I Suck At J.J. Mulligans

Saturday was looking pretty "crappy" for a while. In addition to having a bad home improvement day, Karen and I had a slight problem with the toilet drain in our master bathroom. (For anyone curious, while working on the plumbing of the first floor bathroom, my propane torch ran out of propane. Ever try to solder with little heat? It's tough, if not impossible.)

Adding to the plumbing woes was the clogged toilet in the master bathroom. Karen discovered that after she had flushed, the water was not completely going down the drain. Thankfully, some water did go down the drain. So at least the drain was not totally clogged. Already annoyed with running out of propane, I attempted to unclog the toilet with the trusty plunger.

Needless to say, I used the plunger... I flushed... I repeated when it did not work. I used the plunger... I flushed... I repeated. I tend to repeat things well past when I should stop, so it should come as no surprise that I must have used the plunger probably well over 10 times. (All that water wasted! Dangit!)

Eventually, I had to leave the clogged toilet... plunger and all... because Karen and I were meeting up with our friends (Hugh and Jenny). Hugh and Jenny were going to the movies. They went to watch "Shutter Island". So, we were just meeting up with them for dinner after the movie.

We ended up meeting them at J.J. Mulligans located in Braintree. Now I suck at J.J. Mulligans. For anyone curious, J.J. Mulligans has a burger and beer special for $6.95. What a deal! (There is also a cheese pizza and beer special for the same price.) The burger was quite delicious. I scarfed the burger down in no time... probably because I was extremely hungry by that point in the day.

Anyway, it was a good time at J.J. Mulligans. It turns out that Jenny is having her gall bladder removed on Tuesday. So, she could not really eat much... not that she would eat a variety of things if given the choice. Like some of my other friends, Jenny is quite picky about the foods she consumes.

Jenny is also having fun with the book club she started. Hugh jokingly thinks they don't really read books... opting instead for the boozing opportunity a book club provides. I don't remember what book Jenny was reading for the book club, but the book seemed a little far-fetched to me. The story was about some student who kills ten people in school with a crossbow.

I thought that plot was a stretch because a crossbow only fires one bolt at a time... and it takes quite some time for someone to reload the crossbow with another bolt because they have to pull the bow string back and set it. So killing 10 people with a crossbow seemed like a stretch because the student could have been subdued any time during the reloading process. That was my logic.

Of course, I suppose the student could have been using a crossbow like Scarlett from G.I. Joe... Regardless, it was interesting material for a book club. I actually thought Jenny would go the route of the harlequin romance.

Anyway, we eventually started talking about Karen's pregnancy. Hugh and Jenny were pretty excited for us. Interestingly enough, Jenny... like a lot of other people I know.. believes I will spoil the child. I have already told people that our child will get nothing... no video game console... no cool toys... nothing. The child will be lucky enough to have clothes... and a family of course. I get the feeling that no one thinks that I will not spoil our child. Oh well.

Needless to say, dinner was good. It was good to see Hugh and Jenny whom I haven't seen in quite some time. When Karen and I got home, I immediately went back to using the plunger on the toilet... to no avail. Eventually, I gave up and used some eco-friendly chemicals to unclog the drain. When you first pour the liquid into the toilet... it doesn't look too good. But heck, it seems to have worked!