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A Sword for the Discerning Modern Samurai

A Sword for the Discerning Modern Samurai

I’m going to get into so much trouble with DJ for posting this — putting temptation in the poor man’s path! — but who could resist? Besides, I’m sure there’s someone with a wannabe-Samurai Dad out there just desperate for a Father’s Day gift idea with more originality to it than a comic necktie or [...]

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Just Wrestling with the Sock Symmetry Issue

Just Wrestling with the Sock Symmetry Issue

I’ve always said that symmetry is overrated. Why should everything match up perfectly in pairs? After all, people are never perfectly symmetrical (except possibly in magazine photos of airbrushed Photoshopped super models, but that’s a rant for another day). In most of us mere mortals, the left side does not quite match the right; one [...]

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Shop Box

Shop Box

Here’s a cheery eco-alternative to using those nasty plastic bags when you shop for groceries! It’s a sturdy folding box made of woven polyethylene fabric, fully lined, with built-in aluminum carrying handles. The Shop Box comes in two sizes, made to fit into supermarket trolley. Fold it flat to take to market, then open it [...]

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Venus with a Razor

Venus with a Razor

I blame Botticelli’s Venus. Just look at the mythical creature, standing there so coy on her halfshell and looking like she’s made of alabaster — no way those smooth pale limbs could ever sprout a single misplaced hair, let alone the furry forest of neglect that is a side-effect of long Northern winters! Cold weather, [...]

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Shirts for Books

Shirts for Books

DJ reminds me that one of his all-time favourite T-shirt dealers is teaming up with the Dewey Donation System — “Helping Books Find Libraries Since 2003″ — to help buy some much-needed books for public libraries. He’s Dewey! He’s a decimal! He’s got book hair! Here’s the deal: Buy a fine jersey Dewey shirt from [...]

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