Archive for July, 2010
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
How to Get an Excellent Shave, Cheaply
Here’s how I manage to get a smooth comfortable shave without putting a dime in Gillette’s pocket. The short answer is that I shave with an old school double edge razor. I have for years. The long answer goes a bit further. Gillette’s not all bad, but their razor arms race is ridiculous and expensive. [...]
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Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Things Are Against Us
Have you ever attempted to repair, build, or work with an object and it feels as if it’s fighting you every step of the way? I have, lots. My Dad likes to tell a story about pulling into the driveway one day and a wrench came flying down it. I was working on my motorcycle [...]
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Bicycle Commuting Goal
The ninja monkeys from an earlier post have inspired me to set a goal for myself. I’ve been bicycle commuting more or less for a couple of years but I still haven’t managed a full five day workweek commute. I think the best I’ve done is either three or maybe four days a week and [...]
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Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Lazy or Brilliant Songwriting?
I was listing to Paranoid by Black Sabbath the other evening and was reminded of one of my favorite cheats in the art of songwriting, rhyming the same word with itself. I can only come up with the two samples below but I know there are more and I always get a little thrill when [...]
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Friday, July 9th, 2010
We’ve All Been There
We try something new, we succeed, then we’re stuck with “what next”? Most of us don’t do much better than these monkeys did. Ninja Monkeys Escaped!
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Back on the Bike
I bicycled commuted today for the first time in a couple of months. I’m glad I did but maybe next time I won’t choose a heat wave to do it in. Lord, it’s hot!! I will say that sweating on a bike beats sweating on a subway platform any day.
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Kickin’ It Old School, Musically
I’m burned out on MP3′s, mostly. I’ve been missing the warm, full sound of music from back in the day for some time now so I did something about it. I bought a new stereo, CD player, turntable, and speakers. Yep, I’ve gone back to records and CD’s. It’s everything I hoped it would be [...]
