Remembering my father.

...the Blackfoot or Lakota language. He made many replicas of native American instruments. Hollowed out a huge log by his own axe/hand...t-shirt dying, metal sculpture, his father's gas station, welding, music, singing, playing guitar, banjo, fiddle, harmonica, silicone, totem..., memorials may be given in his name to the Native American Fellowship Dayspring Church in East Peoria. ***** Tomorrow would've ...

Iron

... I heard my dad come home from work. That white Ford truck with its bed full of tool boxes, welding tanks, ladders and hoses coiled meant one thing to me. That my dad was home from work, that I...Carcetti: And they sense this. They know that. They have a pride that “we’re part of the American landscape forever because a building does not go up unless an ironworker’s been involved. We know that after ...

Bike Update

... was awesome. About ten hours of time on my feet (except for when I was welding), and I came home physically exhausted by mentally super-charged. In that time, I mostly ... lateral stiffness at the BB shell and vertical stiffness at the head tube. 2. North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Originally published at DanBailey.net . Please leave any comments there.

Ironically

... tasted so far. Buy a shishkebab of meat from a Pakistani vendor who assumes you're American because of your skin colour, but doesn't particularly care where you're from, and who...astounded by seeing actual visible progress. Stand and watch a building site, see people without faceguards welding, people swinging around like monkeys, observe warning signs that warn things may fall without warning onto...

Fic: A Bright, Clear Morning (Chapter 1)

... game of chance that can bring down the entire American economy if enough businessmen lose on the same day-“...torch again, takes the new piece he’s been welding out of the bench-vice, and sets it ... of shovels as the Americans do, unless they capture American supplies. And that up there... that’s not the...A shift in the trapped air around him. Gunfire. American voices, “Sarge, I can see-” “-Give me a...

I wish they had something like this when I was in school

... charter school seeks to put young women in nontraditional jobs such as welding and carpentry. Students are welding the old to the new at Rosie the Riveter High School. The Long Beach charter school... a fictional character who symbolized thousands of women who entered the American workforce to replace men who had joined the military. She ...

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...so it's not noticeable at all, good for winter! In perfect condition. Stussy Scarf In good condition a little bobbled though Topshop Necklace, I accidently snapped the branch off but if you're good at welding or something you could fix it or you could break off the other branch and just have the rose! It is really pretty though! Mango Key Hole Vest Cami [Brown & Cream] I bought these ...

Picture of the Day - November 13th

...memory lane for the both of us since more than half the stock they sell there are American brands: Dole juice, Tide washing detergent, Lucky Charms chocolates, Skippy peanut butter, and Real mayonnaise... closed indefinitely because of the discovery of huge three metre cracks within cheap Japanese metal and welding. As I looked at the defunct Melbourne "eye" with the multitude of cranes and fencing ...

...big spaces. Execrable art. I found myself in a large courtyard, loud drums giving a tribal vibe, bloke welding a huge piece right in the centre, the only light the sparks from him working and a deep red...amazement at his rudeness), following us to explain it was a smoking room and he could see we were American.Thanks for that Heinrich. We found a table in the main bistro. The food was hearty to say ...

Lines: Part Fourteen

.... Everything stood still, as if the world held its breath in anticipation for something wonderful. Her Native-American grandmother sometimes said everything stopped to watch the Earth give birth to the Sun. A peaceful time ... asked, squinting at her belly. "Have somebody cut your arm off again and spend all night welding only a few inches at a time, and you'd be annoyed too." Mikaela made a face....