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A Shameful Reminder

Posted here, mostly as a reminder of a shameful incident at Home Depot. We were looking for “rope lights,” something we could put outside and light up our sidewalk for Halloween.

Liz gravitated towards an LED section near the light bulbs, but I balked. Most of the things on the shelves were for cabinet/interior lighting, so I insisted we look elsewhere.

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Halloween 2023: Assembly

A tremendous caveat: I used a lot of scrap wood, and some pretty twisted 2x4s. If you’ll grant me a kindness, let’s blame the flaws in this construction on those warped boards… and not on my lackluster skills as a craftsman.

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Watchhouse: Rounder

“They’re gonna hang me boys from a tall, tall tree
Those demons, they’ll be the death of me
Some folks are guided by some light of the Lord
But me I was blinded and I’ll never afford my salvation”

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Gluesizing

I am not a good chronicler of all the stain-related experiments that Liz has undertaken. I’ve tried to keep up with all her variations, but there are times it gets pretty confusing to me.

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Finding Bobo

Something happened to me today. I was browsing Instagram, and I saw a photo from my friend Betsy. And I looked a little closer at this photo, and I was taken aback.

If you’ll indulge me, I’d like to recreate for you the experience I had. Stay with me here.

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Halloween 2023: Work Continues

So. I spent a lot of the day in the basement, working with these supplies. And it seems like all I did was make a few prototypes of Halloween anuses. Because let’s be honest, this is what they look like.

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Biko’s Manna: How Deep Is Your Love

I long for the Internet I knew back in the early 2000’s, and this video absolutely reminds me of that era. Talent, sincerity, and whismy, all combined into a shared slice of media that makes the world feel a little less distant.

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J’accuse!

I walked into the living room after work, and thought “Well that’s weird. Why is there a big bag of candy on the table?”

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Testing the Powdered Dyes

Liz has so many different tests, with so many different products… I’m having a hard time keeping it all straight. When she gives me a recap of what she’s done, I tend to have to ask a lot of basic questions, to try to catch up.

It’s a lot of testing, it’s a lot of variations. It’s all kinds of impressive.

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