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It was a cold grey day. What this city needed was a bright colorful parade! Alas no, holiday today.. RANDOM PARADE TO THE RESCUE!! We gathered our colorful fun things and set off to brighten up Minneapolis. We gave out balloon flowers, eye patches,...
I live in the future as much as possible, and save time like an animal-hoarder saves kittens. As I clicked the electric kettle to boil and tore open the packet of pre-packaged oatmeal and opened the jar of instant coffee, a stray ray of brilliance i...
I'm writing this story here to demonstrate the task. It didn't just happen to me, but I think it will demonstrate why it's a worthwhile task. When I got the acceptance letter to my college, my little sister congratulated me. "What was THAT for...
Jack actually wanted to be part of this task, but I'm pretty sure my famous guy thought I was weird enough asking him to sign a paper toilet seat cover without my also pulling a knife on him. Sorry, Jack. As mentioned in Restroom Photography, the...
I found this task difficult to write about because I realize that there's a certain kind of person who talks about their antiques/other-expensive-possessions in public, and they annoy me. There's a class thing going on with that that sucks. Then ag...
In the spirit of the upcoming Day of the Dead and general spooky season, I give you: haunted restrooms. The Little Omen's Room The Ghost of John Incidentally, I have had absolutely no luck finding paper toilet seat covers in the pub...
contents, detail: (1) leather luggage tag, black with white floral print, worn, with split ring attachment and a 0.5" white metal lobster claw clip used to keep shut the flap, not original to tag. Items #10 and #12 - 15 found inside. (2) he...
Alis's beloved toaster oven, France, had the irritating habit of not staying on when activated unless the door was propped open. This curious bug was the first clue to its solution. After removing the side of the machine (fig 1,) we decided that ...
I invited jack knife. (Not related to Mack the Knife.) We worked on a short animated film together, and now he thinks he's a star. Real sharp, jack. Still, he's a handy sort and a good collaborator.
The best actual Rube Goldberg illustrations had things like steaming kettles and animals as parts of them, not just marble runs. Clever as those are. Automatic Cat Feeder and Reminding System: Step one, acquire cat. Step two, train cat to f...