What's Been and What's Ben

I watch Parks and Recreation partially because of Nick Offerman, who plays Ron Swanson. The character’s only goal as head of the parks and recreation department of Pawnee, Indiana is to close down the Parks department. He performs the lost art of deadpan perfectly. In a recent episode his character built a canoe. My sleep is completely messed up after pulling an all-nighter for no reason, so I listened to an Adam Carolla (Man Show, Love Line) interview him. Turns out he actually made the canoe because he is an actor/master carpenter. If you are a fan of The Office, you will appreciate that Nick Offerman built Rainn Wilson’s (who plays Dwight Schrute) dinning room table. He also has a powerful mustache and made an instructional video on how to make a canoe. I admire his belief in craftsmanship.