Kudos to Katelyn the comfort engineer, who on a stroke of genius has delivered the ‘Husband Chair’ at a local branch of Michaels, also known as “the dreaded craft store”. This convenience near the entrance of the store allows us, men, to quickly take refuge near the same door that is also the exit. While not as anonymous as staying in the car, I must admit, since gasoline prices are so high, that sitting in the car with an idling engine and the air conditioning running full blast is getting a bit expensive.
Katelyn, seemingly on a direct connection with the male psyche is looking at improving her masterpiece-in-progress by adding a cushioned seat cover, a custom coat of middle-age defying glossy black paint, and possibly even flames – those OC Chopper dudes would be envious. This woman will be a corporate goddess in her own time. My only suggestion, we need some manly magazines to hide behind and let others know that we are real men, even if we are in the craft store.
The reason you are feeling less of a man at the crafts store is because you have a deep seeded psychological block against arts and crafts. I personally enjoy going to Michael’s and browsing the isles, especially the paints, models, and drawing sections, oh yeah the clay is awesome also. I use to enjoy it more when the had a halfway decent airbrushing section but now they only have crap for airbrush supplies. Let the girls go look at beads and yarn, I’ll be picking up a new sketch pad, kneaded eraser, and a 1/20th scale model of the Bob Lazar sports model anti-gravity disc …NOW THATS MANLY!