In the Wall Street Journal’s excellent Weekend Review section, Jason Gay gives us the voice we haven’t heard from: that of the leaf blower itself. (Just to be sure: It’s a satirical column.)

Sample:

I’m writing this because me and my leaf blower buddies are feeling beaten up. It’s clear we’re power tool enemy No. 1. Everyone’s decided that we’re a big crisis in society. We’re neck and neck with Facebook. We’re taking more grief than Aaron Rodgers….
First of all, to clarify: I’m electric. I’m noisy, but I’m not as horrible for the environment as a gas blower. I agree with the critics who say that gas blowers need to go. They should go. Gas blowers are blowhards. It’s like having a cable news host living in your garage.

Well done, and very much worth reading.