Learning to Draw Version 4.0

May 21, 2021

Design

...rris tried to tell us, combining art with evolving beyond crapitalism will lead us to a better place. Over the years I’ve made several abandoned attempts at learning to draw. Coincidentally I’m married to a talented artist and have a lot of friends who teach art (Fun fact: I met Kelly because the TV station I worked for had offices in the UCSD art department). When my attempt to learn Spanish tanked, mid-quarantine, I took up drawing again, mainly...

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Paleo Grift

Mr. Homegrown

June 2, 2021

Thoughtstylings

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...s us to Immerwahr main point, that a more careful reading of history might lead us to different conclusions. As he says in his review of Suzman’s book, A 300,000-year history of work, done well, could ask probing questions about gender, slavery, inequality, the wage system, ideology, and workers’ political power. It might yield conclusions that would be more uncomfortable than encouraging to our ascendant elite. It might, indeed, offer insights as...

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Romanesco broccoli cameo lights up Star Wars film

Mrs. Homegrown

December 30, 2015

Nature Awareness, Thoughtstylings, Vegetable Gardening

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...l deGrasse Tyson and the Village Voice. In @StarWars #TheForceAwakens, the lead character snacks on what includes Romanescu Broccoli, nature’s only fractal food. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 21, 2015 We make it a hobby around here to spot the use and misuse of plants in Hollywood. This one is interesting, because while the Romanesco is presented as a food, as it should be–as opposed to ivy vines being presented as a food crop in Maz...

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Analysis Paralysis

Mr. Homegrown

January 28, 2014

Design, Thoughtstylings

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...kespeare describes this condition in Hamlet. The re-design of our backyard lead to the worst analysis paralysis I’ve ever experienced. Weeks went by with no progress. Ideas came and went. The internet made it worse by providing way too many possibilities. A quote in a book finally broke my analysis paralysis spell. The gist of that quote was that we are all called by a higher power to build. I realized that I needed to set a deadline, get off my a...

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The Flow Hive: a Solution in Search of a Problem

Mr. Homegrown

February 23, 2015

Animals, Bees

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...a more practical level, it seems to me that the ease of the tapping could lead inexperienced beekeepers to over-tap the hive. Now, the inventors say this system is less stressful to the hive, because you don’t have to remove the frames for harvest, or even to check to see if the frames are ready for harvest. And this is true. It is a novel system, where the plastic comb is built so that frame splits open and lets the honey drain out secretly, as...

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