Category: Play
Cycling, video games, movies, anything I consider play
The French Canadian
Have you ever had a London fog? It’s a drink at Starbucks which is English Breakfast tea, steamed milk and vanilla syrup. At Balzac’s they offer a Parisian mist, which is essentially the same thing but with French Breakfast tea. Well I came up with my own I call “the …
More pottery samples
So I worked on another set of sample tiles. This time it was bronze, called Lamp’s Bronze. The recipe is pretty straightforward with nice results but I am having troubles with changing it. The base recipe is Lamp’s Bronze 7 – Ball Clay86 – Cedar Heights Redart7 – Silica_____________________ 14% …
Lessons from pottery
I am learning some very important life lessons since I started throwing pots. The most obvious to me is patience. Patience is everything in pottery. First in throwing. If you try to rush a piece and pull to hard your piece will end up lop-sided and uneven. Since “there is …
Thanks Matt!
As I continue in my creation of my own glazes I look to other potters as a source of information. Matt Fiske’s Blog was one of the first sites I hooked into and in short order I read every post. I highly recommend you check it out. You can …
St. John’s Black
I have started making my own glazes. I found a great recipe called St. John’s black. Nepheline Syenite – 25Alberta Slip/Albany – 75Cobalt Carbonate – 5% But I wanted something more dense, so I tried working on the recipe by adding other materials. Going from left to right I added:5% …
Witch Doctor
A critique on the pseudo health sciences? Great video though. De Staat – Witch Doctor (Official Video) from STUDIO SMACK on Vimeo. Oh little sicky, seems to be the pain?Got all these herbs don’t mean a fucking thingI am the witch, with the magick tricksMistrust the white house, come and …
FIFA 2016 – Still no decent career mode
Every year I get all excited when there is a new FIFA video game out. I love playing FIFA 2015 and I especially love the career mode. I keep hoping that AE will add some sort of character development around the career section and every year I am disappointed. Here …
Budapest ~ George Ezra
My house in BudapestMy, my hidden treasure chestGolden grand pianoMy beautiful Castillo YouOoh, youOoh, I’d leave it all My acres of a landThat I’ve achievedIt may be hard for you toStop and believe But for youOoh, youOoh, I’d leave it all Oh, for youOoh, youOoh, I’d leave it all …
Top Movies continued 2
We were here Directed by David Weissman, this is the only documentary on my list. We Were Here chronicles the emergence of HIV and AIDS in San Francisco in the 80s. What makes this documentary so powerful to me is the way it shows the response within the gay community. …