Monday Musical Offering Manual Mauling edition

Farm work is physically taxing, and there are many, many ways to get injured.  I have so far managed to escape anything serious (frantically knocking on wood), but I do ding myself up pretty regularly--a mashed thumb from a misdirected screwdriver, a glorious bruise from a dropped piece of wood, and so on.  I especially worry about my eyes (I wear safety glasses a lot) and my hands (I wear leather gloves a lot).  I think of this cartoon very often:

(Note that Schulz always used real music in his cartoons.  That's Beethoven's Fur Elise.)

Wednesday Words, Mood matters edition

If you are apologizing, do not use the subjunctive.

Stuff I've learned from goats

Keep your trousers bloused.