I have just a quickie to throw out for the punters. Today was the day to hoist the corner beams that will provide structure to the new guest house on the property. Yours truly was given the task of carving out the hole in the wood for the insertion of one of those beams. I was gung ho for the task of hacking and chopping away to prepare the spot with my chisel and axe/hammer for the job. In a wild and brilliant stroke of genius I first used the axe end to loosen up the wood for chipping away and then proceeded to forget this move and return to hammering with the axe in the same position. Four years of college and oh what a quantity of brainwaves I tell you, thank goodness for those years of well spent educational funding. If 'twas not for a split second realization of my mistake the axe headed would very likely have hacked my thumb clean off but as I realized the error I slowed my pace and only cut into my thumb and index finger instead of removing the two beauties. Just wanted to fill all in on the wonders of my expertise in all manner of carpentry and other manly exploits that involve hammers and smoothed bits of wood.