BoatSim Boosterism

this is a good joke

This is a (pardon me) CRAZY interpretation of the events described

Gothmog the gross orc saying "the age of LIVE EDGE TABLES is over"

Thanks, I think you must be right. I've never had occasion to work with a true rosewood before (pau ferro being the closest thing I've touched), so that may be why it wasn't registering.

Are there any wood ID people on here? I'm a little mystified at this stuff. I've narrowed the date to 1920s, so it's possible it's some species we don't use any more. It's color is like walnut, but the grain patterns are not. It's not notably hard, somewhere between walnut and maple.

#woodworking

A trail sign showing a coyote, a raccoon, and a rattlesnake

name a more iconic trio

Enough to make you want to _____ a ____.

parenthetical dashes have a highly energetic, almost frantic feeling to them. I think you chose well here.

I know intellectually that this is largely benign stuff, but when you say "this week's Lesson comes from The Friend!" that signals to me that some pg-13-grade horror stuff is about to ensue over the next 22 to 44 minutes

that sounds ominous as fuck?

alright well now your Jimbo privileges are revoked. how about that James Wales?

The two scenes I remember were a great time! I did not have to speak intelligently about the film or offer any thoughts beyond "I'm glad we stole that movie!"

anything you can chew is gonna have its ardent defenders

people just go to town on cornstarch and will fight to defend it

A restored table leg next to an untouched leg

I've been feeling bad that I'm not capable of a more sympathetic restoration, but compared to one of the legs I haven't touched yet........ this looks good I don't care

The full apron assembly with two attached legs. The walnut is absolutely glowing, and the inlay looks bright but with shading intact

Close-up on the intact leg after cleanup, sanding, and oiling

Close-up on the repaired leg

I'm through sanding and oiling the apron assembly, and damn if it doesn't remind me why I do this.

they are open FOR SURE

you can catch an infinite number of mice with a cardboard box, a stick, and a piece of string

Will I sell every bit of personal data about myself to satisfy idle curiosity? No but that's separate from the argument

While I agree that fitness wearables are bad from a privacy standpoint, and probably an accuracy standpoint, this kind of Michael Pollan argument is unpersuasive. Putting aside the question of whether a ring can tell me jack shit about my REM cycle, I think I'd axiomatically prefer data over vibes.

Cube fans always forget: this is the entire point of the Cube. You are not immune to traps!!

Although Bret has received three separate lifetime bans from the James Beard awards, he is an undeniably solid hang and we value him as a true bro

"I'm mad with desire! (For the growth of social policy in America)" referencing the episode of Evil he was on where he was a closeted gay priest who returned from the dead to confess his twice-forbidden love, drawing applause from no one in the crowd

What if the opposition party leadership said it instead of the Tron man?

it is the funniest possible choice!!!

Castle Rock is pretty okay tho!! AND it's a stealth dark tower thing where you get some of what's cool about it without drowning in Lore

I appreciate the first ten minutes telling you exactly what it is

Cinematic kombucha meme

listen

we have to get the serotonin where we can

Superman, naturally, is at the peak of all three, breaking the pyramid graph

furthermore, literary and cinematic heroes can be charted by their natural virtue, socionormality, and innocent childishness,

No no no this is a miss I fear