Michael Hamrick

Bridge in Sichuan, China collapses only months after opening. The Hongqi bridge was closed on Monday after cracks appeared on the mountainside and a landslide on Tuesday led the bridge to the collapse.

thanks! it was a rusty craigslist find but cleaned up pretty well

Maclura pomifera - Wikipedia

osage orange

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura...

got in trouble one night bowling them into passing cars with friends

Tennessee is kind of cheating

they can also work well in the door jam where you only see it when the door's open... compromise and all

i wasn't ready in general but those eyes

maybe i misrepresented, i think every piece we acquired is still unfinished, but happened to be the right/close enough size

need to try and sand the bad fruit stain out of the kitchen short stack now that i think about it

totally fine, no problem here

something like this in your area, keyword 'salvage'

i usually look for unfinished then make it work...but those cabinets still need to be hung

southeasternsalvage.com

post you from a different era

just got to listen to this - absolutely yes

we can only see what we don't breathe

shit dog: "no one can see me now, this is the perfect camouflage"

a stray dog stands in a bushy area. the dog is blue with golden eyes. he looks majestic as he stares off into the distance.

a group of 4 dogs rest together in a bushy area. two of the dogs are tan, one is black, and the last is blue with long, scruffy fur.

a blue dog is mid-step as he walks through brush.

Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all

Closed cast iron door on a wood stove. Vents are wide open with an orange glow hinting at the fire burning inside

A fresh firebox with the first fire of the season just lit.

First flurries = first fire.

Lol, assuming other things would be different too...

What would the world look like if air was replaced with water and visa versa?

Been contemplating one for upstairs and the 'stairs' part is the deterent

Also, if you don’t need free food and are looking to support some great local businesses consider frequenting one of these fine establishments.

There are a couple things to add:
Knox Needs changed their meal times to their winter hours so it's daily from 4-4:30pm at Sam Duff Memorial Park. Disco Chicken is offering a community meal (all gluten free!) at their Kerns Food Hall location on Nov 13th from 4-8pm

Food for SNAP Recipients in East TN

I spent a few hours this morning trying to figure out who was offering free meals, when, and where and started making my own doc but it turns out one already exists! YAY! Knoxville/East TN restaurants & pantries offering free food for SNAP recipients: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Beaten egg in a small cast iron pan with artichoke dip filling. Light reflects of the dirty black stovetop

Photo isn't much, but I put some of that crack spinach artichoke dip in my omelet for the first time. Not sure why it's taken so long.

Fall color in a fogy forest

Fogy morning after a rainy night

tapin that sign

I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS

Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark

Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap

The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name

He did this six times

Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel

helluva year Bill, happy for your renewed optimism

and congrats on 30 years

not a bad roll of the dice

2nd

Johnson: "I'm not familiar, couldn't possibly comment on that."

they knew what had to be done

taps the sign