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This is shocking to me: Why Ditching Processed Foods Won’t Be Easy — Barriers To Cooking From Scratch The worst part is at the end. During the survey, one of the participants became homeless. Back when I was a child, the processed foods cost more, and the fresh foods cost less. That’s because we had a…

A work in progress – how to reupholster a chair seat for cheap or free, with scrap fabric and recycled stuffing. These pictures show some of the progress. This chair’s seat had torn, and the foam was coming out. I wanted to reupholster it, but for as little money as possible. I watched a few…

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I stumbled across and ad for an old Japanese doll, and wanted to get an idea of what’s out there, so I went to eBay and found out. On there, I saw listings for “Ichimatsu” dolls, which I’d never heard of before. A little research turned up some info, but the most interesting story was…

This is going to sound crazy, but I think there’s a conspiracy  by plumbers to frustrate DIY plumbing repair efforts.  My mom had a hose bibb that was leaking, so I went to fix it. What a nightmare.

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Bernie got into a bit of controversy over his position, that prisoners should have the vote. He called it a fundamental aspect of democracy. It’s also the policy in two states, Vermont and Maine. Personally, I’m not 100% comfortable with having prisoners vote, but so many arguments come out about how prisoners lose their rights,…

I enjoy reading about alternative currencies (and laughing at them, for the most part) so Yang’s “Human Centered Capitalism” was an eye opener – a presidential candidate pushing an alternative digital currency for social good works. Well, here’s a rebuttal from the Wrench in the Gears blog, “Social capital” scrip? Fin-tech experiments with new forms…

While this isn’t a food blog, I will share the basic riceball recipe. Several sites out there have it very, very wrong. Riceballs, or onigiri, are a traditional comfort food. They are used as a kind of “walking food” or something you take along with you to work, or into the fields, and eat as…

Recently, I got asked a few things about copyright, by a friend, and I guess copyright was a bone of contention. Others in an organization with her had been trying to post a book written by her. The impression I got was that people don’t know what copyright is. This article tries to address this.…