The honking goose chorus of the “news” media is lit up now by the specter of inflation and the GOP is literally giddy at the prospect of the political hay they can make from high gas prices. …
My dad didn’t discover he was an athlete until he was in his fifties. Born in 1922 and living much of his childhood in the depths of the Great Depression, he spent much more time on Hollywood Boulevard selling magazines than he did on a ball field…any kind of ball…
Seems Like I’ve Done This Before
It’s hard to count the times I’ve worked for weeks on a structure and then crossed my fingers and covered up all the framing, pipes, and wires with plywood or drywall. When I felt ready I would call the city or county for an inspection to cover and, after digital…
“NO, no”, said the Queen, “Sentence first- verdict afterwards!”
All in great fun for Louis Carol, the law turned on its head in a pointed satire…all in a day’s work for the Texas legislature and governor, who seem determined to prove that the law can be an ass in the Lone Star State so long as it bans abortions.
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It only took hours for the screaming Greek chorus of the right wing propaganda industry to cash in on the tragic movie set death in New Mexico. Expected of course, how rare and special would it be for this group to show some evidence of empathy, of compassion? …
A Comedy of Errors
Building a guitar is a little like cooking a seven course dinner with the exception that you can take as long as you want; no hungry guests at the table trying to stretch out the hors d’oeuvres while you struggle with the almondine. I finally had the rosette designed, built…
Okay, so the rosette is the main round object here. I did use my bending iron to form the purfling rings, it’s round, and the top is kind of round, but mostly the title needed a little alliterative punch, so accuracy takes a back seat.
I got stuck on the…
If you want to get a hot argument going in a group of dedicated woodworkers simply ask them which work bench is the best. Some will swear by the Danish style, others the Roubo. The Nicholson has its fervent advocates and lately the upstart Moravian is cutting a swath in…
Can’t Duck This Any Longer
If I want to work on the guitar soundboard, plane it down to thickness, brace and voice it, I have to first install the rosette. This circular inlay around the sound hole can be spare and simple or incredibly ornate, but given that the spruce plate for the top starts…
I’m running out of easy steps on this guitar build, and since the back is basically the sound reflector, secondary to the sound producing spruce top, I decide to give it some attention. …
