are equipped with a refill tube that can usually be reached though a sealed lid under a small compartment door somewhere on the outer body of the car. Open the compartment door, remove the sealed lid, and dispense gasoline into the tank to refill it. I did this yesterday. All by myself. Today, I am a man.
Does anyone know how you get the smell of gasoline off of your hands? I've tried various lotions and creams, but I can still smell it.
Hello, friends. How are you today?
Later. Love.
P. S. - For you Aphter readers (both of you), I have a lunch meeting today, so I won't be able to work on it today. More on Monday. Thanks for stopping by.
P. P. S. - This article by Todd Levin in The Morning News is absolutely hilarious. Thanks again.
