Need a quickie birthday banner for a surprise party hosted at a doll house or a vacant hamster cage? Head on over to the dollar store and pick up some labels.
Read MoreRecipe: Milk Chocolate Glue
Though I'm not a stoner, I sure can eat like one. And when I remember there's a can of sweetened condensed milk and some cocoa powder sitting around, they're getting put into my mouth.
Read MoreMix Time: Sundays at The Red Barn Roller Rink, 1983-1988
Skating backwards was easy, but I never learned how to stop correctly. Instead, I'd slam myself into the carpeted wall outside the rink. I wasn't the only one--there was a reason it was carpeted. But then I hit puberty...and couldn't really do that without causing serious pain. Everybody outgrew the skating rink, but not everybody had the same reasons.
Happy National Burrito Day
This happened a couple years ago, but it was pretty memorable, with or without a photo. I put a standard Evol brand chicken burrito into the microwave...
Read MoreRecipe: Hidden Valley Labneh
Once, I made a "Veggie Pizza," from a recipe found (and mocked) on the blog of a young Objectivist named Amber Pawlik. It sounded like the grossest thing I'd ever heard of. it soon became the grossest thing I'd ever eaten.
Read MoreEmotional about Emollients
Lip balm is my favorite. Being as dry and flaky as a blue ribbon pie crust, it’s a necessity (and if you're thinking "it just makes you more chapped, quit it and you won't need it", don't you think I've tried??)
Read MorePost-It Note & Stamp Doodles
A pack of colored Post-It notes and stamps.
Read More10,000 Ways to Say I Love You by Gregory J.P. Godek
The thrift store find of the Decade. Last decade.
Read MoreStill Learning Gimp
A bad doodle co-mingles with subpar computer design skills. A perfect match.
Read MoreMix Time: Secondhand High School Record Collection
We gobbled up the $2.00 scraps of the local college kids trading their vinyl for drugs.
Recipe: Groundhog Day Larb Loaf
Happy Groundhog Day! Here's a recipe that uses ground hog.
Read MoreHappy National Hot Sauce Day
Hot sauce in mouth--yes! Hot sauce in underpants--no!
Read MoreThe 12th Day of Christmas
You may think the Holiday season is over--and you may be a little wrong.
Read MoreI Yust Go Nuts at Christmas
Back in the day, my family always mowed down our Christmas tree smack dab between Thanksgiving and Christmas—and since that happened to be my birthday, I got to pick the victim.
Read MoreThe Latest by the Latest
While in the Tri-state, I was fortunate to have Rylee Murtha Hendrickson available to take some photos of my wares.
Read MoreUstate NY: Pastoral AF
A couple weeks ago, I took a bus trip to my mother's house, located in the heart of central NY. Here’s a handful of pictures.
Read MorePoor Man's Printmaking: Stamp Carving
While printmaking, intaglio, silk screening, and all of their second cousins are the most fun ever, the materials needed to successfully reproduce can be expensive, space-consuming, and messy.
Read MoreFake plastic Wind Chime
This was made with mini Perler and Artkal beads.
Read MoreRecipe: Best Roast Potatoes With Magic! Miso Dip
The "magic" in this recipe: Miso turns literal garbage back into food!
Read MoreThe Color Purple
In 1987 or so, my parents separated, and a sympathetic widower friend allowed my mother, my two older brothers and me to move into his empty house and be caretakers.
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