When I walked into the locker room at Evergreen fitness the other day, I was looking directly into the butt-hole of a fat man bending over. I think he was drying off his pale, gout-ridden feet. As my eyeballs bled I wondered if it would be the same experience to stare into the sun. His [...]
April 15, 2008 – 11:08 am
The female Indian Blue Peafowl is referred to as a Peahen; the male, a Peacock. They are between 35 and 50 inches tall and can weigh up to 13 pounds. The male’s tail feathers or “train” can be as long as five feet and sport a variety of colors including blue, green, red and gold. [...]
February 20, 2008 – 01:53 pm
[Editor's Note: Despite what the icon reads to the right, this post is actually written by Leigh O'Connor, our intrepid reporter who recently moved from Providence, RI to the middle of the woods in Washington State. He ain't got no Internet where he's at, but he recently filed this post from a local library. Enjoy!]
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My friend Mike wanted a table that could be moved around easily. He lives on the forth floor of an apartment in Queens. He may need to move again and wanted a table that one person could carry. So I came up with this design.
The legs and skirt are made from mahogany. The table top [...]
This is a hand-made bronze hammer. It’s mounted on a Mahogany base, with pine inlays and pine pegs. The hammer is fixed in that position, with a welded bolt just at the base of the handle. For a finish, I gave it a white patina.
April 17, 2007 – 10:25 am
I work with this guy named Rick Prior. He runs his own carpentry business and we’ve sort of joined forces to take on projects for the summer. Prior started out as a mason on Block Island, and eventually went to school for some kind of Historical Preservation concentration, but only after working on a farm [...]
I opened the door, sat down, pulled out the choke on this nineteen sixty-something BMW with a rusted out floor, put the key into the ignition, turned it and waited. After a few minutes the choke settled into its three-quarter position and the car idled at a steady “chugga-chugâ€. I put it into first and [...]
February 6, 2007 – 10:32 am
In an age where owning music is just a click away, Beck drops some ill-shit that makes a brother wanna go out and buy some albums. I know his newest record, The Information (iTunes, Amazon) came out a while ago, but I’m always just a little bit behind. I’ve only owned it for a month [...]
December 22, 2006 – 11:30 am
(And how he, in turn, inadvertently got me to write something about him,and about good music for the just-passed holiday)
It all started earlier in the week when I was reading one of the comments that another contributor to this site had written. The thread of conversation had to do with my work as a gas-pumping [...]
November 9, 2006 – 06:00 am
That’s right, I’m a goddamn man. I have all man parts and a ridiculously hairy chest. It’s so fucking hairy I actually trim it down every couple of months. Actually, there was this Greek guy that worked in a roast-beef shop in Marblehead when I was younger. He was so hairy that his facial hair [...]
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