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Fancy — Wood Desk Organizer Pencil Holder
This wooden pencil holder is so simple and awesome. At $60 (here) it’s a little steep, but for a homemade project with a block of wood and drill press, I’m very interested!
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Local B-17 Bombardier Recalls ‘Wing and a Prayer’ Mission on the All American | The Waterland Blog for Des Moines, WA
“For one horrible instant he was right there – inches in front and above us. He passed over us with a distinctly audible swoosh,” over the roar of the B-17’s Wright Cyclone engines, “followed by a tremendous jar and a ‘whoomp.’”Bragg quickly informed the crew that there was a hole in the rear and the…
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a fun night of cleaning = Roland Juno 106 + wasp nest
This little guy followed me home today—the previous owner was trying to establish some Wasp/Juno hybrid, but I’ve put an end to that project. I’ve never cleaned a mud wasp nest off of a synth circuit board before (a challenge, but successful). Every day is a new day. What a sound. I was able to…
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Jacqueline Lou Skaggs – Kisses and Ghosts, 1951
Jacqueline Lou Skaggs – Kisses and Ghosts, 1951.
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How to Raise a Child: 10 Rules from Susan Sontag | Brain Pickings
Do not discourage childish fantasies. Make him aware that there is a grown-up world that’s none of his business. via How to Raise a Child: 10 Rules from Susan Sontag | Brain Pickings.
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This is what the real, no-bullshit value of your liberal arts education is…
This is what the real, no-bullshit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: how to keep from going through your comfortable, prosperous, respectable adult life dead, unconscious, a slave to your head and to your natural default setting of being uniquely, completely, imperially alone day in and day out. via Explore…
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From Fitzgerald to Reagan, 5 Letters of Fatherly Advice from History’s Greatest Public Dads | Brain Pickings
“The secret of success is concentrating interest in life… interest in the small things of nature… In other words to be fully awake to everything.” From Fitzgerald to Reagan, 5 Letters of Fatherly Advice from History's Greatest Public Dads | Brain Pickings.
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Ted Hughes on Our Universal Inner Child, in a Beautiful Letter to His Son | Brain Pickings
So when you realise you’ve gone a few weeks and haven’t felt that awful struggle of your childish self — struggling to lift itself out of its inadequacy and incompetence — you’ll know you’ve gone some weeks without meeting new challenge, and without growing, and that you’ve gone some weeks towards losing touch with yourself.…
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Mike Mitchell’s Tumblr of Amazing Things. – byeproductivity: headlikeanorange: The…
The Guillemot is a seabird that lays its eggs on a bare rock ledge on a cliff face. When an egg is accidentally dislodged, its shape causes it to spin in a tight circle, which prevents it from falling off the ledge into the sea. (Springwatch – BBC) via Mike Mitchell's Tumblr of Amazing Things.…
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5 tips for teaching your kids to argue – Holy Kaw!
I’ll have to revisit these: 2. Focus on the future. Arguments about the past (“Who made the mess with the toys?”) or the present (“Good children don’t leave messes.”) are far less productive than focusing on what to do or believe: “What’s a good way to make sure that toys get cleaned up?” via 5…