glutten for punishment

It all started while I was aimlessly searching our local Craigslist listings. I tend to do that fairly regularly ... to my family for the incessant chatter about my sour deal here). When I returned home from our trip ... ! My sweet hubby and I have plans to watch a movie [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 04:28:06

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Ixian Astbiliancoatl, a.k.a. “Claws” (SR II).

Ixian was what he was designed to be - a virtually unstoppable physical juggernaut. Unfortunately for Aztechnologies plans, once the shock of being loaded with a massive array of military programs wore off, he reverted to well-trained pet, guardian, and protector. If you wanted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 02:54:19

The Best Peter Lorre Films Not on DVD

One of the injustices of life is that many of the films of Peter Lorre are not available commercially on TV, ... to get the plans for a new airplane. Island of Doomed Men (1940) This movie is Peter Lorre ... in a fire and his face is horribly burned and disfigured. A skilled craftsman, his hideous features make [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 17:46:36

Year-End Pundits Weigh in (a series, part III)

*Okay, they're not "pundits," but they are my favorite charity ... and Crafts house in Pasadena. Dear Member: Happy New Year! The beginning of a new year gives us a fresh ... united even more in a coordinated journey to other worlds. (((It's European Space all the way [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:31:09

New Condos in SW Calgary - Updated for Jan ‘09

ACCESS COUGAR RIDGE: Birchwood Properties Corp. From low$300,000s.Discovery centre and show homes located at 5 Cougartown Cir. S. W. in Cougar Ridge. ASTORIA ON TENTH: By Arcus Developments. Thirty-five-storey tower on 900-block of 10th Avenue S. W.,with one-, two-and three-bedroom floor plans from 580 to 2,157 square feet, and a 4,400-square [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 20:51:28

Hand Tools: Basic Needs For Home Improvement

by Neil Wenk Tools for Home Improvement Great home improvement projects and woodworking projects can be completed in a small workshop without investing a lot of money in tools. A few basic quality tools can help the amateur craftsman or home fix-it person. This means that tools should no longer be an obstacle to a homeowner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 12:26:11

Stanley Tools: Traditional Quality For Home Improvement

by Neil Wenk Tools for Home Improvement Great home improvement projects and woodworking projects can be completed in a small workshop without investing a lot of money in tools. A few basic quality tools can help the amateur craftsman or home fix-it person. This means that tools should no longer be an obstacle to a homeowner [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:11:27

Hand Tools: Basic Needs For Home Improvement

by Neil Wenk Tools for Home Improvement Great home improvement projects and woodworking projects can be completed in a small workshop without investing a lot of money in tools. A few basic quality tools can help the amateur craftsman or home fix-it person. This means that tools should no longer be an obstacle to a homeowner [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 18:28:34

Plywood Hollywood: Rock and Roll Hot Dogs?, Burgers for Karma, Big Wangs Gets Bigger and More

THAI NO MORE: The little Thai place on the corner of Ivar and Hollywood, overshadowed by Beso across the street, ... + Vine that will serve as a permanent home for the Hollywood Farmers' Market with sit-down and take ... when she can get her "brunch back on" at the Craftsman cottage. Months after the April 27 fire [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 22:46:49

Modern Day Parable of the Subcontractors

A man decided to build a house. The builder drew up plans to his exact specifications, ... of the subcontractors a set of plans and asked them to carry out their tasks according to his plans. When the builder checked on the progress, he found that his house was behind schedule and was not being built [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:00:00

House Plans

They say that if you dream, you dream big! It’s the only thing in life that is always FREE ... such as Contemporary house plans, Country house plans, Country French home plans, Craftsman house plans ... and its corresponding floor plans. As I browse at their site, my mind goes wild with so many beautiful [more...]

Date: 2008-06-28 05:22:48

High quality tools with a lifetime warranty

High quality tools with a lifetime warranty December 26th, 2008 | Category: ... fiberglass hair co2 home theater video table e36 diy plans granite speaker oil change net com channel ... junk that you never would have bought separately, but the price was too good to pass up. Craftsman [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 09:00:00

Greg Digneo’s 30-Day-Diary

Greg Digneo is hungry and sharing it with the world ... s about how HE plans to start a business to make $500 a week in 30 days. Specific, detailed, and helpful ... .  So, if you are someone who has a product idea, then I want to find you an engineer/craftsman/machinist/etc [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 09:59:06

Home Design News - January 2009

Home Design News - January 2009 By admin | 13th Jan 2009 | Filed under Newsletters HAPPY NEW YEAR! ... and business practice.  This month’s featured plans are a good example of the variety to be found on our website. The Prichard is old-fashioned simplicity of a ranch style house plan perfect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:53:39

links for 2008-12-03

Eco-conscious Benedictine Nuns look forward to the eco-friendly monastery - Greenlaunches ... . North Bend home plans streaming in - Snoqualmie Valley Record North Bend's recently lifted growth restriction is opening up new development. First u: Three residential communities with "cottage [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 07:01:14

Tips for finding qualified craftsmen

remodeling26497745.jpg Remodeling your house is a large project in and of itself, not to mention finding a qualified craftsman to help you complete the task at hand. Working with a craftsman can be a hassle if you don't hire the right one. So how do you go about finding [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:00:42

Bolivia. El Alto. Eloy and Family

Eloy and his familyCurrent living quarters New house next to old house Eloy and his wife Dona Maria lived down the street and ran a store on the ... next door.Albanil, master craftsman Eloy designed the house himself and drew the plans ... , considering their living conditions. In one year, he plans to cover the façade in a cement coating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 05:11:00

Tucson Golf Real Estate Delivers Gorgeous Desert Living

Nestled in the beautiful Sonoran desert you’ll find the modern glory of Tucson, Arizona ... well-designed floor plans that make the best use of space without giving up style.   Tucson homes represent the needs of the modern family. From charming, historic Craftsman bungalows [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 23:21:13

Gravity + vacuum + matter = my basement

Four and a half years ago, my husband and I bought our first house ... areas "the bedrooms for very bad children."When we moved into the house, we had great plans for how we would use the basement. There was to be a home gym, a reading corner, and an area for extra guest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:49:00

Feline Ex Libris

Here is an interesting bookplate from 1903 that will appeal to both feline fanciers and collectors of ex libris alike ... , adapted from Gustav Stickley's Craftsman House #10 from the 1904 series of house plans in the Craftsman ... , and the historic works of craftsman Gustav Stickley. All because of a cat named Darius Dunain.Found yesterday [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 14:34:00

Sears Reports: To Buy Back 14% of Stock

It is becoming clear there are two camps with Sears Holdings (SHLD), Lampert is a smart, Lampert is a idiot. The beauty of what is happening is that one camp will eventually be proven correct. There will no middle of the road here. First the results. Q3 results released [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 15:53:51

family

I genuinely love my family...love spending time together...love the constant noise of kids and laughter. I love that we got to spend Thanksgiving together in my sister's big pink house. I love ... plans! "The boys" who happen to be identical twins. They are 13 and towering above me! "The girls [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 04:09:23

men, tools, and gadgets

I think it’s safe to make the generalization that we men are naturally drawn to tools and gadgets. We just find them hard to resist. It’s something about our “nuts and bolts” kind of mind that has to know how things work and our desire to fix things that don’t work or that don’t work right [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:24:56

“Ranch homes” - their history and distinguishing characteristics

ranch-house-3 Is my house a ranch house? A colonial? A colonial-ranch? A year into the blog, I’m pretty sure in understanding that my own house is a mix…but this holiday ... . But not all one-story houses are ranch homes. Ranch-style, ranch bungalow, ranchette, rambler, California [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 08:00:57

Rustic Bird House - Reap the Plateful Advantages

Rustic Bird House Rustic bird house is a kind of bird house which is very basic and simple ... be considered rustic bird house are small mission churches, adobe homes, ranch structures, wooden ... ambitious and complicated. This kind of bird house can be done even by teenagers as long as the plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 02:15:42

DrumBeat: January 6, 2009

The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand OTTAWA — A major source of oil for the United States must now confront another problem: its carbon footprint. Canada, in large part because of the production capacity of its oil sands, is now the largest oil supplier to the United States [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:47:30

Creativity V.S Predictability - Using Woodworking Plans

Creativity V.S Predictability - Using Woodworking Plans Posted By Leslie Allan on @ 6: ... answers. One of the main queries a new craftman will ask is ,which is better: following plans ... . To backup the debate that is always better to use woodworking plans, here are the components [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 18:14:06

Nominees for second Stewie Awards

By Official ReleaseThe 2008 Stewie Award winners will be determined by fans around the country who cast their votes online at www.sirius ... " or occurrence• Kenny Wallace falsely announces plans for his brother Rusty to come out of retirement• [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 22:19:00

EaterWire: Door Foils Robbery, Counter Comes to Marin

OAKLAND—Given the inherent fire hazards and racial profiling, ... tasting room in the old Craftsman house on the property and demolished the old building it formerly ... Center tenant for 22 years ... Within the next 10 years, Counter Intelligence plans to open 25 to 30 [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 00:42:20

THE 2008 PARK SLOPE 100

The Park Slope 100: 100 stories, 100 ways of looking at the world, 100 inspiring people, places and things. The list is in alphabetical order. There are no repeats from last year. There are always serious omissions. I left two slots open for latecomers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 06:52:52

Career Decisions

A really timely email I got. I want to post it here just to remind myself of the gems of wisdom it has for me ... . You are the craftsman of your fate and the captain of your ship. Captain Hook shouldn’t be one of your worries [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 03:07:55

Georgia’s Best New Home Value of the Year - Touchstone Homes

Chesterfield - Touchstone Homes Chesapeake - Touchstone Homes Georgia home builder, Touchstone Homes, launched their Year-End Blow-Out Event this week which offers home buyers “deep discounts” on inventory homes from December 5th, 6th and 7th. Home buyers can view available homes in 12 new home [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 20:11:25

Woodworking Guide - Why You Should Use Woodworking Plans

Woodworking Guide - Why You Should Use Woodworking Plans Posted By Leslie Allan on @ 2: ... answers. One of the main queries a new craftman will ask is ,which is better: following plans ... . To backup the debate that is always better to use woodworking plans, here are the components [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:21:27

New flash! Richard Carlstedt is the 2009 Metalworking Craftsman of the Year winner

My good friend has won for his USS Monitor steam engine Here is the press release about Sherline 2009 award winner ... has been a part of his life for many years, and in his own home shop those high standards carry over [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:58:15

Pros And Cons Of Using Woodworking Plans

Pros And Cons Of Using Woodworking Plans By Ed Clyde | December 8, ... plans or working from scratch? Here are some of the arguments raised for both parts of this enquiry. To confirm the argument that is always easier to use woodworking plans and pattern designs, here [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 15:13:17

2008 Retrospective

2008 Retrospective Posted on January 2, 2009 03:08 by Admin I wanted to write a 2008 post for a couple of reasons: 1) ... beyond music and videos). Runner Up - Craftsman Snowblower – an early Christmas present saved us from 50 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 11:08:00

My Show (w/ Dave English and Special Guests) @ Zombo this Weekend.

Last night I got my work on the walls for this weekend's show. I am exhibiting more drawings (prints) ... and helpful. That same craftsman also devised a way to frame the work that was simple and elegant. When I went [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 21:36:00

The secrets of Bird House Layouts

Bird House Layouts Bird house layouts can be made by most bird watchers or woodworkers ... house layouts. Bird watchers and carpenters can truly go to the limit by designing their own plans ... . Making the bird house layouts is not as difficult as you imagine. The fundamental goal of bird [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:38:18

What am I going to do about it? Five things we can all do to be ready for whatever may come.

Concerns about the economy. Concerns about the world. 2009 seems like it could very easily be worse than 2008 ... and mesclun. Dozens of plans are available online for pots and planters for that very purpose. Many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:29:46

Crafting Ideas for Kids - Keep it Simple

by Ethan O. Tanner Kids love to do craft projects, there is no doubt about it ... they just arrive at their own craft plans out of the materials rather than doing their “scrapbooking” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:20:26

NASCAR’s Evernham leaving Gillett-Evernham Motorsports

To become dirt track owner according to two Lincoln County newspapers The next career moves for Ray Evernham, ... ELS from current owner Ralph Nantz. Evernham, now of Cornelius, did not get into specific plans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 08:47:08

By Cheng Xiaonong, Sound of Hope Radio, via The Epochtimes-The following is Part I of Dr. Cheng Xiaonong’s report regarding China’s economy, broadcast on Sound of Hope Radio on December 17. Dr. Cheng was a former advisor to China’s past premier Zhao Ziyang. He holds a Ph.D [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:39:29

Retailers report dismal December sales as even Wal-Mart hurt by poor economy/Wal-Mart cuts earnings forecast

Retailers report dismal December sales as even Wal-Mart hurt by poor economyBy ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Copyright 2009 Associated Press11:33 AM CST, January 8, 2009http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-retail-sales,0,97850.storyNEW YORK (AP) — Retailers reported dismal sales figures for December on Thursday as even Wal-Mart Stores Inc [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:58:00

New Home Plan Released! HPG-1800C-1

New Home Plan Released! HPG-1800C-1 December 3rd, 2008 by Mark Just released is our Lexington Ridge HPG-1800C-1. This Craftsman / Country / Cottage style home plan offers 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, great room ... Plan Gallery. Posted in House Plan News, NEW House Plans, Cottage Style House Plans, Country Style [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 20:10:47

Stanley Tools: Traditional Quality For Home Improvement

Stanley Tools: Traditional Quality For Home Improvement By Neil Wenk | December 19, ... basic quality tools can help the amateur craftsman or home fix-it person. This means that tools should ... 2008 by Neil Wenk Tools for Home Improvement Great home improvement projects [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 08:25:38

Sears Holdings Has Squandered An Opportunity

Sears Holdings Has Squandered An Opportunity The last four years or so for Sears Holdings (SHLD) ... the space. Maybe Kenmore and Craftsman products, which are owned by Sears, would show up on other [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:07:44

“War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy

Warning: Spoilers galore! ... ) of soldiers frustrate battle plans almost entirely. I understand that Tolstoy did painstaking research [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 02:03:31

Screenwriting News & Links! 1/4/09

Hey guys,Above is a recap of yawn> the films of 2008. Hehehe.. ... , I accidentally left the $1000 bills at home. Sorry.Aakasa Ramanna – The Mystery Man?Nice theory, but… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 05:00:00

Finding the Mets in Jamaica, and I don't mean Queens

"Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets..."Mets among the Bob Marleys? ... thought this was a good sign, and set plans to search out similar displays in our other ports [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 00:13:00

Arts & Crafts Home Plans: Showcasing 85 Home Plans in the Craftsman, Prairie and Bungalow Styles

Arts & Crafts Home Plans: Showcasing 85 Home Plans in the Craftsman, Prairie and Bungalow Styles Arts & Crafts Home Plans: Showcasing 85 Home Plans in the Craftsman, Prairie and Bungalow Styles ... of these homes n A photographic study of several Craftsm ... Arts & Crafts Home Plans: Showcasing 85 Home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 09:44:42

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