What’s Your Everyday Carry?

May 9, 2017

...ebsite. Consider this blog post as an update of the pocket dump I posted in 2011. Since that time my EDC has changed, mostly via subtractions. Here’s my current EDC: 1. Leatherman Rebar This is the central and, unquestionably, most useful cornerstone of my EDC. Not a day goes by when I don’t pull out the Rebar to fix something or slice off a piece of cheese with the dull (my fault) pocket knife. The Leatherman folks have tried to anticipate every...

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We Went to Japan

Mr. Homegrown

March 13, 2024

Thoughtstylings

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...the Tokyo area and our visit coincided with the March 11 anniversary of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster. Near our hotel was the headquarters of the Japanese Communist Party which is more of a progressive party not a Stalinist type org. These two posters say Yes to higher wages and No to military expansion. On the other end of the political spectrum we also got to watch a bizarre and loud caravan of Japanese Qanon enthu...

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Saturday Tweets: One Crazy Week

Mr. Homegrown

November 3, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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...er.com/ozXQVBakqN — Jared Pechacek (@vandroidhelsing) October 30, 2018 How Lead Ends up in drinking water: https://t.co/pr0hW1Wdll via @cenmag — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 31, 2018 Waking up early won’t change your life—but it’s awesome for capitalism https://t.co/2OqJFVmtqC via @quartzatwork — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 30, 2018 https://t.co/Wh3tiVA2ng | Hundreds of teeth found in Downtown Valdosta wall — Root Simple (@rootsimple) O...

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Three Important Points to Remember When “Kondo-ing”

Mr. Homegrown

July 6, 2017

Domesticus, Tidying up

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...ms, it will be impossible to keep them organized, and this will inevitably lead to a relapse.” This is exactly what I’m faced with at my mom’s house: boxes of neatly filed away stuff that was never used and that occasionally spilled out during her lifetime. These possessions became a burden, a time-sucking sorting task that claimed many hours of the last years of my mom’s life. This has sparked a, perhaps, overly emotional reaction to quickly get...

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Saturday Tweets: Mobile Markets, Big Oil and Public Transit Seat Covers

Mr. Homegrown

March 23, 2019

Saturday Linkages

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...inLA) March 21, 2019 An incredible piece of storytelling on the dangers of lead paint—and how difficult it can be to know when it’s lurking in your home—by @awalkerinLA https://t.co/DSHpj2IAjX — Amy Plitt (@plitter) March 20, 2019 Super bloom creates new California natural disaster: tourism overflow https://t.co/adHKn7Wl3O — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 19, 2019 “We come into this life with nothing and we go with nothing.” The owner of beloved...

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