Once again, I’m reminded how grateful I am to live where I live. I might not have mentioned this before, but it snows here occasionally. But we don’t typically have earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes or, thankfully, tornadoes. As devastated as Joplin, MO is, I’m afraid it’s Minneapolis we’re most concerned with this morning. Two of the kids live out there, and in the North Minneapolis area. So, as of this moment, we have no idea how things are going. Hopefully they – and Web – are doing OK.

I managed to knock the vast majority of off my weekend list the past two days. Some with more success than others. I even decided to finally install that dual-flush adapter. Now, this wasn’t exactly a difficult thing, but it’s been my experience that anytime you touch plumbing, it’s gonna be a pain in the ass. Everything went well, with the toughest part being trying to figure out which orifice to use for the fill valve (ordinarily figuring out which orifice to use isn’t a problem for me).

Unfortunately, as is typical, the easiest part of the job turned out to be the most difficult, and even though I was trying very hard not to, I managed to break the tank trying to take the flush handle off. It probably hadn’t moved in 35 years, and, well, I guess I didn’t have as good a hold on it as I thought I did. Bummer.

I was pissed for a minute or two, but, hey, this toilet is huge, and blue, and nobody’s gonna miss it. So off we went to Home Depot before it closed last night to buy a new toilet (with a dual flush built in). I figured I’d better wait to get my mind right before I put it in, though.

So if you need a dual-flush adapter, make me an offer.