This is excellent! And yes, with so many people using it (and wanting to know it's safe, clean stuff), it could well be a recession-proof biz.

So this is what happens when the Woodstock Generation gets AARP-aged. They vote and grow!

Celeb worship is on par with sports fanaticism. Substitute a few nouns and two guys raving about sports is the same as two tweens gossiping and cooing about some teen heart throb.

I think we all know "who rule Bartertown" now.

From the article, the union boss did say they'd probably "let that one go", along with a few other instances in which the cash-strapped locale had to go with non-union labor.

Who knows? The union labor may get called in to bring that completed project up to code. From what an electrician friend tells me, union code standards are higher than most city/state/federal standards. Want a great job done? Hire a union worker who's laid off and pay him/her under the table.

"a fondle of unicorns" sounds like pervy. I like it.

92% here, and yes, Sicily's flag is creepy!

Also, it's not dinner. Look at the timestamp. This is a bill for LUNCH.

Not inclined to switch keyboards, so I guess I'll just miss out on some possibly interesting content.

A really nice find, this site. Especially valuable because capturing weirdness via photography was quite expensive during the eras captured.

When can we stop referring to fondant sculptures as "cake"? It's like the difference between Play-doh and a sandwich.

Ahahaha... This will show up on Regretsy.com any day now.

I'm surprised at all the non-love for cursive writing. A lot of us prefer to write in cursive. It's got personality and it's an art.

Should we stop teaching art and music because it's hard to make a living doing those things?

Should we stop teaching math because calculators are cheap?

Should we eliminate everything that doesn't require electricity because "it's old-fashioned"?

The list was way too short. I was expecting a lengthy list of historical "first gadgets", not four pics of not-really-that-old tech.

BTW, those old cell phones were awesome. Heavy as heck, but the sound quality was on par with a really good landline.

The site worked for me, but didn't show anything about the inside of the houses or how the conversions were made. Would have loved to have read about that.

And yeah, living in peaceful solitude would be nice. Except for my fear of heights. That part would be kinda sucky.

I looked through the pics on the rest of her site and really liked the one of the pink propane tank on the horribly uncomfortable office chair.
As somebody who's had to play nicey-nicey while enduring crappy jobs, while wondering how much more I can take until I spontaneously explode and take half the building with me, I can totally identify with that.

As for that tinfoil ball, maybe if it was made of tinfoil hats wrapped around certain parts of the globe...