Got the Big Eye

Vi Hart: Paper Instruments

2012-01-30T10:56:00.000-05:00

Instruments made of paper and, of course, the next logical step: playing BURNING paper instruments.

From Vi Hart, my favorite mathemusician.

Vi Hart: Paper Instruments

Shakespeare: Original pronunciation

2012-01-25T14:35:00.001-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s

I'm thinking OP is the new 3D...fantastic! An introduction by David and Ben Crystal to the 'Original Pronunciation' productions of Shakespeare and what they reveal about the history of the English language.

Sarah's Delicious Crispy Kale Chips

2012-01-23T23:17:00.002-05:00

Ingredients:

A pile of curly kale (this is two bunches from the supermarket)

1-1/2 cups cashews

I dropped them on the floor when I was trying to take the picture

Cashews are expensive - wash them off and use them anyway

2 cloves garlic
(see previous post: Peeling Garlic in 10 Seconds)

Juice of 1 lemon

some salt

some olive oil

Wash the kale and remove the stems. Tear the leaves into large pieces and put in a large bowl.

The kale bones (throw these out.)

Put the cashews, lemon, garlic, and salt into a food processor and blend for a few seconds. Add enough olive oil to make a gloppy paste.

Mix the half of the cashew glop with half of the kale. Go ahead, just mush it around with your hands until the kale is evenly coated. (Save the other half for later)

Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and spread the kale mix on them. Bake at 300˚ F for about 40 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through. When done the kale should be crispy. Repeat for the remainder of glop and kale.

Store in a plastic container

Feed to a hungry Morris Dancer just in from practice.

Kingsessing Morris Men at the 2012 Mummers Day Parade

2012-01-02T15:05:00.000-05:00

First Place Winners in the Comic Division!!

Paper Christmas Trees

2011-12-17T07:29:00.001-05:00

Little paper trees I've been learning how to make.

This one is my favorite

From the top, they look like snowflakes!

The Beatles - The REAL First Chord of "A Hard Day's Night"

2011-12-15T00:08:00.000-05:00

Chording coolness.

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Cuckoo's Nest

2011-12-12T17:32:00.001-05:00

A Morris Double Jig performed by Bill Quern and Cameron Higby-Naquin outside the Colonial Theater at the Phoenixville Firebird Festival on Dec. 10th, 2011. Rik Bourne plays melodeon. The dance was written by Gary Undercuffler.

Stringcycle

2011-12-11T13:14:00.000-05:00

Holiday Shopping? Check out Stringcycle on Etsy.
Beautiful handmade jewelry and ornaments.

Would you like to buy a monkey?

2011-12-08T14:45:00.000-05:00

From The (very funny) Bloggess a hilarious recounting of a thrift store purchaese:

"Last weekend at a thrift shop I found a small, stuffed monkey, which seemed to have some sort of snout leprosy and would probably murder us in our sleep.
I named him “Copernicus”."

More

Santa Venn

2011-12-08T08:06:00.000-05:00

Stephen Wildish is brilliant.
Check out the rest of his Friday Projects

Mac on... the rehearsals for the Olympics opening ceremony | Mail Online

2011-12-07T19:40:00.000-05:00

Morris dance hilarity

Link

Hey girl. I like the library too.

2011-12-07T08:21:00.000-05:00

Ryan Gosling, library and librarian lover.

Link

Cooking Tips That Really Work: Storing Tiny Seeds

2011-12-06T23:08:00.001-05:00

I've started keeping chia and flax seeds in salad dressing cruets. It's easy to pour out the amount I want to use and the bottles look prettier than ratty plastic bags clipped with clothespins.

Anna and Jesse accompany Keith and Aidan jamming with Lissa jamming with...

2011-12-06T22:05:00.000-05:00

War Horse Puppet at Sandown

2011-12-05T18:11:00.000-05:00

Joey, the Warhorse puppet.

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Cooking Tips That Really Work: Peel Garlic in 10 Seconds

2011-12-05T07:15:00.001-05:00

I store the unused cloves in a glass jar in the fridge. They'll keep for quite a while.

Tumivut - Inuit Throat Singing - The Competition Song

2011-12-04T19:30:00.000-05:00

I've been watching videos of Inuit Throat Singing. One of the things I like best is that it almost always ends in laughter.

Paper Trees

2011-12-03T15:45:00.004-05:00

A first attempt at making the the little trees like the ones we saw at Winterthur.

Grandmother Tips

2011-12-02T07:25:00.000-05:00

Grandmother Tips on the Behance Network