I made some mustard.

So a few weeks ago I posted about Monastery Mustard and how awesome the Sisters at St. Angel are. I guess this kind of planted the seed (no pun intended) and I finally made mustard this weekend. It was pretty great.

Now I don't even really like mustard, but making it was awesome. It totally fried my food processor but it was so worth it. I highly recommend that everyone try making it at least once. Or, if you don't like mustard, think of something you normally buy, that you'd never think of making, and make it yourself. It's strangely empowering and it feels good to take back some of the dependence we have on others. Plus it probably tastes better.

I don't know what to do next, I'm thinking about marmalade, lemon curd, pickled ginger, hot sauce and brining my own olives. If you've got any ideas for random fun projects that are kind of sciency and fun which result in me being able to give things to nice people, then let me know!!!!

Crafty sign making, Neon Orange Poster Board, & Cheap haircuts.

I saw this sign a few months ago downtown. And I walked by a few days ago and it was gone. It's weird taking pictures of things and having them not be there at another time. It's a somewhat difficult thing for me to grasp that life doesn't freeze and stay still whenever I leave a room or hop on the T. Coming back to a place and having it be different is always a strange experience and one I don't think I'll ever get used to.

Anyway, this sign is awesome for many reasons. First of all, it's about cheap haircuts, which I am ALL ABOUT. Second of all, it's on discount brand neon orange colored poster board. Anything on this medium (I call it a medium because everything created on it is a work of art) is fantastic and should be framed, like the example above. Finally, they obviously ran out of Cs and needed to cut a few O's or use parentheses to finish their sign. This is crafty and badass. When faced with a challenge, this men's hair cuttery rises to the occasion and makes it work. This is pure American ingenuity at work.

I was looking for a picture of a guy giving a thumbs up, and happened to find this picture of a guy dressed up as Uncle Sam giving two thumbs up on a beach. It's funny that I found this NOW, because a few weeks ago I really needed a picture of a guy dressed up as Uncle Sam giving two thumbs up on a beach but couldn't find one. I guess I should've searched harder on Punchstock, the internet's number one source for pictures of guys dressed up as Uncle Sam giving two thumbs up on a beach.