"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, bike commuting, Distractions, Lists, Ruby the Dog, Well I'll Be Darned on Jun 13th, 2009
Just some little bits and pieces of thoughts of late: The other night when I was coming home from work, I had one of those absolutely glorious and magical rides that just makes you happy to be alive and pedalling. It has been surprisingly cool and rainy lately and there’s quite a lot of marshy […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Shopping, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on May 10th, 2009
Who says I’m playing? Trash-pickin’ is serious business you guys! Anyway, yesterday we found a dumpster that was a BONANZA of clothing…good stuff too, some of it with the tags still on it! We actually ended up leaving plenty for the next scavengers! Melissa nabbed a pair of lime green pants and a shirt that […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Other Bike Stuff, Trashboat Shenanigans, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 18th, 2009
Six months until the First Annual Kansas City Trashboat Regatta. Put that on you calendar. Sometime in mid-June, you will, if you are lucky, be floating down the Big Muddy in a home-built contraption based on salvage, bicycles, and cuss words. And maybe a little duct tape, a few zip-ties, and some hope. Crews are […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Well I'll Be Darned, Words I Like on Jan 12th, 2009
Once upon a time in Kansas City, there was a florist on about 31st & Gillham called Ed’s Dainty Corsages, and it was fabulous! Then the business name changed to the much less fabulous House of Flowers and to compensate for the lack of incongruity in their name, they acquired two lovely huge murals, a […]
Posted in nostalgia, Sewing, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 8th, 2009
first pattern I ever drafted, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I made the pattern for this dress based on a circa 1946-7 dress from the costume stock of the theater department at Chadron State College. Basically, I copied the proportions of the original by taking careful measurements. I made this dress in 1997, and still have […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, videos, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 3rd, 2009
I was looking for the video of the chainsaw dragster I saw a few years ago. I was telling the ACME crew about it today…we were on the topic of contraptions as we’re all contemplating our Trashboats for the first-ever Kansas City Regatta come June-ish. Anyway, on with the dragsters – there’ll be more about […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, videos, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 1st, 2009
Two great tastes that go great together, right? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQvi0mjknKQ] Even better, this is DIY. This person made this out of some old computer guts and a couple of little mirrors from a hobby shop. Super cool! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx9hr_5YRq4] Here’s another, with a how-to-make video. Pretty freakin’ nifty, wouldn’t you say? I’m inspired; something like this would […]
Posted in Well I'll Be Darned on Feb 14th, 2008
Joel asked me to marry him. I told him, “yes, absolutely I will marry you.” I’m not a real big poster of super-personal stuff on my site, usually, but I really do think this merits a bit of fanfare. Because I’m crazy-stupid happy and giddy and generally given to squeeing right now. We’d been talking […]
Posted in Adventures, Oh, for fuck's sake, Photo entries, Well I'll Be Darned on Feb 10th, 2008
Well, my computer has upped and died. It’s not a big shock nor surprise – it had been acting shaky and shady for a while, and it hadn’t been built by a professional initially anyhow. So, the ol’ beast finally went toes-up. Because I had an inkling this day would be coming sooner rather than […]
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 23rd, 2008
Have you ever set a coin on edge on a table and flicked it with your finger to make it spin like a top? If so, then you know how it looks when it loses momentum and falls over and kind of rotate/vibrates to a stop. Imagine you are in a 9:00 a.m. meeting, and […]