“Road works are scheduled on Bland Street all next week. On Monday, striping work will close one lane. On Tuesday, the entire street will be closed for repaving. On Friday, Consolidated Gas will be digging a new main.”
— Your tax dollars at work, courtesy of Dr. Boli
JIPs, FIPs, and PHOSUs
Because San Francisco is Desperately Evading Real Problems (DERP), their Department Of Progressive Euphemisms (DOPE) has solved the problem of crime and drug addiction by replacing the derogatory terms for the crooks and bums that have filled their streets with crime and their sidewalks with feces. Convicted criminals are now Justice-Involved Persons or Formerly-Incarcerated Persons. Since recidivism has been redefined as Addiction, actual addicts are Persons with a History Of Substance Use.
The new temporarily-acceptable terms for criminal minors just roll off the tongue: Young Person Impacted by the Juvenile Justice System and Young Person with Justice System Involvement.
Evidence that America isn't a cesspool of racism...
Exhibit A: for eight years, millions of heavily-armed People Of Pallor refused to even try to shoot Obama to put a White Man back in the White House.
It wasn't easy, but...
…I made it out of the Benchmade factory store for under $200. It would have been much more difficult if I hadn’t just spent nearly twice that on precut kumihimo silk.
Coming Soon: Samurai Redressed
December 2020 UPDATE: now available
I have a few notes somewhere on odoshi, the braids or leather strips used to assemble yoroi armor, and had made a note to ask Makiko Tada about it if I got a chance. At the Retreat, someone happened to mention a recent post on the AKS Facebook page announcing a new Jacqui Carey book on the subject:
I did discuss it briefly with Tada-sensei at dinner, and she promised to introduce me to one of the few remaining armor-makers sometime when I’m in Tokyo.
From Thanko, but if it actually works...
Bug Zapper with fan and light, for when the tennis-racket style zapper just isn’t doing the job.
"I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers..."
“…but she’d better not touch my Honeycomb!”
(the sign, if you can find it, reads, “I snitched the snacks”)
Shigeuchi on Marudai
At the retreat this afternoon, we were discussing Makiko Tada’s adaptation of Shigeuchi for the marudai, and I pointed Randy to the tips page on Braidershand for the PDF instructions and photos of Tada-sensei making the braid.
But when I checked, the photos weren’t online anymore, and neither Google image search nor Tineye could find copies anywhere. So here they are, after the jump; click to enlarge.
