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Tough case: my unending search for a tv stand

Does a tv stand exist that’s not opressively ugly, and still functional in all the right ways? I hope so. I’ve already lost nearly a month to this quest.

Pets, or Pyrotechnics?

My brother is a hobbyist. He likes to tinker, collect tubes of adhesive material, lug water around the house, make friends with inventory clerks at obscure hobbying stores. It was toy trains for a while, woodworking on and off. But the longest relationship of his life has been with fish.