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On the other side of Jane Fulton Suri's Thoughtless Acts is There I Fixed It, documenting "epic kludges and adventures in home pwnership", where a kludge is "an ill-assorted collection of poorly matching parts, forming a distressing whole."

Definitely less graceful than the makeshift doorstops and paper shades in Jane's book, these "quick fixes" take a seriously direct (sometimes ingenious, sometimes dangerous) route from broken to "repaired". Our favorite is the padlocked car-door: "Look, this is just how it's going to be from now on, okay?"

Submit your own handiwork and make Michel de Certeau proud.

A few more of our favorites after the jump.

Building structure

Window defroster

Topiary

Hot Water