That's Kamakiri in Japanese. As well as being part of Donald Fagen's "Kamakiriad", it's also a Japanese praying mantis, hence the picture
Well, let me tell you guys how I perceive TV repair. Let's relate it to cars. If my TV repair skills and car repair skills were the same, I could take a car that doesn't run, and go about replacing parts that I thought were bad. I could probably test and replace a fuel pump, but overall I wouldn't have a complete idea as to how the fuel pump makes the car run. To be able to be good at this, I know that I have to take it all the way back to Ohm's Law and the basic principles of electricity, and build upon that. Unfortunately with two kids and tons of responsibilities, that's going to have to wait for a decade or so.
Many people can look at a schematic, and can see how everything works in their mind's eye......I'm not one of those people, and have always been jealous of those that could do that. Perhaps one day I will.
And yes Rob, if you wanna come down and get paid ca$h to fix alla my stuff, bring your test equipment and a good appetite