Friday, August 9, 2013

"HouseWorks" by Steve Batie

"HouseWorks" is one of my favorite columns.  Its author, Steve Batie, is one of my favorite columnists.  Ostensibly a home and garden maintenance and repair column,  "HouseWorks" often contains Steve Batie's musings on a wide variety of subjects.  There still are the how-to questions from readers, and step-by-step instructions for projects.  Steve Batie's style makes them all seem pertinent to me, even though I don't own a home or garden.  I've followed the column for a long time.  It's always a nice way to end the work week.  

"HouseWorks" appears in both the online and print versions of the Journal Times.  In the print edition, it appears in the Friday Food section.  Online, it's available here: http://journaltimes.com/homes/

Steve Batie works for the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper out of Lincoln, Nebraska.   You can read his latest column here: http://journalstar.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/houseworks-get-em-while-they-re-young/article_a1143da0-ad9f-5386-9e5d-87c0abe9eb3f.html

8 comments:

Unknown said...

And in other news concerning the Food Section: (OT sort of, but not really, but then my mind wanders everywhere and nowhere)

Czech "Pastafarian" wins right to wear kitchen utensil as official religious head gear

A man who claims his religion requires him to wear a sieve on his head has been granted permission to use a photo of himself wearing it – on his official ID card.

Lukas Novy, a follower of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, says the plastic kitchenware is a crucial part of his “Pastafarian” faith, and he must wear it at all times to respect his deity; a monster made of spaghetti and meatballs.

Sounds Yummy!

Unknown said...

How to Make a Bong ......Uber Epic build SERIES PART 12

With Soundrone!

SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, and May Complicate Pregnancy.

Unknown said...

I Dunno Orbs,,,, ya' know - I clicked on the Link - and, well, I like this guy - but on the other hand...

YA' need to keep him away from Kurt Johnson - with an Article entitled:

HouseWorks: Get 'em while they're young

Racine's just not ready yet....

But seriously!

a small plot off to one side of the "grown-up" garden where they can plant and water and weed and nurture their own green-growies.

THAT Garden is also best off the traveled trail and kept away from nosy neighbors and busy-body Police.

I mean, we like the Hawaiian 5-0 as long as they aren't hassling us....

He said: green growies

The High Times guide to Growing

Always remember to clean your Bong after using!

If you can catch them when they're young enough, you get a gardener for life.

OR a possible Felony conviction.

Just ask Kurt J.

Billionaire Child Sex Case Heads To Supreme Court (18 Months After SC Johnson Heir Charged)

The Johnson family was as close to royalty as you could find in the rust belt town of Racine, Wisconsin. The five heirs to the $11.5 billion SC Johnson cleaning product fortune employ about 10% of the population, as well as bestowing their great wealth on reviving an area blighted by the decline of industry.

That all changed 18 months ago, when 57-year-old Curt Johnson was charged with the repeated sexual assault of a child. She was later acknowledged as his stepdaughter, who was 12 when the alleged molestation started in 2007.

The criminal complaint against Johnson veers towards the graphic, but its printable portions describe him as having a “touching problem” and a “sex addiction.” His stepdaughter “finally told her mother about what was happening to her because she wanted to protect her younger sisters.”


Gary Glitter - rock n roll part 2

OH WAIT!...

Rocker Gary Glitter Arrested In Connection With U.K. Sex Abuse Investigation

OH WAIT!....

AC/DC

Little Lover

But I do want to know if the hat came from Racine's very own Clothier to the Stars - Mrs. Monte Osterman-Jerger and COPACETIC

Look Good! Feel Happy!

OH WAIT!....

She looked good and I felt happy...

But I got The JACK!

Unknown said...

THEN....

Steve Batie?

Master Batie?

LULZ>>>>>>>!!!!

It's just too good to be true!

AC/DC Touch Too Much!

OH PLEASE! Not a Pee-Wee Herman moment!

The headlines were as shocking as the coarsest of parodies, and beneath them, the very picture of humiliation, was haggard-looking kiddie-show host Pee-wee Herman, shaggy as an undercover narc, looking as if his world had come to an end. Which, in fact, it seemed to have done. Herman, 39, creator of a performing persona so infantile that it cast doubt on the faculties of the man who inhabited it, had been arrested on July 26 for masturbating in a so-called adult movie theater in Sarasota, Fla., not far from the home of his parents.

Steve Batie shares letters from readers

Protect your hands

YES, it's true - even my Mother sez so...

I'm on The Highway To Hell!

(complete album for Satan's Angels to enjoy)

Heavens angels opt out HERE.

SO somewhere in here we got a Master Batie Getting 'em while they're young! Growing Greenie thangs and protecting your hands.

Vinegar is magical

Vinegar removes labels and price stickers from glass and metal.


AND that brings us FULL CIRCLE - as the $1.50 price tag should be removed from the bottle before using the Uber Epic Bong.

Wasn't that where I started?

RUSH!

Unknown said...

Good Night.

Toad said...

I will have to look this one up. Sounds fun.

kkdither said...

I remember reading this column. His down to earth and simplistic syle is refreshing.

OrbsCorbs said...

I look forward to reading his column. I haven't done that since Mike Royko died.