June 5, 2008

Thursday, June 5, 2008
James Lileks: “I am not a gun enthusiast, any more than I am a hammer enthusiast or a potato-peeler enthusiast; they’re tools, albeit tools you should use with the utmost of confidence in a narrowly prescribed set of events. I support the Second Amendment, it being part of the Constitution and all that, and I support concealed carry laws and stand-your-ground laws. I don’t like guns, but I don’t hate guns. Some people admire them for the craftsmanship and styling, but that leaves me cold. But I have no problem with those who do enjoy the aesthetics.” Yup. Lileks has a great new gallery of 18 old Daisy ads.

James Lileks:

“I am not a gun enthusiast, any more than I am a hammer enthusiast or a potato-peeler enthusiast; they’re tools, albeit tools you should use with the utmost of confidence in a narrowly prescribed set of events. I support the Second Amendment, it being part of the Constitution and all that, and I support concealed carry laws and stand-your-ground laws. I don’t like guns, but I don’t hate guns. Some people admire them for the craftsmanship and styling, but that leaves me cold. But I have no problem with those who do enjoy the aesthetics.”

Yup.

Lileks has a great new gallery of 18 old Daisy ads.

Tags: photo lileks guns parenting Posted at 12:50pm
“Do you remember Predator, the 1987 action flick starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and a nasty alien who tracked people through a visor that represented us by our body heat? It’s the same thing, except Thermofocus doesn’t hunt us for sport.” —Thingamababy: Review: Thermofocus No-Touch Infrared Thermometer
Tags: quote gadgets parenting Posted at 2:28pm
“A simple answer to this question would be that the leaf of a plant which is used in cooking is referred to as a Herb and any other part of the plant that is used to flavor food is termed as a Spice.” —Supreme Spice Blog: Difference between Spices and Herbs (via Slashfood)
 
So by this definition, tea is an herb and rooibos is a spice.
Tags: quote slashfood food Posted at 4:34pm
PIXELGRAIN » Stone Stove Wow, this brings back memories. I grew up in the mountains in Southern California and behind where we lived there were a dozen or more of these abandoned from an old Boy Scout camp. Never actually cooked on them but some of them still had grates over the fire area.

PIXELGRAIN » Stone Stove

Wow, this brings back memories. I grew up in the mountains in Southern California and behind where we lived there were a dozen or more of these abandoned from an old Boy Scout camp. Never actually cooked on them but some of them still had grates over the fire area.

Tags: photo art Posted at 4:37pm
“A boor cannot be sin-fearing, an ignoramus cannot be pious, a bashful one cannot learn, a short-tempered person cannot teach, nor does anyone who does much business grow wise.” —Hillel the Younger (definr)
Tags: quote definr Posted at 4:40pm