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The Crucible
Yet more classes I’d like to take sometime.
(tags: art classes fire metalworking blacksmithing woodworking wishlist)

Drawing Master Class: Birds and their habitat
This will probably fill up soon, but I’m thinking about taking it. John Muir Laws’ new field guide is awesome.
(tags: drawing classes art)

John Muir Laws
Web site of the author and artist of the great new Sierra field guide. His “Techniques and Equipment” page includes a section [...]

I’ve noticed a shift in my thinking about clutter. The old way was despair…clutter was bad, I hate clutter, this is making me miserable, I’ll really be the person I want to be when I get rid of clutter, I shouldn’t live with clutter, clutter is a manifestation of my own incompetance, definitely I [...]

garfield minus garfield
Comic strip that’s even better minus its main character.
(tags: humor comics)

http://www.make-stuff.com/
Similar to instructables, though mostly organized as collections of pages.
(tags: howto recipes forumulas)

Sea Kayaking in the Galapagos Islands | ROW International
Someone we met on our baja trip highly recommended these tours if we’re interested in doing the Galapagos. Next time we’re in [...]

Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball Outtakes
Want to come back and download these soon.
(tags: toread music)

Uncluttering your refrigerator’s crisper
Interesting advice about abandoning the crisper drawer for storing vegetables (comments have some clever alternate uses). Also general tips about storing food.
(tags: food storage)

I went to hear Natalie Goldberg speak at our local bookstore today. A few weeks ago I “discovered” her classic book on writing, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within and have been reading it. I was surprised when my friend TJ told me she was going to be in town promoting [...]

Lately, my mind has been heavy with thoughts about work. How do I make sure I spend my time on this earth doing something that I value? How do I be true to my self? What sacrifice will that require? Am I prepared to make it, and risk being wrong?
Who do I [...]

Stuff White People Like
Mostly wealthy white people, so I get to feel a little smug. But some things hit home…
(tags: humor)

ASUS | Eee PC
Cheap ultraportable; good option if I wanted to move to a desktop computer but have something for text and web only as a portable. Interested in comparing it to using an iPod touch; about the same price.
(tags: computer laptop hardware)

cityofsound: The street as platform
via Gibson blog — an astounding view of [...]

What’s Hurting the Middle Class
Really interesting article that looks a real financial data: “they give us powerful evidence that excessive consumption is not why families are going broke.”
(tags: money finances poverty)

A Modern Conundrum: When Work’s Invisible, So Are Its Satisfactions – WSJ.com
This article describes a piece of the angst I’ve been feeling: “At closing [...]