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Managing Grey Matter

In order to be a good Dirty Shirt there are four elements to the Dirty Shirt state of mind:

• Design

• Build

• Fix

• Maintain

All projects and activities we talk about involve at least one of these four topics. If you’re not sure about exactly what they mean don’t sweat it, we’ve got your back. There was a time when we didn’t understand their significance either. We’ve learned and we’ll share.

Just like paying taxes is an unalterable truth, so it goes with Design, Build, Fix and Maintain.

No one performs all four elements like a rock star.  One might be proficient at each, but there’s usually one of the four that just doesn’t compute.  Odds are that’s true for you too.

Hey, if you’re good at all four elements consider yourself King of the Universe.  Quit your day-job, your skill-sets are needed in the world.

Design, Build, Fix, and Maintain each have their own navigation buttons above.  Check ‘em out and start thinking about your projects from the perspectives we’ve offered.

Blog

Dirty Thoughts

We think about fixing and maintaining our stuff... a lot.

Consider this an open invitation to visit our blog and see what’s on our minds.  After all, being a Dirty Shirt guy or girl is really just a state-of-mind.  Bonus feature:  you get to talk back.

One thing is for sure, we have to work with what we have.  The vast majority of us isn’t pulling down a six-figure salary and just buying-new whenever the older stuff breaks or doesn’t look quite the way we would want it to.

We want to be good stewards of our belongings and that includes our money and possessions. Dirty Illustration: Have you taken a careful look at cable-television lately?

It’s more like cable commercials and we pay for the privilege to watch it. 900 channels and nothing’s on. Do you see a problem with that? We do. You can’t maintain and manage your stuff sitting in front of the flat screen.

So, you have two choices, Neo: If you take the blue pill you will leave this site and go on about your lives believing and doing whatever it is you want to believe and do. If you take the red pill we’ll show you what it will take and how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

Learn a new skill or two; the TV commercials will still be there when you’re done.

We're Trying...

We talk about designing things, building the things we design, fixing things when they break and maintaining our stuff so we don't have to fix or pay to have it fixed later. It's do-it-yourself as they say.

While giggling like a girl, Computer-Dude told us he's working on this page and that he's going as fast as he can!

He drove a hard bargain. To get him to hurry up we had to agree to start calling him Neo, buy him a synthetic girlfriend (don't ask) and promise him a day and half of vacation.

Consider it done man, umm, Neo...

Thank you for visiting and please bookmark us for future reference. Until we become fully operational may we suggest checking out the Dirty Thoughts Blog.

Note that the presence or absence of content on the blog is in direct proportion to the number of people that called in sick for the day.

Again, thank you for visiting and please bear with us as we build the DIY pages, projects, and offer unsolicited opinions on how to build or fix things.

All we have to do is get the contributors to actually contribute and then we're cook'n with Crisco...

Anybody know where we can get our hands on a synthetic girlfriend?  Preferably a brunette?

 

 

 

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