Anyone up for a little roller derby this Sat?


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How to cut a subtle curve in hardwood when your woodshop teacher is also a geometry teacher?

Make a 26-foot-long compass and stick a router at the end of it:


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I'm heading to the Maker Faire on Sunday. It is super rad. Anyone else want to join?
http://makerfaire.com/

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Last night at Love Infusion was the perfect way to celebrate my birthday.  I spent the better part of the Friday feeling pretty damn old.  Last night being around friends who were frickin' kicking ass, was just what I needed.  The Ambient Mafia was going off more than the inside for most of the night.  If you want peopl to stop dancing, maybe you ( Read more... )

So last night was the bachelor's party for the brother of a really old friend of mine.  Deep friend, like from 1st grade.  The brother is one of those siblings who never quite developed their own social/friend circle, and is always around, therefore his brother' s friends are his friends by default.  Good guy, though ( Read more... )

Does anyone have an old stereo tuner in their garage, no matter how janky, that they want to get rid of?  I need one for my classroom.  Would find some creative way of thanking you.

If you say it short, it will have a opposite meaning and give a very rude impression.
English lesson for Japanese Hookers
C'mon Toshi!

I must recommend the Akira Kurosawa film I just finished:  Ikiru  Kind of an epic, (to be honest I got it through Netflix in March and just now finished it).  Heartwarming tale of an old fuddy-duddy businessman who gets diagnosed with cancer and finally "gets it."  The acting is all in the main character's facial expressions.  Fantastic film.  Well ( Read more... )

Just checked my mail, and in it was the Albany Adult Ed Catalog.  (read Albany as: middle aged afluent white).  The most intriguing course in the whole publication (along side "Investing Lessons for Women" and "A Very Extraordinary Holiday Dinner") is "Robotic Funk Dancing":  "Popping is a robotic, funk-based dance that involves body isolation, ( Read more... )