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I bought this old radio at a yard sale down the street for $25 (my 2nd best bargain of the week). Beautiful wood grain, knobs, dials, tubes, amplifiers, wires. It’s a Farnsworth, which just sounds fancy. I’m going to try to figure out how to rewire it [...]

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Originally uploaded by themarkpike.
This is a meta-photo of our Preakness experience. We were on the outside looking in, but it was amazing people watching.
Faced with the choice of standing in the muddy infield, or rubbing elbows with the hat-wearing air-conditioned box seat ticketholders for cheaper; I went with the hats.
My [...]

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I made a dopetastic Mother’s Day Mix for 2K6 and ran to the post office with plenty of time to spare on Friday afternoon. Having addressed the envelope “To: Mom” and paying for the overnight express, I was pretty sure the USPS would deliver the gift to my mommy even if they had to endure [...]

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