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Shopping

The worst part about going shopping is making decisions about what to buy. This is what makes a simple trip to buy pants take 45 minutes and result in a suicide attempt. Maybe it can't be avoided when no pair of pants fits right and you're just trying to minimize your loss, but I discovered that it's also hard to make decisions when every product is awesome.

Today Troy and I spent an hour at Home Depot staring at crowbars. It was hard to decide which one was right for dismantling a kitchen. Do you go with a thin bar or a Fat Max? Which is more important for a crowbar, the Wonder or the Super? And is the Super Wonder too much? And is the mini Wonder any more useful than a hammer claw? And if you get a hammer, do you need to be worried about hitting something with a knurled hammer head? Or if you hit something with a hammer that big is it going to break anyway? Do you want a wood or fiberglass handle? Can you say the word "hickory" without saying "dickory" immediately after? Does the Earwig hammer work better? If your hammer claw is really pointy does it become a tomahawk? And is a hatchet with a hammer on the back more or less of a tomahawk than a hammer with a hatchet on the back? If a mallet has a white head does it leave less marks than a mallet with a black head? If you had a mallet with both heads how would you decide which one to use? Does the bounce-resistant head really work? Does a comparison change if you swing it with your left hand instead of your right? And why are we looking at mallets, anyway?

See? Shopping is exhausting.

posted by bryant-man @ 7:44 PM