I am blown away by the response I received from my last post. I wish I could have responded to each of you personally. Suffice to say, thank you. All of you. The woodworking community is a tight-knit one, as evident from your support.

This is a woodworking blog (well, sort of) and I will not dwell on the matter any more.

Are any of you fans of Rush? Well, I’ll admit, they are a geek band that always been dear to my heart. They were the ones who exposed me to Ayn Rand and Objectivism. If you haven’t read Atlas Shrugged, check it out.

Here are the lyrics to The Trees, my absolute favorite Rush song and probably one of my most favorite songs ever written. It speaks not only to trees, but the nature of Americans. Are the oaks just too lofty? Can we all be kept equal by the saw?

“The Trees”

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can’t help their feelings
If they like the way they’re made
And they wonder why the maples
Can’t be happy in their shade

There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream ‘Oppression!’
And the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
‘The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light’
Now there’s no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe and saw 

Woodworking for Mere Mortals

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