Via Boing Boing tonight comes a link to the PaperFormers, where you can print out the PDF files of cut-and-fold Transformer designs, and actually build working Transformers out of paper. This takes me back; when I was young—probably around 12 or so—I used to create paper Transformers pretty much like these, though not nearly as… Continue reading Paper Transformers
Author: Jon
Recipe: Cream Cheese Pie
This recipe is one we found years ago—it actually comes from Cool Whip, and is really quite good (and quite decadent). It originally came from the back of the lid label on a Cool Whip container. I’m posting it here because we had a hard time finding it the other day, and I couldn’t find… Continue reading Recipe: Cream Cheese Pie
Perils of domesticity
I don’t know what it is about this weekend, but here’s a few items illustrating the pitfalls of owning a home and raising a family: Saturday evening I noticed that the dryer had died. More specifically, that the drum belt had broken; the dryer would run, but the drum wouldn’t turn. So I spent most… Continue reading Perils of domesticity
Bend Brew Fest Review
So, even after the bizarre entry pricing, the first annual Bend Brew Fest exceeded my (lowish) expectations. It was a decent event; my dad and I got there about 1:30 when the crowd was still very light, so we had a good run of the place. And it was great weather for it, too: started… Continue reading Bend Brew Fest Review
Bend Brew Fest Reminder
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow, August 21st, is the first Bend Brew Fest at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. Also, a sucky note regarding the price: they advertise that if you buy the ticket in advance, it’s only $10, versus $15 if you buy at the door. However, if you buy in advance it’s not… Continue reading Bend Brew Fest Reminder
Beer swilling bear
This is good stuff: Bear guzzles 36 beers, passes out at campground. A black bear was found passed out at a campground in Washington state recently after guzzling down three dozen cans of a local beer…. The hard-drinking bear, estimated to be about two years old, broke into campers’ coolers and, using his claws… Continue reading Beer swilling bear
White trash cliché
Following up to the post I made about the deputy arrested on sex abuse charges, there was this last bit from the Bend.com article about the arraignment that’s been bothering me: In the front row for the arraignment was a supporter of Malloy’s, who had quite an unusual story to share. “I know that… Continue reading White trash cliché
Camping
We spent this weekend camping up at Suttle Lake for the annual family reunion. I took Friday off and we left just before noon, and had great weather until Friday evening when the mother of all thunderstorms came through and we were hit by a torrential downpour. Fortunately, the tent mostly weathered the rain and… Continue reading Camping
Put him away for life
Disturbing local news: Deputy arrested on 180 child abuse, drug counts (from Bend.com) and the follow-up article: Deputy arraigned on 143 sex abuse, drug charges. This is way too creepy. The guy was a deputy for 10 years. So wrong. The articles state that the “charge of using a child in a sexually explicit conduct… Continue reading Put him away for life
Gizzard Blizzard!
Well, it’s not going to go down as one of my all-time greatest image hacks, but here we go anyway: Chicken Gizzard Blizzard™ for y’all.