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iPhone iPhone? iPhone!
IPhone iPhone iPhone, iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone. iPhone iPhone iPhone? iPhone! iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone — iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone. iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone iPhone…
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Boxcar Alligator Needlepoint Progress
A Flickr user called the MOL Container Lines mascot the “Boxcar Alligator“, which I think is a great name — even though (or especially because) that gator is really a sailor. A sailor on the rails has a Coxey’s Army vibe. Which is only enhanced because it seem like the gator is being replaced by…
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Tikaro X-Fin Submarine: UH-OH CAVITATION!
I liked the X-fin control planes on the USS Albacore in Portsmouth, NH, so much that I asked my friend Kenn Munk to make an Albacore X-Fin Growmone, with a Tikaro Interactive logo on it: I think it looks awesome, and makes it just that crucial bit easier to imagine that I actually own a…
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“It Happens Every Thursday”
In 1950 (or thereabouts), Kate’s cousin Bob McIlvaine and his wife Jane bought the Downingtown Archive, a small newspaper with a decidedly local beat. A Downingtown resident remembers “…the only world news they ever printed was VE and VJ day! Graduations, marriages, births, deaths and town happenings were eagerly awaited every Thursday. I don’t believe…
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I finally passed the Platelet Bar
Back in January, I flunked out of platelet donation, when my veins were too skinny for the one-needle machine. I tried again this morning, dropping by the American Red Cross center behind Senora’s. The staff was really nice, and we jumped through all the absurd medical hoops together: “Mister Young, sir, are you male or…
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Ice Cream Tattoo Quest: REPORT
The Ice Cream Tattoo Quest was a lot of fun. I have no idea how many people showed up, since the whole entire first hour was a blur of stencils and rubbing-alcohol fumes — and the second hour was a blur of roll-on mustache glue and shiny red glitter. Thanks to Toren and Justin…
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Tikaro.com: Best Local Blog! Thanks!
Michael Dolan of Main Line Today just let me know that the July issue is out, with the “best of the Main Line” — and this blog was picked as “best local blog.” Wow, thanks very much indeed! I’m surprised and honored, and plan on getting a tattoo on my chest that says “BEST OF…
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Ice Cream Tattoo Quest tonight!
Sidecar sashimono banner: check! Ice-cream cone and fire tattoo stencils: check! (Lydia and I spent some time this morning cutting them up) Airbrush, compressor, and fresh tattoo ink: check Secret fifth mobile downtown ice-cream store: possible check! Brass double-barreled theatrical handheld flash paper cannon: check! Everything is in readiness ready for the Ice Cream Tattoo…
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Armchair Marketing: X-WING SUBMARINE
I’ve driven to and through Portsmouth, New Hampshire many times, and I’ve gone past a small sign saying “Albacore Museum”, with a small picture of a submarine. If you peer over the grassy berm behind it, you can see the top sail of a sub a hundred yards up a side road. I’ve never taken…
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Sarah’s Birthday Party: INSANE CELLO WIZARD
My beloved cousin Sarah turned 50, and we drove up to Maine to be at her party, because Kate had a premonition of awesomeness. Her premonition was entirely correct — Max and Sarah had lured out some kind of INSANE CELLO WIZARD from California. Rushad Eggleston is an, um… Well, he’s, uh… Okay, frankly, he…
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