gravity wants to bring me down

I’ve found it much easier to write than work on my presentation. Imagine that.

I’m taking care of a woman’s lawn while she’s away for a couple months. The job isn’t so bad, but I seem to have troubles with her lawnmower. A few weeks ago it stopped accelerating on its own, so I had to push it around. I fixed this problem. It happened again. I fixed it again.

Just today I ran into a new problem. While I was mowing the lawn I heard a loud bang and the mower shut off completely. I figured I had run over something, so I turned it over to check it out. Oddly, though, I had not run over anything. Being an expert in lawnmower maintenance I checked the gas level and decided that it needed more. I filled up the gas and tried to start it up again.

It was at this moment that I noticed oil spilling out of the engine and where my expertise in lawnmower maintenance failed me. I looked at the manual and discovered that the oil was coming out of something called an air filter. Investigating a bit more, I screwed off a side panel and found that the oil, had indeed, spilled out of the engine and through an air filter. This is where I decided to put the mower back in the garage and go home. I told a mechanic and he laughed at me and told me that it would be more expensive to fix than to just buy a new one. No more lawn mower problems.

I am a fan of thought provoking questions.

I think if a large lump of money fell into my hands I would be very bewildered. Then I would probably buy an Ipod Shuffle. Go to a concert or two. Solve world hunger. That's about it. There are so many things I don’t need.