Today I emptied our 30 gallon fish tank. It was starting to break the dresser it was on, and most of the fish got moved to the 5 gallon tank (or adopted by Beth & Kim). Anyway, while I was taking small buckets of water from the bedroom to the bathtub, I got yet another spark of motivation.

The toilet has been running nonstop for a week or two. I decided, since I was already up to my elbows in fish-poopy-water, that I’d go take an adventure down the back of the toilet, and fix it. All I had to do was move that little arm up a bit, tighten the screw, and ta-da.. no more running toilet.

But anyway, I brought this up because I was looking at the inside of a toilet, and wondered who the guy was that thought of that whole mechanism in the back. The water goes down the hole, the stick with the little balloon-thing rises with the water, until the stick pushes the drain closed at the bottom. [or whatever, I cant explain it that well at 11:23pm].

I also was wondering how much the toilet flushing mechanism has changed over the past 20 years or so. Maybe if I get motivated again tomorrow, instead of playing with water, I will find out. Nah.

Ok, this was a dumb entry. I’m sorry. :]