Category: Holidays

Another Great Gift Idea: Medium Leather Wrapped Stone

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A paperweight? A conversation piece? A work of art? It’s up to you, but this smooth Los Angeles-area stone—wrapped in rich, vegetable-tanned American leather secured by sturdy contrast whipstitching—is sure to draw attention wherever it rests. A traditional hardening process gives the leather a beautiful ombré effect. Like all Made Solid leather pieces, this one is cut, shaped, sewn and finished by hand in artist Peter Maxwell’s Los Angeles studio. Using vintage leatherworking tools and traditional saddle-stitching techniques, Maxwell aims to create beautiful designs that embody both simplicity and functionality, and that develop rich character and patina over time.

Nice trolling, Nordstrom.

[Related: Hoax or not? I scored a miserable 50%.]

Hidden in Plain Sight

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I’d call that an #OfficePartyWin, but if I’d been there I’d have snuck out of the place and gone home.

[More #OfficePartyFails here and here.]

Another Great Gift Idea: Chinese Mickey Grits

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[Found here.]

More Great Gift Ideas: The Beta Versions

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[Found here.]

Saturday Matinee – Gravy Canes, The TeeTones, & Miscellaneous R&B

This kinda stuff makes me smile.

The TeeTones do it right, and I wanna be their bass man.

No idea who those guys are, but I wanna be their bass man.

These guys are great. I wanna be their bass man.

Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow.

[P.S. Thanks to The TeeTones for following. You guys are awesome, and I wanna be your bass man.]

Another Great Gift Idea: Remover Installer

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Don’t laugh. It may come in handy.

[Found here.]

Boy’s Life Magazine November 1927 – Happy Thanksgiving!

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Excerpt from L.K. Smith’s short story:

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In the early years of this country’s formation, Thanksgiving was celebrated intermittently as a time of a bountiful harvest, an insurance policy against winter starvation, and thanks were given to God. It wasn’t until 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

Have a great Holiday, and I hope that the children and grandchildren still fight over the wishbone.  –Bunk

[Previous posts about Thanksgiving here.]

The 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month of 1918 – Armistice Day

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A suspension of hostilities was agreed to in 1918, yet it was not the end of The Great War. Appeasement without enforcement of sanctions led to unimaginable atrocities a few short years later.

May we never make that mistake again.

 

 

 

 

 

Bunk’s Grumpkin

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20 minutes start to finish, no template. I was going for a Samoan Luche Libre kinda vibe. In the sun it looks like The Donald, but that wasn’t the intent.

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We had a total of three trick-or-treaters. One was a little yappy dog. The other two were adult women begging for candy, and one of them thought jogging pants and a sweatshirt and carrying a little yappy dog counts as a costume. The other one was wearing crow feathers. Her outfit was awesome, and she’s completely nuts.

Then The Missus got HER knives out.

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These were good, orange bell peppers stuffed with rice, corn and black bean farts. I love Halloween.

¡Para El Día de los Muertos!

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[Imagen original encontrada aquí.]