My skills as a mechanic are only slightly better than my skills as a brain surgeon.

On the other hand, I’m pretty damn good at writing.

And that’s why it’s way less painful to write about my timing-belt tragedy than it was to experience it.

If you own or run a business, you can suffer the same temptations I did when it was time to get the timing belt on my Honda Ridgeline changed.

Let me offer you this encouragement:

Resist the temptation to do it yourself!

The ugly details will amuse you and – hopefully – instruct you.