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Self-Righteousness Fail: We Bought a Car

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Bikes, Thoughtstylings, Transportation
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...his will make all the difference. The city will be your oyster. 2) Own a smart phone. Seems most folks do now, but being luddites really hampered us. With a smart phone we could have checked bus routes and schedules (LA doesn’t post such things at bus stops), and tracked arrival times. You also need a smart phone to use alternative cab services and some of the car share schemes. If we’d remained car-free we would have had to invest in a phone and...

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How to Answer the Question, “What Should I Do With My Life?”

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Thoughtstylings
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...d media theory. The rest are oddball topics: electronic circuits, 70s land art and fencing tactics. Together these topics make me the crazy person that I am. In short, I’m non-linear weirdo with a DIY streak and an interest in topics that have fallen to the bottom of a hole as deep as the as-is bins at LA’s vast St. Vincent de Paul thrift store. But the big question is not about me, it’s about you. What’s on your bookshelf? And what are you going...

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Does Sourdough Offer Hope for the Gluten Intolerant?

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Bread, Fermentation, Food
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...anciscensis. In the last 20 years bakers around the world have revived the art of baking with a sourdough culture. At first this revival was related to flavor, but increasingly bakers are turning to sourdough cultures in the interest of health. It’s possible that the unique qualities of sourdough cultures may offer hope to those who think they are gluten intolerant or have an allergy to wheat. A very short history of bread yeast Louis Pasteur figu...

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I Spent a Year Making a Bed

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Design
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...t a lot of time searching for advice on how to do this particular style of Art Nouveau work that almost nobody does anymore. Sanding and finishing metal and wood right next to each other also proved difficult and I’m not entirely satisfied with the result, though even I couldn’t see the imperfections once I put the bed in the bedroom. The bed is made of solid, quarter sawn white oak and it’s HEAVY. The inlay includes, maple, mahogany, cherry, birc...

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