Managing Grey Matter

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

All projects and activities we talk about involve at least one of these four topics. If you’re not diy african american female 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.

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Dirty Thoughts

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

diy blog male 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?

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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.

Contact Us

Got something on your mind? Shoot an email to dirtyshirt@verizon.net and let us know what your thinker’s been thinking.

Send us something useful and intelligently stated and we’ll writing nerd contact us take a really hard look at what you’ve got to say even if it is criticism, we promise. Got a question about one of the site projects or something else? Send it.

Also know that we’re believers in the democratic process, free speech and all of the pros and cons that go along with it. But, if your love letter is smoking because it’s wrapped in flames, we’ll substitute the democratic-free-speech rights and privileges model with a less participatory model. Say, umm, an oligarchy for example and pitch your email into the online trash bin – never to be seen or heard from again.

So, remember what DirtyShirt.Info is all about:

Making do with what you have and taking care of it
Fixing what breaks
Gaining some knowledge after making mistakes
Saving a few bucks if you can
Dabbling with everything but mastering none of it

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Definitions Of Dirt -

* shirt: contaminates clothing, as in Dirty Shirt

* soil: part of the earth's surface; disintegrated rock

* the state of being covered with unclean things

* crap: obscene terms for feces

* dirty: becoming; results from handling your business

* scandal: disgraceful gossip about other people

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