"Caption the Photo" Winner
 Thank you all. We received more than 150 entries in our “Caption the Photo Contest." But curses on those who mentioned “The Macarena” – that song has been stuck in my head for days. I don’t like that song. I never liked that song. (That said, it does look as if Glen could be practicing the dance…). And a special shout out to Farm100 who put a more enjoyable song in my head with the “Pirates of Penzance” parody – very clever.
To the Shakespearean entries: Pandering! Pure pandering! (Which of course I enjoyed.) And to those that were perhaps a bit, well, too close to home (does this blog make me look fat?): I simply can’t condone that type of behavior…because I suspect I’m soon to be in the firing line.
A lot of the entries made me chuckle, some elicited a guffaw, but only a handful necessitated the cleaning of Diet Coke off my keyboard. And if you didn’t win, just chalk it up to my warped sense of humor.
Here’s my Top 10:
10. "Work fascinates me, I can think about it for hours."
– Jamie Ray
9. Senior Editor Glen D. Huey testing the structural integrity of local trees while memorizing his lecture material.
– Anonymous
8. Worn out after completing the macrame components, Glen tests the strength of the timber laminations in our hammock swing project.
– anonymous
7. During research for an upcoming article, Glen spent hours using this elaborate rig to test the strength properties of the oak board (shown in photo above his head).
– Lynn Hagans
6. "Oh, you wanted me to "Go find some hemlock!?" I thought you said "Go find a hammock." My bad.
– Raj
5. Glen demonstrates power tool safety by staying as far away from them as possible.
– Ken Copenhaver
4. "I'm not sleeping, I'm testing a new butt-laminate press."
– JJ Gray
3. "And here kids, we have the "supinus glenhueyus," also known as the Southern Yellow Supine. It's often planted as an ornamental and has little commercial value."
– RC
2. Welcome to the Acanthus Workshops wood carving course. Today we will sculpt the classic "Glen in Repose". Does everyone have the required 250lb block of White Pine and your chainsaws?
– David Pearce
1. (Who gets a free copy of our latest CD, "The Arts & Mysteries of Hand Tools"): "I'm so sorry I had to lay down for a spell, I saw someone sharpen a chisel - by hand no less - and got the most awful case of the vapors. Why I near fainted at the site of it! Savages"
– Josh (and Josh, if you're reading this, please send my your address!)
Again, thanks for playing!
— Megan Fitzpatrick
Friday, July 17, 2009 2:02:09 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) 
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