Picture Sundays: Tube Seat

January 5, 2014

...Judging from this photo I found on my computer it appears that someone named Gordon C. Smith designed a “Multiposition Tube Seat” sometime in the 1970s. Go ahead young, ambitious entrepreneur–bring this back as a multiposition texting/gaming/thoughtstyling chair....

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Picture Sundays: Bad Beer

Mr. Homegrown

December 29, 2013

Beer, Fermentation, Food, Picture Sundays

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...I might have cracked these beers open on New Year’s Eve if they hadn’t got contaminated and turned into bottle grenades. I’ve ruined the last three batches of beer. Something I need to blog about in the coming year. Hope your home brew projects have been more successful and best wishes for a happy new year!...

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Picture Sundays: Squash Baby Harvest

Mr. Homegrown

December 22, 2013

Gardening, Picture Sundays, Straw Bale Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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...Our straw bale garden yielded a couple of these monsters, a squash variety called Lunga di Napoli (Long of Naples). Here’s where you come in–what do I do with all this squash? Suggestions?...

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Picture Sundays: Outhouse Propaganda

Mr. Homegrown

December 15, 2013

Picture Sundays

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...Agreed. From the WPA Federal Art Project, (between 1936 and 1941) via the Library of Congress. There’s a high res version in case you need a last minute Christmas gift....

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Picture Sundays: A High School Bike Rack in Los Angeles Circa 1937

Mr. Homegrown

December 1, 2013

Bikes, Picture Sundays, Transportation

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Behold the very full bike rack at Marshall High School, which is close to where we live in Los Angeles. It looks like a train station in Amsterdam. Like the photo of airplane factory workers I posted last week, this photo is a reminder of how our streets have changed in the post WWII era. Make those streets safe once again for kids to walk and bike and we could really put a dent in obesity, diabetes and heart disease rates. Photo via Jeff Jacobbe...

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