They've all called me 'Crossfit' Lemoore ever since I enrolled in the training program that involved workouts, weight lifting and exercises that turned me from a wimpy, weakling into the taut, tight, tough guy I am today.

And while working out to build those muscles was of undeniable value when it came to impressing the chicks at college, it was of greater value to my life - because I'm now able to handle the difficult work of moving heavy objects as part of my job. Whenever the guys are stuck with something they can't get to budge, the rallying call goes out... "Where's Crossfit Lemoore? Get him here!"

Have you heard about casters? There are kinds of industrial casters used to move around heavy objects. They also help reduce wear and tear on factory floors and vinyl flooring by distributing the heavy weight evenly. Another form called office chair casters is of similar value in posh office buildings where it helps secretaries and executives move smoothly around the work place without having to drag heavy chairs along with them.

Now my innovations include designing a kind of caster that works in both industrial and more domestic settings like office chairs. It's got a special kind of swivel that's housed in a ball-bearing that's made of an alloy my friend came up with. It's strong, durable, and inexpensive. This swivel caster comes in handy in places like where I work, because they can be slipped under heavy loads and used to lever around the deadweights instead of using brute strength to lift them.

While being fit and strong enough to be able to shift loads easily is nice, what's even nicer is to use brains over brawn - and take advantage of age-old concepts like levers and the Archimedes principle to move heavy objects!

I'm creative and inventive in other ways too. (The trouble, according to my wife, is that I'm not smart enough to turn this creativity into cash - but hey, that's not what I'm keen on doing, y'know?) Anyway, I came up with this idea for a cool cushion slip cover. You know what t cushion sofa slipcovers are like, right? They're those pillow-case like thingies that slide over a cushion and protect it from dust and sweat, like the slipcovers for wingback chairs.

Well, you know how tough it is to keep those little cushions from slipping out of the slipcovers. Sometimes, it almost seems as if they named them 'slip' covers BECAUSE they cushions keep slipping out of 'em!

Anyway, I designed a simple flap method which would hold a cushion inside the slipcover so that even when the cushion is moved around, even dropped from the chair, or maybe used in a fight by kids, the cushion stays in, safe and secure. No, it isn't by using a zipper. Just a tiny flap like arrangement that I've seen used in carrying lorries we used on hauling jobs. These simple flaps could hold up loads of a few tons of metal scrap or pallets, and I figured they should be able to keep a cushion inside a cover.

Surprise, surprise - they did!

So now, the guys at work take pleasure in calling me 'Cross-stitch' Lemoore - because my fans are these hobby cross-stitch experts who use cushions and slipcovers extensively.

On this site I'll be looking to detail some of my other innovations. You may like some of them. You may even want to partner with me to turn them into a business. If you're skilled that way, give me a call. I'd love to partner with you, being not so talented at this aspect of things.

Or if you'd simply like to use my idea in a small way at home or at work, feel free to take any idea you see shared here and run with it. It's my pleasure to help out.

Like I said, from what little I've seen, the ideas I'm coming up with are worth money to others and therefore I'm sure they'll be profitable to sell as a business - except I don't have a clue how to go about it!

Crossfit Lemoore, signing off for now. Keep coming back for more!