Category: Personal
Thoughts, events and news about me. Probably the least-used category, hopefully.
5 Things.
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? Health My daughter Cecelia My old junky truck The ability to cook and take care of myself Peace, where I can find it
Japanese Waterstone Wear Chart
I’ve gotten back into blade sharpening with a set of new whetstones, jigs, and even a water wheel. This chart is good to review for how whetstones can and do work differently. 020711_1709_Waterstonet27.png 580×400 pixels — Read on www.toolsfromjapan.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/020711_1709_Waterstonet27.png
The Off-Ramp
Don’t just fly whichever way the wind’s blowing or everyone else is heading. Chart your course based on your own personal reasons. That’s why SubStack will be the beginning of something big.
The Off-Ramp
Don’t just fly whichever way the wind’s blowing or everyone else is heading. Chart your course based on your own personal reasons. That’s why SubStack will be the beginning of something big.
You’re Getting Bamboozled at The Grocery Store
Madame Marie Callander’s walking off with 175+ calories! What!? See if my math’s right. Unlike most people, I read what I consume, and believe it to be somewhat accurate, even if misleading and politically based since everything now is. Your milk? Your milk or tuna? Think it comes from a farmer sitting on a stool……
The Lady Doth Protest too Much, Methinks
When someone says they aren’t something, and you never asked, BEWARE!
Learn how to get Things Done
The title of this lesson is larger than stated. Easy to say, I know. but it takes a diligent mindset to figure out who makes the decisions, who doesn’t who acts like they do but don’t (way more of these than ever needed) and connect all the dots so you can see the chain of……
Make Sure to Always Read the Manual and Instructions. Twice. Or More.
Good design affords us an ability to ignore instructions, sometimes, but do it at your own peril and expense. I recommend not just reading them but learning them. And save those manuals!
Something Remarkable I Found Today
I still have my childhood desk. It’s an object I’ve hauled all over God’s green Earth with me over all these years. I grabbed it from my boyhood home my sophomore year at the University of South Carolina. Go Cocks! (Despite there still being a UNC Tarheel sticker on the desk from 1982 when Michael……