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The roof is leaking. Again. It's leaking faster than I've seen it do since just before the roofers came, a mere eleven months ago. *Grrrrr* (It's leaked once since then, a couple months ago, and I called the roofer and complained and he said he'd slap on a patch and it's been dry since then until a couple hours into tonight's absolute torrent. But the repair back in August was supposed to last two years.)

Maybe it's a good thing I hadn't gotten the ceiling fixed yet. It's certainly a good thing I'd never gotten around to moving the tarp and buckets, or tried to move stuff into that room. What's not good is my mood.

Feld's Hand Grenade Theory of Public Policy:

1. Do not threaten to use a hand grenade unless you are prepared to pull the pin.
2. Know in advance what will make you pull the pin, and communicate that clearly. Deterents do not work if people do not know about them. No one learns a lesson for the future if people cannot establish a pattern.
3. If you pull the pin, the hand grenade better go off, even if you are still holding it. It is much better to be known as someone who is willing to blow his own hand off to prove a point than to be known as someone whose hand grenades are duds.

[Note: Discussion and further explanation of the third part in a comment worth reading before rehashing.]