One Of My Very Own
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I'M BACK!!!
I just got my computer back for some corrections. While it was away I have been working 14 hours a day on my next box which is EXTREMELY time-consuming. With that said, I will begin this post with images of my last box...images I could not show you sooner due to a computer snafu.
NOTE: This is a rather long section but I'm pretty damn proud of this as I hope you will agree it is magnificent.
I had to buy more tools. This a precise miter like they use in frame shops.
This is a table router that took me two days to assemble.
And lastly, this is my new chop saw that I love almost as much as my wife.
As is my habit, I made all the bits to be added to the box before I built the box. In this case, it was partial books.
Before I was finished, I had used about half of the scraps that had accumulated in my shop over the years.
I found that for the covers, commercially available paint stir sticks worked perfectly...and they are free.
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After I had estimated that I had enough "books", I built the box.
I used a piano hinge that once painted black was almost invisible.
The attachment of the books took much, much longer than I anticipated but when it was done I knew I had a winner.
I then printed a sheet of various-sized labels and attached them to the books that had the spine outward - notice font changes.
Many (most) of the books have been aged to indicate wear and tear from long usage.
Did you notice the ribbon bookmark? There are a half dozen or so.
As an afterthought suggested by my wife, I mounted a zipper Bible just like the one I got for high school graduation. My wife's similar Bible was white.
I varied the sheens from flat to gloss.
And now, Gentle Reader, I present
ON A SACK OF BIBLES
The other book on the lid is Charles Darwin's On The Origin Of Species - which also serves as a lift handle.
And, of course, it's a functioning box.
And I have already begun work on my next box. I now have four crates of components. Details to follow.
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"No, YOU'RE ruining the birth of our child!"
You can easily steal one of the balls from a Skee Ball machine but what's the point? Do you have a Skee Ball in your house? Of course not. You are just going to put it in a drawer and forget about it.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Trying to make something black and white that is in fact a rainbow of grays.
"We implore our fellow scientists to join us in advocating for research-based approaches to climate and environmental decision-making."
Piet Mondrian's 1941 masterpiece New York City I was hung inverted since 1945, including at the art collection of North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf, where it's been since 1980. It's now in such poor condition that it's been deemed too risky to turn it around and the tape medium makes restoration a unique challenge.
*I had no idea that he used tape.
*Verification Requested
And...
And don't forget, these are the people calling the left "radical" and "extremist".
Giving Birth in America
If you are worried about white people not even replacing themselves then you ought to pay the women to give birth instead of charging them.
"Bad actors"? Oh, you mean the MAGA right?
I like to think that in a survival situation I would be very good at coming up with things like that.
The omnipotent being who created the universe and knows every thought you have ever had or will ever have wants you to do that so he doesn't have to send your baby to hell for eternity. Pleeease.
And never forget, the exact same percentage of tragedies befall believers and nonbelievers which ought to tell you everything you need to know about the power of prayer.
Religious people are obsessed with sex. It's a very natural urge, dude, let it go. And without porn, how do you learn new tricks...pamphlets?
With proven systemic child rapes the Catholic Church begging for more children is not a good look.
Would one of you like to educate the rest of us about the mechanics of that?
How to Lie With Data: US Violent Crime Statistics
Oh no! Look, violent crime is the highest it's been in 10 years. Well, it's not 2020 anymore, and this data is only through 2020, but you get the point. But in reality, when you look at the full graph.
Yes, indeed, it seems like the google search for, quote, "Long Covid", end quote, seems to be mostly performed in English-speaking countries. Does anybody want to hazard a guess as to the secret, real reason for this?
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I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's because of little or no reporting from other countries.
Today I learned that the average person has 8 different sexual partners in their lifetime. Hell, I had more than 8 before I got out of middle school.
Oh, my tattoos? Super meaningful. The meaning is that I wanted my arm to look cooler so I walked into a tattoo shop and asked them to make it look cooler and then they did.
SMILE INDUCEMENT
There's a joke about me and titties on my honeymoon in here somewhere...
My wife's reaction on the same evening...
And that is why they have mats on the floor.
But that happens all the time. Think about tennis and ping pong, pool and snooker, and rugby and football.
I stumbled on a garage sale where that exact thing was happening. I bought a stack of granite blocks 6'x6'x6' for $100. And a brand new wheelbarrow for $2. The jilted wife was drunk the whole time.
*MNBT
A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"I fixed it and it works!"
"And don't worry. I already reminded the kids not to touch it."
My wife when in the herb shop...
Here's my guy again...
"Free?" I call it "My tax dollars at work."
It's no more "free" than the interstate highway that allows you to deliver your products or the airport where you land your Lear Jet.
Why care? He eats cat turds for Christ's sake.
Teach Me To Dance
Italian man trying to talk without using his hands
Nothing will turn you into a minimalist faster than cleaning out your parent's house.
We give morning people way too much power.
WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT
Aren't those does? What the hell do they have to fight about?
Roberto Carlos’s 41-meter free kick against France, the ball got shot at the speed of 136km and curved around the entire defense.
Six hundred pounds of muscle is no match for the debilitating power of scratchies.
Flying above the storm on the ground.
No mention of the three UFOs flying in a triangular formation on the horizon.
Goodness Gracious!
Petco didn't prepare Marley for the farmer's supply store.
I would declare it nap time.
Never Give Up
Another Pool In A Quake
Tile Illusion
Policing Done Right
The bar is too high, folks, and none of you qualify for the reward of Heaven. You can only tell him you're sorry so many times then he stops believing you.
There's a wife-on-our-honeymoon joke in there somewhere.
1 comment:
A. 13: I'm going to guess that's because non-English speaking countries call it something else.
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