Correspondence · 2026-09-16
A book for the kitchen, not the coffee table
Why this is a good gift even if nobody admits they needed it.
By Ron Diamond
Wrap it. Put it on the counter. Do not add a lecture.
The cover does the joke. The chapters do the work. People who live together already have a loading doctrine. They just have two of them. This is a third, written down, which is sometimes enough.
Weddings and housewarmings are the obvious days. Any Tuesday is also fine. Hardcover if you want it to look like an object. Editions if you want to choose.
Fig 12. Bending tolerance of perimeter tinesRho-04B
“Water is an unyielding master of physics. Pliers are merely a confession that one has lost patience with geometry.”