I finally have this beautiful pocket knife in my hand. It is a custom left-handed gentleman’s folding pocket knife with exposed flip-stem for one-handed opening. The body is African Blackwood enclosing a hardened steel blade. The flip action is light and smooth and within a few tries am able to quickly open and close the knife with ease. The grip fits well in the hand and the moving parts have an elegance and refinement of fit forged with much care and attention.
After watching an episode of Parks and Recreation where a hilarious Ron Swanson quote inspired me to transcribe the quote. I then wanted an icon for the document of Ron’s quotes so Googled “Ron Swanson”. I came across a site featuring Nick Offerman and his talent as a Woodworker. Yes Ron Swanson in real life is a man’s man. Nick Offerman it turns out is a highly skilled woodworker. He started is career as an actor / theatre set builder. He has even built his own canoe. To us sterile of manual ability city folk , this might not even register but a truly talented woodworker only achieves boat building level after decades of mastering the craft. Nick Offerman is for real. He can fish, craft just about anything from wood, including a cabin and of course is hilarious. We need more people like Ron Swanson on this planet…I mean Nick Offerman.
Loved the original version of Total Recall and still a great sci fi movie. The trailer looks very promising.
Die Piraten sind los. Voll Seemannsgarn und mit echtem Piratengold am Gratis-Comic-Tag, dem 12. Mai. Schon mal vormerken. >via
Dain Fagerholm’s wonderment of the moving image. Hand drawn and animated as a gif. Many more to be found on his site.
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Berlin Artist Matthias Heiderich injects colour and movement into mundane places, creating some wild spaces.
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Er ist der Größte, der Beste, der Eleganteste, der Feinste, der Innovativste, der Schönste von allen: Der großartige Zeichner Jean Giraud alias Moebius, das Genie, ist Samstag im Alter von 73 Jahren gestorben. Sein Rang und seine Qualität sind gar nicht hoch genug einzuschätzen, anderen Granden wie Daumier, Goya, Lautrec, Janssen oder Busch steht er in nichts nach.
So kann man sich auch präsentieren: Die DENIC erklärt so hausbacken, spießig, altmüpfig, dilletuntig wie nur irgend geht, was sie so macht oder auch nicht. Besonders schön ist der Brüller mit Onkel Rupert in Australien. Und hier gibt´s viele Lacher: >via
Mal wieder etwas Musik hier. Die BLACK KEYS bei Harald Schmidt mit einem alten Marc Bolan Riff: Lonely Boy. >Via Und eine nette Coverversion:
On the production site with film crew in Iceland. Fantastic setting! To be seen on HBO and hopefully soon in Europe, too. >Via