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Friday, February 25, 2011
SECRET HOBO SIGNS
The Internet has needed a good directory of old railyard hobo signs - the signs that hoboes used to chalk onto walls and trains to communicate with each other. Behold the Super Secret Clubhouse index of "Secret Hobo Signs". . .
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ROBOT HUMMINGBIRD
AeroVironment, Inc. has created the "Hummingbird" Nano Air Vehicle - it can fly indoors and outdoors, it has a built-in video camera, and it looks like a hummingbird. A loud hummingbird. Epic surveillance action.
(via Notcot)
Sunday, February 20, 2011
BAY RUM - MAKE YOUR OWN
Bay Rum has been a standard at barber shops since the 1800's. Scented primarily of West Indian Bay (not the same as Bay Laurel used in cooking), it likely originated in the Caribbean Island of St. Thomas. Below is a recipe for making your own Bay Rum with ingredients available online (it is hard to get your hands on West Indian Bay leaves outside of tropical latitudes).BAY RUM AFTERSHAVE/COLOGNE
• 7oz Dark Rum
• 7oz Rubbing Alcohol
• 2.5tsp West Indian Bay Oil (Pimenta racemosa)
• 1/2tsp Grapefruit Oil
• 1/4tsp Sandalwood Oil
• 1/4tsp Atlas Cedar Oil
• 1/8tsp Clove Oil
• 10 Allspice Berries
• 1 Stick Cinnamon
- Combine all ingredients, allow ingredients to set for 20-30 days in a capped bottle, in a cool, dark place.
- Strain out the allspice berries and cinnamon.
- Bottle in small minibar-sized liquor bottles.
- Make epic label. Give Bay Rum to everyone you know.
* NOTE: the name may be deceptive - Bay Rum is not drinkable. West Indian Bay is reportedly toxic when ingested.
MERIT BADGES - FOR EXCELLENCE IN LIFE
Disorderly Goods has a line of merit badges for all of us - honoring such accomplishments as: using our powers for good, being an optimist, and giving a shit.$10.00 each or $112.00 for all 12 of them.
They also have free sweet wallpapers of their merit badges.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
HOBO ART: WHO IS BOZO TEXINO?
Filmmaker Bill Daniel set out to ride the rails and live the way of the hobo to answer the profound question "Who is Bozo Texino?" Who is the person, for almost 80 years, who has scrawled this cryptic portrait onto countless railcars across the United States. Daniel's film can be purchased on Amazon.com and on his website.(via Cool Hunting)
GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SEASON
Girl Scout Cookie Season is upon us once again as thousands of beret-clad girls take to the streets pimping chocolate-coconut-caramel awesomeness at $4.00 a box. The Girl Scouts website has a nice directory to let you know when cookie-pimping girls will be showing up at a street corner near you.
Personal Goal: If I successfully eat one box of each kind of Girl Scout cookie, I should be allowed to buy and wear this kick-ass merit badge.
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