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Snorlax Beanbag chair by ~SmellenJR on deviantART. 10 Craziest Beanbags - Oddee.com (beanbags, best beanbags) Snorlax beanbag This awesome beanbag chair in the shape of a Snorlax (from the world of Pokémon) was made by DeviantART member SmellenJR for a Christmas gift.

10 Craziest Beanbags - Oddee.com (beanbags, best beanbags)

Prankked. How to Make Mead. How to Make your own mead - A Step by Step Tutorial About Mead Making The first thing you are going to discover about Mead Making is that there are about 1,000 different ways to do it.

How to Make Mead

And this may leave you confused. Which way should you follow? You may think this particularly critical when you are first starting out but in actuality this is very encouraging. Bento and food for the college crowd. What exactly did I make over Thanksgiving?

bento and food for the college crowd

Well, to the first Thanksgiving celebration, I brought my now-famous cornbread casserole (extremely simple recipe at bottom), gingerbread cookies, and guacamole + tortilla chips. The future MIL was very pleased with my offerings (^_^) and all the guests loved them, too.For the second Thanksgiving (on Saturday), I brought the same cornbread casserole (not leftovers, 'cause there weren't any), gingerbread cookies (leftover because I made so freakin' many), guacamole + tortilla chips, cranberry sauce (with ginger and orange; recipe at bottom) and two loaves of bread: beer bread and super easy Honey Molasses Whole Wheat bread (recipes in future post... ahah! Now you have to continue reading into the future!). We came home with almost none of the food we brought, but super full and delighted to have spent such a lovely time with friends. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to show off my new bread-making skillz.

Cornbread Casserole Recipe 1. Bento for Cheap Bastards « Freakin’ Tasty Bento. Several weeks ago, I wrote a cheap bento guide on my journal.

Bento for Cheap Bastards « Freakin’ Tasty Bento

I got a decent response, and I’ve finally decided to move it over here, and update it a bit. Freakin’ Tasty Bento. Sadly, this one is far from impressive.

Freakin’ Tasty Bento

Much to may dismay, my mother has more or less outlawed most non-aromatic vegetables from our house again. Contents:A halved soy egg Carrot slices Celery bits Two onigiri, one triangular and one cylindrical Half a red delicious apple Slices of tonkatsu Now, more about this ban on veggies. I currently live with my parents and younger brother, and I find that their unhealthy eating habits are difficult to change. My mother and brother are the most difficult cases, since my dad is more or less on my side when it comes to putting more variety in our diet. Woodworking: Making wood projects without using nails, screws, or glue. Make knock-apart shelves, hinges, latches, books, chairs, cabinets, spice containers, doors, desks, and toolboxes using only wood to hold them together.

Woodworking: Making wood projects without using nails, screws, or glue.

Almost any wood project can be made without using any metal fasteners or glue. How to Build a Folding Table: Simple DIY Woodworking Project. Finding just a bit more table space in a hallway or living room, only when you need it, isn't easy.

How to Build a Folding Table: Simple DIY Woodworking Project

A classic solution is the drop-leaf table, a 16th-century design still useful today because it's so efficient. Lift the leaf when you want more surface area. How to Build a Workbench: Simple DIY Woodworking Project. The most important tool in any shop doesn't have a motor, a battery or a cutting edge, and it has remained largely unchanged for centuries.

How to Build a Workbench: Simple DIY Woodworking Project

A traditional woodworking bench, at its most elaborate, was a virtual showpiece, bristling with vises, bench dogs and holddown clamps. And it was planed dead true to act as a standard for the craftsman to follow. DIY Tool Rack - Hang Your Tools with the Tool-O-Dex. December 30, 2010 6:30 AM 1.

DIY Tool Rack - Hang Your Tools with the Tool-O-Dex

Leverage Wall Space The Tool-O-Dex consists of four 2 x 4–foot pegboards, each attached to a 1-inch-diameter ABS pipe. The pegboard-to-pipe assemblies are held vertically in wooden supports. The individual pegboard sheets swivel, allowing access to tools as needed and folding flat against the wall when not in use. 2. Start by carefully cutting straight slots lengthwise in four 5-foot lengths of ABS pipe using a table saw. 3.

To stiffen the panels, attach wood or metal strips to the edge of the pegboard opposite the ABS spine. 4. Scraps of 2 x 6 lumber form blocks that support the Tool-O-Dex's ABS spines at the top and bottom. 5. Use pegboard hooks to position your tools. Online Etymology Dictionary. Until recently a difficult word to trace, in part because it was taboo to the editors of the original OED when the "F" volume was compiled, 1893-97.

Online Etymology Dictionary

Written form only attested from early 16c. OED 2nd edition cites 1503, in the form fukkit; earliest appearance of current spelling is 1535 -- "Bischops ... may fuck thair fill and be vnmaryit" [Sir David Lyndesay, "Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits"], but presumably it is a much more ancient word than that, simply one that wasn't written in the kind of texts that have survived from Old English and Middle English. Buck cites proper name John le Fucker from 1278, but the surname could have other explanations.

The word apparently is hinted at in a scurrilous 15c. poem, titled "Flen flyys," written in bastard Latin and Middle English. The relevant line reads: Instant Workbench Plans - DIY Portable Workshop. 1.) Gather Parts I designed a mobile bench because the projects I build on my webcast, The Ben Heck Show, typically happen in locations without a shop. To build it, first use a table saw to cut a 4 x 4–foot sheet of ½-inch plywood into panels at the dimensions shown. How to Build a Step Stool: Simple DIY Woodworking Project. Wood stoves, lightning rods, bifocals--and the founding of our country--are a few of the things we think of when Benjamin Franklin comes to mind. But somewhere in between flying kites in storms and diplomatic missions to Europe, the great man had a hand in furniture design, including an innovative step stool that doubles as a chair.

We've created a version that's easy to build and ideal for any home. DIY Cabinet Woodworking Project - Step by Step Plans for Wood Cabinet. You can have a '67 Mustang in the driveway, a Gibson Les Paul guitar in your hand, and a date with destiny down at the roadhouse open mic—but if you can't find your car keys, you're staying home tonight. The cure for such episodes is this combination shelf and coat rack, which I designed and built for my own front hallway. Its three cubbyholes provide more than enough space to store everything from car keys and harmonicas to a porkpie hat (if you're so inclined).