McDonald’s Corporation Headquarters Used to Have a Suede Waterbed Think Tank

...mail room, where rock music blasts from a radio, the cafeteria, where free coffee and nickel Cokes are available to all, employees, and “the tank” where’ with a reservation any McDonald’s clerk, secretary or executive, can escape to relax, write, or recharge their energies. Entered through a hatch and hallway maze, the tank has total silence, indirect lighting, temperature controls, soft beanbag chairs, and an area for pacing. Up a few steps and t...

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Weekend Linkages: Christmas!

...Well, this certainly does sound like an…unusual Christmas party Christmas gift ideas from medieval manuscripts A sensible seeming Twitter thread on where we’re at Covid-wise Takeover: when the Young Lords took over a hospital in the Bronx Caffè Shakerato (Italian-Style Shaken Iced Coffee) Recipe Sonoma County farm strikes black truffle gold after 9 years of waiting Some very cool trains...

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Saturday Linkages: Cool Furniture and Other Thoughtstylings

Table Basse Modular Pallet Coffee Table http://t.co/tYFZlNp7ZY #iRecyclart via @iRecyclart — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 27, 2015 Keep your eye on the corn ethanol situation ://www.ewg.org/agmag/2015/05/how-corn-ethanol-worse-climate-change-keystone-pipeline — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 29, 2015 A pastoral case for bike lanes: http://t.co/mW2zujYNhC — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 29, 2015 Folding Cedar Lawn Chair http://t.co/TnUzWkMIxO — Ro...

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Nasturtium Powder

...re: lots of leaves, not just one.) Put the dried leaves in a spice mill or coffee grinder and pulse until ground. Think of nasturtium dust as a kind of zombie apocalypse pepper replacement. Or as a salad dressing ingredient. It is surprisingly tasty–better than fresh nasturtium, and without that bite. It would be fantastic combined with a little good salt. We’re still trying to figure out exactly how to use this magic powder. We may just keep it o...

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