Welcome, all you bright and beautiful builders! For todays post, we'll be playing in the mud again, and exploring one of the most fundamental building materials in human existence: clay. To build the kiln,

A detailed post about replacing a full exhaust system on an 03 Honda Accord DX.

Hello Hive, I hope happiness is happening for you! Welcome to the formal conclusion of my Rocket Stove series! There is still some more work to do before this build is completely finished, but I've already

It is LATE right now for me. I'm not even sure how I'm physically awake. I'm not even sure IF I'm physically awake, but some of that might be the weed and booze. Anyway, I'm here, and I just finished slogging

A very brief post about making comfortable bucket handle grips.

A brief post about what I've been up to these last few weeks.

Thoughts on being away while Hive soars, and a hot take on refugees.

A super simple, dirt cheap guide to getting started tapping your own trees and making syrup.

I'm becoming a little anxious that I might come home to an intervention. That's not really true, but there's a good chance I have your attention now. The problem, or more accurately, MY problem, is that

...change my mind.

A detailed guide to replacing brake shoes, using a 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara for an example.

Sharing what I know about how cracks are caused, and how to avoid or repair them.

Some pictures and thoughts about the things I've been up to lately, or hope to get up to soon.

If you've been here before, you know I ramble a bit. If this is your first time visiting, welcome! If you just want the facts, skip ahead to after the first picture. If you like reading all the background

Ginger ale is one of my favorite drinks. I like the taste, it settles my stomach, and the real stuff helps clear my sinuses. There are a lot of health benefits to ginger ale when you make it yourself with

She dressed appropriately; It wouldn't have been good for this quite easy on the eye girl to arrive in something skimpy or designer...It wasn't a fashion show after all; It was a day at the range. We sat

I try to convince myself that things in the automotive industry are built a certain way for a reason. In the case of the cab mount bushings on my 1997 F-350, it must be an assembly line thing. There is

I'm trying out a part from the Android app now. Installed and opened well, login was easy peasy. My main complaint so far is that the app is REALLY slow, maybe just needs some time to get cozy in the cache.

At the gentle urging, and possible subliminal messaging from @dandays, I finally got around to checking out the Ecency dApp, and I'm feeling a little foolish that I missed this until now. For starters,

Getting the rocket stove to a testable level, finally!