It’s not always about the money spent. You can have a nice garden tub and a granite countertop…..stainless appliances….other fancy touches….and spend a bunch of money….and….not end up with anything with any real sense of personal style or artistic accomplishment. … Continue reading
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John Prine was a mailman. He was a mailman when he stepped on stage for an open mic night way back when and sang three of his songs…”Hello in There”, “Paradise”, and “Sam Stone”. Now, if you’re going to make … Continue reading
I’ve gotten to where I don’t really trust music anymore. There’s too much Autotune…too much Protools…too many “apps” to believe anything that I hear. There’s too much correction. There’s too much “fixing it in the mix”. I don’t know what … Continue reading
This is a spoiler. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRdfVolRfHQ If you haven’t watched the movie yet….this is a spoiler. It’s a good scene from Guardians of the Galaxy 2….and it’s a spoiler. So….SUE ME!! I watched this movie three times. The first two times, I was … Continue reading
“Code” is there for a reason. Things should be safe….and, I suppose, what everybody expects. We don’t live in a world that values surprises. We maintain the status quo. But….wouldn’t it be nice if sometimes we could figure out a … Continue reading
Nice video from a YouTube channel called Exploring Alternatives. Here’s the YouTube description: In this video, we tour a mini earth ship style cabin at the Terra Perma community (http://terraperma.ca/en) to learn how the building is designed to produce heat, … Continue reading
I was working at a local radio station called WSKY in Asheville when another snow went down….back in 1993. The morning of the blizzard, I hiked into the station to do the morning shift for the first time….subbing for the … Continue reading
Here’s a small home up in the Olympic rainforest in Washington. Another nice video from “Living Big In A Tiny House“. Here’s the YouTube description: This spectacular cabin is like nothing you have seen before. Hidden amongst the towering trees … Continue reading
Man. It snowed like a real mother today. I don’t know what “real mother” really means….but it sounds kind of hip or something. So….I’ll stick with that. It snowed hard. Like a real mother. When I was going to go … Continue reading
I love that “you are what you think about all day” idea. Maybe the quote is “you become what you think about all day”. Anyway, it’s a good truth. I woke up thinking about that this morning, and something came … Continue reading