cordless drill

        Back in the days of my youth, when I was in junior high school, I was enlisted in a shop class. It was my favorite time of the day when I was in shop class—with the thundering clap of the hammer striking nails into wood, the ever present scent of wood glue as it united wood to wood for an ever lasting relationship, and the electrical buzz of a cordless drill tightening in a screw in the fabric of a solid block of wood. Those were the days.
        My favorite part of shop class was getting to use the cordless drill. I think that this was due to the fact that a cordless drill entails the use of a manly tool where ever I wanted to use it. Often, I would add more screws than I actually needed in my projects, but could you blame me? It was so much fun to use a cordless drill!
        I can still recall the final project we had to make for shop class. It was our task to craft a wooden lamp. We were given the freedom to choose any design we wished, and I modeled mine off of a sort of gas pump design. It had a handle with which you would pull down for the light to turn off. This came in handy in my room a lot.