Maybe he's a plumber...

A few days ago Heir 2 and I attempted to make the usual press butter cookies using the same old press I use every year, that every year I have to patch together to make work.

Like me, the thing was an antique (my mother used it while I was growing up) and finally, half way through the cookies, it broke for good.

Dirtman, ever diligent (and eager for cookies) overnighted a new cookie press from Williams-Sonoma. Along with the same presses the old one had, there were some new -- um -- improved ones, including this:


My snowman has a butt crack. That's sick!