Let There Be Light

Let there be light!
And there was light.
And the man looked upon the light.
And the man's mate looked upon the light.
And the man said to his mate, "That's one ugly mutha!"
And the man's mate agreed.
And the man and his mate decided to replace the light.
And so it came to pass.

One Ugly Mutha

CRASH!  Uh, oh, that can't be good. 

I was taking my daily, after-lunch nap at the time.  The loud crash and the sound of breaking glass ended that endeavor.  Upon exiting the bedroom, I saw what had happened: the bottom glass shade on the fan-light had popped off the keyhole pegs and crashed onto the dining room table.  Our housekeeper was dusting the (spinning) blades, tapped one blade just enough to nudge the shade off the pegs.

I did the same thing a couple years ago, nudged the spinning fan with a ladder.  CRASH!  Glass everywhere, nasty gouges in our solid oak dining table.  The mental midget that designed the damned light should have his ass kicked up between his ears. 

I hated those fan lights from day one.  I think they were designed to fit a Chinook helicopter, and besides being ugly, they didn't put out enough light.  Anyway, enough was enough, and I said to Trish, "Those darn things are outta here."  We both got online and started shopping.

The Chinook rotor blades have now been replaced with a couple props that were spares for the Spirit of St Louis.  Although I've installed and removed several fan lights over the years, I hired a handyman to install the new ones.  Didn't need the aggravation - nor the pulled arm muscle that was a side benefit of the one I installed outside awhile back.  Took a year for the arm to fully recover.

Coincidentally, we had recently decided to replace the pair of recessed 'can' lights above the raised bar area of the kitchen peninsula.  Trish suggested pendants.  Great idea!  Off to Lowe's we went, the first of several buy-that/return-this trips to get the correct components.  The install was tricky because the track had to be at a 45 degree angle and I had to cut a hole in the top of pot shelf to access the electric wire.  I finished the installation a couple days ago, also added a dimmer.

And the man looked upon the lights and was pleased.
And the man's mate looked upon the lights and said, "Oh yeah!"

The end.