Weekend Linkages: Two Remarkable YouTube Videos
...Studies into the Past by Laurant Grasso. Japan’s culture of school cleaning Nick Cave: Loss, Learning, Transcendence...
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Closed vs. Open Floor Plans
...en had a room just for preparing flowers and a kitchen devoted entirely to cleaning game shot from a balcony off the second story (the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills!). The “out of sight, out of mind” servant is one of the chief arguments used for the open floor plan: that is, that an open floor plan liberates the cook (often the woman of the house) from the servant role. But I’m not so sure. Sometimes it’s nice to be able to hide the mess and...
In the Gutter
...over the damned up gutters. Two simple bits of technology can make gutter cleaning easier. We have inexpensive strainer baskets made out of 1/4 inch hardware cloth in each of the downspouts to keep them from clogging up. Some may wish to consider leaf guards which run along the top of the gutter to keep out leaves and other debris. The problem with leaf guards is that in order to clean out your gutters you must tediously remove the guards along t...
Someone Please Buy Me a KoMo Grain Mill
...rate. The salesperson showed me how easy it is to disassemble the mill for cleaning. The two models I was considering were the KoMo Magic and the KoMo Medium Grain Mill. I got so excited that I had to use supernatural powers of resistance to keep the credit card from flying out of my wallet on the spot. Komo’s “FlicFloc Manual Flaker.” In addition to grain mills they also make a manual flaker, the “FlicFloc” with a striking, triangular design. For...
A New Source of Fuel
...leum obtained from the flesh of an “Exxon janitor” who died as a result of cleaning up a toxic spill. The audience only reacted when the janitor, in a video tribute, announced that he wished to be transformed into candles after his death, and all became crystal-clear. At that point, Simon Mellor, Commercial & Business Development Director for the company putting on the event, strode up and physically forced the Yes Men from the stage. As Mellor es...