Happy Birthday, Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Blog!

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A leek-shaped lightning bolt whacked me in the head with an idea one day, back in 2017, when I was out flying a kite during an electrical storm in January because that’s the only way that wacky leek-y ideas will form. And here’s what I came up with: I should start a blog, and I should name it Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks. It took me until February of that year to write my first post, though I bought my WordPress package in January. However, I will count January as my blog’s “birthday” because January is also my own birthday month. My blog is now four years old (I will not reveal my age, but it rhymes with norty-dine), and I want to celebrate because I have never celebrated my blog’s birthday. The Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks blog deserves a cake at the very least—or a pandemic-themed drive-by car parade with honking horns.

Other ideas for celebrating my blog’s birthday:

–Throwing leeks from a helicopter.

–Writing a sea shanty dedicated to leeks on a leaky ship. Example:

What do you do with a drunken leek? What do you do with a drunken leek? What do you do with a drunken leek, early in the morning? Chop his head with a rusty razor, chop his head with a rusty razor, chop his head with a rusty razor early in the morning.

 Make a soup for the captain’s daughter, make a soup for the captain’s daughter, make a soup for the captain’s daughter, early in the morning.

 (Nate and Alex came up with more lyrics involving the leek and the captain’s daughter, but I said no to those lyrics.)

–Designing a logo for merch! Yes! I’m not the first person to have this idea of designing a logo and selling merchandise to advertise my blog. Tales from the Land Manatee (Sean D. Layton) ran a post a few years ago that I thought was just brilliant. You can check out that post and the Land Manatee merch here: “Land Manatee Swag: Tales from the Land Manatee.”

The problem for me, though, is that I can’t draw. (I mean, you saw last week’s post, right? That was my best. Those drawings were my best.) However, I have two artists in the family, and they are a part of the Leaks and Leeks Team: Alex and Nate. Alex got to work right away. I told him to make a logo that captures the Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks aesthetic and personality. Here’s what he drew:

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The jack hammer is an interesting touch, I believe—mostly because I’ve never used one, and now I think that’s exactly what this blog is missing: projects that would involve a jack hammer. However, I am afraid that people who are not familiar with this blog, but who might buy the merchandise, would have very high expectations of my skills. I can’t make major, life-changing renovations. I’m afraid that those people, who may desire dream-worthy makeovers, would expect me to show up to their houses wearing a tool belt and driving a bulldozer, but there I’d be with a toilet plunger, a casserole, and a sea shanty.

In any case, I’m thinking I could put my logo on all kinds of things, such as coffee mugs, T-shirts, toilet seat covers, pint glasses, bumper stickers, and giant foam fingers. Also, if I were to suddenly inherit a winery, I would put my logo on all of the wine bottles.

Yes, my tiny blog should celebrate in big, big ways, as it’s tossed about the mighty waves of the Internet—running rum, leeks, jack hammers, crafts, unprofessional workout routines/diagrams, travel tips, yoga pants tips, and a recipe for cake that’s absolutely soaked in Kahlua. (Actually, it is just Kahlua.)

In other news: Here is my latest column for The Daily Drunk: “(KBS) Kentucky Breakfast Stout.” Enjoy!

Your turn: How long have you been blogging? And/Or: What milestones are you celebrating?

Published by ckennedy

Author of the DIY blog: Fixin' Leaks and Leeks. Paper/Rock Writing Consultation, Sole Proprietor.

37 thoughts on “Happy Birthday, Fixin’ Leaks and Leeks Blog!”

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  11. Funny that I don’t actually know how long I’ve been blogging. I remember once seeing WP announcing my 8 year anniversary. I wonder if that was 2 years ago or more. I guess I should care more, maybe??
    Happy blogiversary AND birthday to you. To another friend whose b-day is this month, I welcomed to the club of now getting the honor of celebrating a pandemic b-day. You almost got to avoid it.
    Showing up with a sea shanty–heh heh. 🙂

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    1. Thank you!!! And, yes–pandemic birthdays are certainly boring, but if they weren’t boring, we wouldn’t be doing them correctly, so I’m okay with the boring sacrifice to stay safe:)

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  12. Congrats and Happy 4th. I enjoy your sense of humor, and coincidentally love to eat leeks. My mom makes a mean Potato & Leek Soup, which is what I’ll always call it, because let’s face it, I’m never going to learn how to spell vichyssoise. I do need to tell you, that I would never throw leeks out of a helicopter, however, because contrary to popular belief, and all those YouTube videos, they cannot fly.

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  16. Happy Birthday to the blog! I have been blogging for longer than some people have been alive! And that’s all I’ll say! My age may or may not rhyme with thrifty-late! Ha!

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