Skip to main content

know your tool





 tool*  is a device that can be used to produce an item or achieve a task, but that is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process with a specific purpose. Tools that are used in particular fields or activities may have different designations such as Instrument, Utensil, Implement, Machine, or Apparatus.
 tool * one who lacks the mental capacity to know he is being used. A fool. A cretin. Characterized by low intelligence and/or self-esteem.

 Tool * is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1990.
Tool emerged with a heavy metal sound on their first studio album Undertow in 1993, and later became a dominant act in the alternative metal movement with the release of their second effort, Ænima, in 1996. 







Needle-nose pliers . My friend Amy swears this is the only tool you need for almost any job. I agree. For this reason.... I was using a Stanley SharpShooter Heavy-Duty T50 Staple Gun  to attach fresh ivy to a table the morning of my niece's wedding. I missed the edge and stapled my finger instead.  At the emergency room before the Doctor  arrived (he was en route) the nurses and other staff were very curious and taking bets on just how the Doctor would remove the staple. It was embedded quite far into my finger. The Doc shows up, takes one look and sends a nurse to the hardware store for a pair of needle nose pliers. Bing, bang, boom, staple out...on with the wedding. Needle nose pliers. The right tool for any job, even those that require a shot of Lidocaine.










                                                           "Don't force it... get a bigger hammer."

                                                                           Arthur Block

































Comments

  1. anitaApril 27, 2011 at 3:52 AM

    My mother always told me that no job is impossible if you have the right tool.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Emma Leigh DuncanApril 27, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    I love this!

    ReplyDelete
  3. JasminMay 2, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Great post, thank you for your lovely comment, I'm also following you now xx

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    Fantastic. Needle nose pliars rescued you that day Aunt Jane...I had no idea. All I can say is thank you and my next post will be to the inventor of those nifty little tools. love you. What an amazing idea..this page is. I want to frame it. And I will!!! love Cara BEA

    ReplyDelete
  5. The DecoratorMay 3, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    Really enjoyed your 'tool' piece. I love a good tool to work with!

    And I adore the poetry and art of the song 'Aenima' by TOOL!
    thanks for reminding me.....

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousMay 4, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    I just love this post! You have the most marvelous sense of humor. I am sitting here chuckling to myself as I too, believe that nettle nose pliers is the tool of all tools! I can't tell you how many times I have had a use for them. Why it's just not American not to have a pair! LOL

    Stop by and enter my Mother's Day Giveaway. Its open to Mom's, teachers, counselors...anyone who has made a difference in a child's life.

    Again, I love your posts!

    ReplyDelete
  7. decor8May 4, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Your right Kris, I think everyone should have a pair of nettle nose pliers issued at birth. LOL Thanks for following and the compliment!

    ReplyDelete
  8. decor8May 4, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    Thanks Janelle! I like both a good tool and beautiful song sung by Tool! Thank you for following.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Anastasia May 5, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    Your mind works in very creative ways! Interesting post! And you've just proved it's always useful to have a good tool around! Enjoy your weekend. anastasia xo

    ReplyDelete
  10. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    oww, stapling your finger sounds really painful. but your post is very creative, love it.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it” Thank you for your thoughts and comments!

Popular posts from this blog

a different kind of pop art

* dad , daddy , pa , papa, pop *my pop is the father of six girls and a self taught artist. One of my first memories of his art is a mural he did in charcoal on a large red wall in our living room. It was a stagecoach with horses, it seemed to jump off the wall into the room.  I loved it. He also created  a barn 'look' on the second floor landing of our house. Complete with split rail fencing used for the stair rail - the only thing between us and certain death was termite ridden timber. But, it looked fabulous! Our house had only one bathroom and with seven females in the house including my Mom, you can imagine how my Dad felt the need to make his mark (so to speak) in the one room he really had no control over. T hus, began our summer spent retrieving rocks from the river; for what would become the most famous bathroom in town. It was a good size room with a long wall of mirrors, a claw foot tub, the essential toilet and a window.  Pop's idea was t...
14 comments
Read more

frosted

poem* A verbal composition designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way, characterized by the use of language chosen for its sound and suggestive power and by the use of literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme. sigh* to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief. moxie* courage,determination, know-how, energy, pep Robert Frost was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874.  Though his work is principally associated with the life and landscape of New England, and though he was a poet of traditional verse forms and metrics who remained steadfastly aloof from the poetic movements and fashions of his time, Frost is anything but a merely regional or minor poet. The author of searching and often dark meditations on universal themes, he is a quintessentially modern poet in his adherence to language as it is actually spoken, in the psychological c...
6 comments
Read more