Yet Another Lawn Rant

July 2, 2008

...117,000 folks in the United States made trips to the emergency room in 2007 because of lawn mowers. We’ve witnessed first hand the power of lawn mowers. A neighbor of ours had his windshield shattered by a rock propelled by a mower blade. As the Orthopedic Surgeons note, “The energy transferred by a typical lawn mower blade is equivalent to being shot in the hand with a .357 Magnum pistol. A lawn mower can eject a piece of metal or wood up to 100...

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Vote Yes on 37!

Mr. Homegrown

November 5, 2012

Thoughtstylings

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...n 37. Proposition 37 will require genetically modified food products to be labelled. And that’s all–it’s not a ban on GMOs. If you like GMOs in your food you’ll still be able to get them in your hot Cheetos. All I’m asking is to be given a choice, through labeling, as to whether I wish to buy GMO products or not. I suspect it’s preaching to the choir to endorse 37 on Root Simple, but if you have relatives and friends in the Golden State that aren’...

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What we think about when we try not to think about global warming

Mrs. Homegrown

October 26, 2015

Reviews

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...green fair for your kid’s school, or trying to get your customers to save energy, or talking to your climate-denying family at Christmas–this will help you frame the messages positively. You’ll know how to get results. This far in, I felt like it was a solid, practical book, but wondered why Brigitte and Jorgen found it so inspirational. Then I got to Part 3, and I was really surprised. See, personally, I believe only way out of this mess is thro...

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Revolutionary Rusks

Mr. Homegrown

November 5, 2006

Bread, Food

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...ion (and amazing photo!) from photographer, velolutionary, and Culver-Town homesteader Elon Schoenholz: Rusks are sturdy biscuits of Dutch South African origin, slightly sweetened and heartily nonperishable. Like biscotti, they’re double-baked, dry and crunchy; unlike the chocolate-dipped and plastic-wrapped crap on the counter at Starbucks, however, homemade rusks are practical, nourishing and inexpensive. The version we prefer, with chopped almo...

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of iPhone6s Repair

Mr. Homegrown

July 21, 2022

Design

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...their use they are supported by server farms that require vast amounts of energy and human toil. To make sure the adhesive seals you stack a bunch of books on the phone. The video tutorial I watched used a copy of Steve Job’s biography. I substituted Marx’s hefty Grundrisse. As I think Marx would say, our iPhones are embedded in a web of social relations and physical conditions. If you want to understand this device, you might start with disassem...

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