She came, she saw, she conquered the baking

Progress on DIY this week: nil Progress on Christmas shopping: huge Major milestone: baking Or, rather, baking successfully. Here is the product of my toil, and I am proud, so proud. It’s Scottish shortbread. It’s pretty easy: flour, cornflour, sugar, butter. You mix it all together, knead, roll, cut and bake. Foolproof, you might say. [...]

Bike art

Meet my new rather wacky purchase. I really do need to stop going to artists’ gatherings in Tucson. There’s too much clever stuff to spend your money on. Last night it was the annual art auction of BICAS, a non-profit organization that salvages and repairs bicycles (at their place on W. 6th St. you can [...]

Blood and burbs and Bailey’s

Behold! The fruits of our labor today, me and Ms Fix-It. To hell with putting up doors! we shouted. Sod the silly set squares and hammer and chisel. Let’s get pissed instead. Actually, although these look like two wine corks, they are what comes out when you drill a small hole in the side of a [...]