Make Magazine, if you haven't heard of it, is a journal of Do-It-Yourself projects. This issues theme is 'Magic' as in stage-and-cape tom foolery, but also include are cooler project like "Construct a concealable, hand-held fireball shooter" and "Hide a gadget in a ball cap to turn off TVs by just looking at them ( Read more... )

I'm going to be part of the performance of The Alchemical Wedding of Ra-Hoor-Khuit which will take place here in Chicago on April 10th, 2008 e.v. Rehearsals start this week and my only previous acting experience was in the 3rd grade production of the Wizard of Oz. I was a guard and my line was "Halt! Who goes there ( Read more... )

I was looking through the Playmobil toys on Amazon (after the tip-off by paradoxosalpha) and found a pleasant surprise. Some Amazon user uploaded the perfect picture to the Police Checkpoint set.

In case it gets deleted:


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the links

Reznor makes $750,000 even when the music is free
Books by the foot
Yo Blogga Blogga
21 great uses for beer
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Good luck. Hehehe.

Eraserhead: I thought I heard a stranger. We've got chicken tonight. Strangest damn things. They're man made. Little damn things. Smaller than my fist. But they're new. Hi, I'm Bill.
Kung Fu Hustle: You may know kung fu... but you're still a fairy.
The Fountain: Death is the road to awe.
2001: A Space Odyssey: Look Dave, I can ( Read more... )

I've got a disk of beeswax at home hardening in a 7-inch cake mold. Since yesterday I've been contemplating what to carve on it. I'm a bit irritated because I started out with all these grand design ideas and after the realization of artistic skill set in, I find myself scrapping most of those ideas ( Read more... )

Rather than passing off prefabricated Hallmark sentiment as my own, I thought it would be better to announce how much I love you and lucky I feel to have you in my life.

You'll probably get a card with a monkey on it later anyway.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Add Zephyrs Ice Cream Stop to the list of great Chicago hangouts that have disappeared ( Read more... )

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