oh, when the men of TechShop don a camo apron ...
where did Pat get his hotness?
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oh, when the men of TechShop don a camo apron ...where did Pat get his hotness?from Dad!
kidneywi are a treat for any meal. they taste like a fresh tropical fruit mixed with beans, like that oh so tasty Japanese red bean paste. yum.
spine of the kidneywi
it's the last part to form before it's born.
for scale - yes, a kidneywi would probably fit in the palm of your hand
after teaching a laser class, I happened to pass by James Erd in the members area finishing up his latest prop. sure looked messy...
and just a tad illegal.
but hey, if you want a creative mind willing to slog through even the messy bits to build your props, contact James at rakker16mm -at- yahoo.com.
if my friend Will Davis wrote the bible, I'd be so there. check it out as he reinterprets for the season.
King James:
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.'"
James Street:
So it was about midnight in the Alsam Bar. Two, three guys from the parking garage next door, sittin' 'round, trying to get warm, or at least drunk enough to think they were.
So some guy I ain't never seen before, so tall he has to duck under the jamb, walks in, buff, arms ripplin' like snakes under his shirt. He didn't have no coat, didn't look like he wanted one.
He didn't have the body fat of a squirrel, neither.
A couple of the boys move off, but he's smilin' 'n he's all: "It's all good." He nods a beer outta the bartender, takes a hit, puts down the bottle, looks around 'n says, in a voice big as he is, "You'll never believe this, but they's this kid born over in Oaktown? He's the real deal. 7854 89th, round the back in the garage. No lights or heat. But he's the real deal."
He puts down the empty, turns, and as he walks out, he slaps the jukebox, 'n it jumps right off Garth 'n starts playin' Silent Night. You want to know what else? Sumbitch jukebox doesn't even have Silent Night on it, swear to God.
We go outside 'n he's, like, gone.
King James:
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.'"
James Street:
So it was about midnight in the Alsam Bar. Two, three guys from the parking garage next door, sittin' 'round, trying to get warm, or at least drunk enough to think they were.
So some guy I ain't never seen before, so tall he has to duck under the jamb, walks in, buff, arms ripplin' like snakes under his shirt. He didn't have no coat, didn't look like he wanted one.
He didn't have the body fat of a squirrel, neither.
A couple of the boys move off, but he's smilin' 'n he's all: "It's all good." He nods a beer outta the bartender, takes a hit, puts down the bottle, looks around 'n says, in a voice big as he is, "You'll never believe this, but they's this kid born over in Oaktown? He's the real deal. 7854 89th, round the back in the garage. No lights or heat. But he's the real deal."
He puts down the empty, turns, and as he walks out, he slaps the jukebox, 'n it jumps right off Garth 'n starts playin' Silent Night. You want to know what else? Sumbitch jukebox doesn't even have Silent Night on it, swear to God.
We go outside 'n he's, like, gone.
I spent a week at Club Med - I mean Disneyland - er, Esalen at a writing workshop. I wrote about it here.
have you seen a mousetrap lately?
they come with plastic cheese! with different sized holes in it even!
looks like a flyswatter, though.
they come with plastic cheese! with different sized holes in it even!
looks like a flyswatter, though.
um, they work. quite well, actually. without any cheese aroma enhancements either.
does give one pause.
supposedly, it is available at a NYC restaurant. even my foodiest of foodie friends does not know what this is. we are both interested in hearing what it is - if anyone can reveal that.
as enticing as those berries are, grabbing any sort of utensil, well, it just does not come to mind.
so far, the guesses are spittle, rabid dog froth, dishwater soap, insect or spider eggs, coral sperm, fish sperm, ok, some other animal kingdom sperm.
do you know? or have a guess?
as enticing as those berries are, grabbing any sort of utensil, well, it just does not come to mind.
so far, the guesses are spittle, rabid dog froth, dishwater soap, insect or spider eggs, coral sperm, fish sperm, ok, some other animal kingdom sperm.
do you know? or have a guess?
after reading my last post, a friend asked, if people are flying in a plane and eject from the plane, would they be called ejeculant? ejectulant?
only if they're pushed, I replied.
...
later he asked, should it be ejackulant since it's a guy?
then ejillulant for women?
or maybe injillulant.
back to the original question - it's probably ejeculate.
only if they're pushed, I replied.
...
later he asked, should it be ejackulant since it's a guy?
then ejillulant for women?
or maybe injillulant.
back to the original question - it's probably ejeculate.
I've been working on a new art piece and had it hanging at one of several places I share my ideas in progress.
a friend walked by responding to its latest improvement of little beads hanging below, "ooh, it now has ejaculant."
"like coolant?" I replied.
after an awkward silence, he asked, "isn't that what it's called?"
umm ... I decided to go ahead. "well, it's e-jac-u-late," I enunciated each syllable, "not e-jac-u-lant." he looked at me dumbfounded, like I was speaking a different language and these two different sounds were not discernable to him. I tried again but I got the same look. we dropped it.
later I was relating the story to another male friend. I told him that someone had called it ejaculant. my friend looked at me, waiting for the punch line. I said, it's e-jac-u-late, not e-jac-u-lant. three times I repeated it, but same as the last guy, we got nowhere. his chemistry background prompted him to say it's just like precipitant. I said yeah, it IS just like precipitant, only the word is precipitate. after more online dictionary consultations, he finally agreed although loudly proclaimed that he liked ejaculant better and stomped off muttering something about how nouns and verbs should never be the same word.
just as I was going to post this, I decided to see how many other occurrences of this misspelled word there were. according to a google search today, there are 145,000 listings for ejaculant as compared to 1.8 million for ejaculate. seems it is a word fetus on its way to becoming a true individual word of its own someday, maybe, and the joke is on me.
a friend walked by responding to its latest improvement of little beads hanging below, "ooh, it now has ejaculant."
"like coolant?" I replied.
after an awkward silence, he asked, "isn't that what it's called?"
umm ... I decided to go ahead. "well, it's e-jac-u-late," I enunciated each syllable, "not e-jac-u-lant." he looked at me dumbfounded, like I was speaking a different language and these two different sounds were not discernable to him. I tried again but I got the same look. we dropped it.
later I was relating the story to another male friend. I told him that someone had called it ejaculant. my friend looked at me, waiting for the punch line. I said, it's e-jac-u-late, not e-jac-u-lant. three times I repeated it, but same as the last guy, we got nowhere. his chemistry background prompted him to say it's just like precipitant. I said yeah, it IS just like precipitant, only the word is precipitate. after more online dictionary consultations, he finally agreed although loudly proclaimed that he liked ejaculant better and stomped off muttering something about how nouns and verbs should never be the same word.
just as I was going to post this, I decided to see how many other occurrences of this misspelled word there were. according to a google search today, there are 145,000 listings for ejaculant as compared to 1.8 million for ejaculate. seems it is a word fetus on its way to becoming a true individual word of its own someday, maybe, and the joke is on me.
off balance from a treacherous delivery?it is possible the dog is just a few inches taller than this duck. this doesn't stop her from carrying it everywhere she goes ... by the neck.
correction: yes, it's a goose. the dog doesn't particularly care for duck although she did quite a number on a frog the other day. stuffing and frog body parts everywhere.
Maker Faire '09 started out for me seeing this at the Hayward Park CalTrain Station. yesss.
vinyl cutter extra- ordinaire
embroidered salmon whale
trouble if there ever was any
I'd made a couple jigs to hold large spools of thread for the sewing machines at TechShop.
they looked so unofficial that several ended up in the trash by those
who knew not what great service these wobbly pieces o' metal and old
cans were providing.
at left is my latest version out of wire (rightmost) and closer to the machine is one made by Dr. Lathe. this is the kind of thread holder jig that would be found on a nuclear submarine - if nuclear submarines carried sewing machines - do they?
It. Will. Do. The. Job.
It. Will. Do. The. Job.
what spool of thread that you know of is not gonna behave when placed on this? I rest my case.
mine were so bad I had to put signs on them begging people to save them from trash can doom.
but no more. I'm gonna see if I can pay Dr. Lathe to make me two for home.
but no more. I'm gonna see if I can pay Dr. Lathe to make me two for home.
on this fine day, which some are celebrating as Easter ... what if you needed a plumber?
go here and click on image #17 to see the plumber diorama by Anne Lucas. extensive peep art sponsored by The Washington Post
thanks, Bill, for the link.
go here and click on image #17 to see the plumber diorama by Anne Lucas. extensive peep art sponsored by The Washington Post
thanks, Bill, for the link.
soy, soy, a wonderful food
the more you eat, the more you ...
... have a chance of remaining a standalone entity.
of course, water and mosquitoes are more responsible for transmitting parasites to humans than meat is. but those little diddies haven't popped into my head yet.
did you know that having a parasite in you can affect how your immune system works? some diseases are because our immune system goes into overdrive, which can be calmed by having a certain parasite inside you.
talk should be on fora.tv soon. very interesting subject and engaging stories last night. speaker was Jim McKerrow; Director, Sandler Center for Research on Parasitic Diseases.
the more you eat, the more you ...
... have a chance of remaining a standalone entity.
of course, water and mosquitoes are more responsible for transmitting parasites to humans than meat is. but those little diddies haven't popped into my head yet.
did you know that having a parasite in you can affect how your immune system works? some diseases are because our immune system goes into overdrive, which can be calmed by having a certain parasite inside you.
talk should be on fora.tv soon. very interesting subject and engaging stories last night. speaker was Jim McKerrow; Director, Sandler Center for Research on Parasitic Diseases.
Abe, you increase my faith in the male phylum/species/gender/bunch o' people.
only the realest of the real will also model a reversible camo apron with caution fabric.
originally posted here.
giant strawberry pocky, to be exact.
when friends come back from Japan and bring you some of the good stuff...
when friends come back from Japan and bring you some of the good stuff...
as close to Betty Crocker as I could ever possibly get.
at techshop where I teach laser and sewing classes, I mentioned to Abe - one of the new guys there who's tall, focused, doesn't make too many jokes, kinda even looks like an Abe - that I had this apron pattern I'd cut out over a year ago that I wanted to make out of camo and caution fabric
he looked at me incredulously. I thought, oh great, another person who thinks I'm so strange ... I should've taken just a little more time before revealing this side of me to him.
he finally spoke, "I would SO wear that apron. I'm going on a hunting trip soon and I would wear that with the guys, frilly bits 'n all."
at techshop where I teach laser and sewing classes, I mentioned to Abe - one of the new guys there who's tall, focused, doesn't make too many jokes, kinda even looks like an Abe - that I had this apron pattern I'd cut out over a year ago that I wanted to make out of camo and caution fabric
he looked at me incredulously. I thought, oh great, another person who thinks I'm so strange ... I should've taken just a little more time before revealing this side of me to him.
he finally spoke, "I would SO wear that apron. I'm going on a hunting trip soon and I would wear that with the guys, frilly bits 'n all."
I finished it two days later because, oh yeah, I wanna see him wear it.
I demoed it for him. he loved it and informed me it needed some hunter orange. supposedly if you hunt turkey in West Virginia you don't need any but if you hunt deer in Colorado 40% of your body needs to be covered in hunter orange.
I'm sure I misremembered the mix of states and animals and percentages but I learned I needed to add some orange rick-rack to the bottom of this apron.
I finished it at the Textile Meet-up and my friend Bruce grabbed a photo. Thank you, Bruce!
I demoed it for him. he loved it and informed me it needed some hunter orange. supposedly if you hunt turkey in West Virginia you don't need any but if you hunt deer in Colorado 40% of your body needs to be covered in hunter orange.
I'm sure I misremembered the mix of states and animals and percentages but I learned I needed to add some orange rick-rack to the bottom of this apron.
I finished it at the Textile Meet-up and my friend Bruce grabbed a photo. Thank you, Bruce!
everytime I see these pine needles, I think of this cute story a friend told me.
he went skiing and was taking a bus (from a lift area to a hotel?) a little boy and his mom were taking the same bus. there was a delay. the little boy started picking up these needles and tying them into knots and giving them to people, asking in his shy little boy voice, "wanna knot?" for a full half hour while they waited for the bus. pretty much everyone received a knot.
he went skiing and was taking a bus (from a lift area to a hotel?) a little boy and his mom were taking the same bus. there was a delay. the little boy started picking up these needles and tying them into knots and giving them to people, asking in his shy little boy voice, "wanna knot?" for a full half hour while they waited for the bus. pretty much everyone received a knot.
you know how sometimes something occurs to you and you just have to do it?
I just heard someone describing herself as a monogamous knitter - she works on only one project at a time. I have always worked on multiple projects at the same time. does that make me a polygynous crocheter?
if my projects have gender (or is it sex? does a fuck doily have sex? is a cock doily male?), I could be a polyandrous or polygamous crocheter? and if they all approve of each other, maybe I'm a polyamorous crocheter, into fibrous polyfidelity.
I have no idea what kind of graphic to use to compliment this post.
if my projects have gender (or is it sex? does a fuck doily have sex? is a cock doily male?), I could be a polyandrous or polygamous crocheter? and if they all approve of each other, maybe I'm a polyamorous crocheter, into fibrous polyfidelity.
I have no idea what kind of graphic to use to compliment this post.
