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Junk Creation

Archive for November 2007

November 23rd, 2007

False Middle Book (Part 2)

As I mentioned on Monday (part 1 of this post), I attempted to make a false middle book out of an old English anthology I didn’t need anymore.
I used the past tense because I decided that my original idea wasn’t going to work.  I know I normally don’t put up projects that don’t work, but [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 3 comments

November 22nd, 2007

Turkey Turnaround

My wife suggested (and I think it was a great one) that I give you all a recipe for all of those leftovers you may or may not have from Thanksgiving dinner. (I suppose that many of you didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving today, but play along, if you like.)
Below is a recipe I copied wholesale from [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 3 comments

November 21st, 2007

Thanksgiving–For Gravy?

This week’s Deep Thought is about gravy.
Really, who would have thought that animal fat and flour could taste as good as it does?  I blame those darn Junk Creators!  Instead of tossing out the fat (I know, they could have given it to their junk cousins the candle makers–lets not get nit-picky about details) they [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 2 comments

November 20th, 2007

Tennis Ball Squirt Gun

 I thought that we’d get a little summer into today’s post–especially since it snowed outside my home today.  So, when the snow melts and the sun actually gets warm again, try making this idea from www.instructables.com and a post titled: Tennis Ball Squirtgun (the picture and original post were authored by -insertnamehere-).
Basically, -insertnamehere- cuts/punches a small [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 0 comments

November 19th, 2007

False Middle Book (Part 1)

I have always admired whoever decided that using a book to hide/store things and keep them safe.  I decided to make my own.  This is the first part of my “False Middle Book” project.  (I am posting this as I go, so if there are changes, I’ll let you know.)

Choose the book you plan on [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 0 comments

November 17th, 2007

No Creating Necessary

Sometimes, when you find something, it’s fine just the way it came.  This 800 year old cricifix was just such a thing!
This weekend’s post comes from a news story in www.reuters.com entitled: “Medieval crucifix found in Austrian rubbish skip“.  (Pictures from the same place.)
To quote the article:
VIENNA (Reuters) - An 800-year-old, gold-plated crucifix. . .has been [...]

By Joshua Johnson -- 0 comments