Some freakin’ jackwagon gang-tagged the shed behind Nancy’s house last night at some point between 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. So, Joel and I went down to our basement lair, gathered up every partial can of spray-paint left over from every bicycle we’ve redecorated in the past decade, and fixed that shit. It’s not 100% […]
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IMG_2718, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. Because I was working on this You may well ask what in the name of heck it is, and I will answer that question right away. It should be, with a bit of good fortune, a waistcoat made out of six neckties braided together. To make it, you […]
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Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Dumpster Diving, Holidailies 2012, Kansas City, Other Bike Stuff, Party, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Dec 3rd, 2012
I’ve been just rotten with the follow-through on this blog. Seriously. Couple of days ago I promised to rant about meditation, and there was something else I planned to write about and forgot to. Anyway, since I’ve got a lot of writing ahead of me, and my ideas have been a little thin on the […]
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See that big cardboard barrel on the left-hand side of the photo? It’s about the size of a 50 gallon drum. It is packed solid, level-filled with plastic shopping bags – or was when this photo was taken. Mrs. Crenshaw apparently never willingly allowed a grocery bag to leave her residence. It’s now emptied by […]
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Some vehicles were built for beauty: the Jade Idol, for example. Others were built for speed. The legendary and record-setting Bluebird was a byword for speed. Yet others, like the Pierson Brothers’ iconic ’34 Ford dry-lakes racer, managed to marry both beauty and speed. Then again, there are some that manage to bring you neither: […]
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Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, Delight, Distractions, Dumpster Diving, Kansas City, Party, Photo entries, Trashboat Shenanigans, Trek 800, Utter Silliness on Jul 15th, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012, I was up and at ’em at the crack of 7:00 a.m. By golly, I had shit to do, and a finite amount of time in which to do it. I had provisions to lay in, prizes to prepare, and most importantly, I needed to go scavenge up a few more […]
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I own a 1953 Schwinn Debutante, a bicycle which is delightfully pretty and gloriously impractical: This is not a bicycle you ride if you are in a hurry. I’ve wheeled it out for two special occasions so far this year. It was a belle of the ball on St. Patrick’s Day. To go with my […]
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What you see before you is my “new” stove, a 1950s-era Magic Chef gas range and oven which pretty much outclasses everything else currently residing in my kitchen. Never mind you that the new stove is currently residing on the back porch. It’s in good company. It’s got a disconnected Swedish woodstove and a mysteriously […]
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Oh man, I have brainmeats problems. A month or so ago I read an article online where this guy decided to try recipes or foodstuffs mentioned in The Simpsons. I laughed myself silly, as you do. Especially over the notion of Corn Nog, which sounds really fucking disgusting. I mean! Almost as bad as fuzzy […]
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Juniper Berry sachet, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. While running the dog, I found a bunch of windfall juniper berries today, so I completely filled my jacket pockets and made several juniper-berry sachets. I put this one in my lingerie drawer, ’cause delicates that smell of G&T are never the wrong answer.
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