James Buchanan
(1857-1861)
The Bachelor President - Only President Never to Marry
Ten Cent A Day Jimmy - Thought that was a decent, living wage
The Sage of Wheatland - His home in Lancaster County , PA
Old Buck
Old Public Functionary
Old Fogey
The Cannon - Play on his last name
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This project Rogers snare drum is done, and honestly, it’s been done for a while. This was not my most challenging project, to be quite honest. If you didn’t read the original post, you can check it out here. I left off with taking it apart, doing some basic crud-removing cleaning and making a short [...]
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Here’s a quick quiz so see if you’d pass 8th grade science.
I would in no way like to share my grade with you.
Apropos of nothing, I would like to take a minute to say that my middle school was a classical arts magnet school and we did have all sorts of dance, music, theater, band, orchestra, [...]
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Posted in Man Accoutrements, Uncategorized, tagged Chronograph, Chronometer, heuer, luminor, officine panerai, Omega, panerai, Rolex, titanium, Watch, watches on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This week’s post is on a watch that is not only one of my favorites, but also one that I own. And this watch is very different than most watches I have owned (or dreamed of owning); for instance the brand is Italian, the movement is not an automatic, it’s not a chronograph, it’s not [...]
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Posted in Lists of Fury, Uncategorized, tagged best of inscriptions, best wedding band inscriptions, enscriptions, Entertainment, funniest wedding band inscriptions, Humor, ideas for your wedding, marriage, top ten lists, wedding, wedding band inscriptions, wedding planning, worst wedding band inscriptions on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This site gives you some examples of the engravings they’ve done inside people’s wedding bands. Some very tender, heartfelt and romantic. Others - probably special in their own way. And some almost seem passive aggressive (but in the way that’s cute at first but 6 years later, more of the aggressive starts to shine through)
You wore me [...]
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Posted in Rock Gear, Uncategorized, tagged Buddy Rich, CBS, CBS Musical Instruments, COB, Drum Restoration, Dyna-Sonic, Dynasonic, fender, Percussion, Powerstroke, Powerstroke 3, Project Drum, Project Snare, PureSound, REMO, REMO Ambassador, Rogers, Snare, Snare Bridge, Snare Cradle, Snare Drum, Snare Frame, Snare Tuning, Vintage Drum, Vintage Snare on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
After having so much fun with my Project Ludwig Snare Drum, I decided I needed another project…
Are you familiar with the Rogers Dyna-Sonic snare drum? If not, you should be. They were once called “The Cadillac of snare drums,” and they featured some of the most unique innovations. And I just bought one off of [...]
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We love the bad photoshop and nothing is better than photoshop disaters which documents all the badness. So much badness. (Really, a fun site, you can blow through the whole thing in 15 minutes).
I think you may notice some continuity issues between her head and the rest of her body, yeah? Seems one is more tan [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Less than a minute long. Includes a rhyme with Stephanopoulos. Makes fun of the last ABC debate not focusing on the “real issues.”
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Posted in Man Accoutrements, Uncategorized, tagged Automatic, Bracelet, Chrono, Chronometer, COSC, Dive Watch, Diver's Watch, IWC, Locking Crown, Oyster, Oyster Perpetual, Oyster Perpetual Submariner, Perpetual, Rolex, Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner, Submariner, Swiss Watches, water-proof on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My last post featured an IWC, and for some, that is an unknown brand. For this week, I’m going with what is likely the most well known watch brand ever. That brand is, of course, Rolex; specifically the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner.
The Sub is probably the watch that got me interested in watches. I’ve always [...]
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Crayola Big Box of 64 (Now With Built in Crayon Sharpener!) turns the Big 5-0 this week. (Thank God Crayola’s over it’s mid-life crisis. But I’m glad it kept the convertible top)!
I’ve always appreciated the liberty Crayola has taken with their color names over the years. As they currently stand right now, they have some not-so-easily identifiable colors such as:
Jazzberrry [...]
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“Snack Time”
Edward Estlin Cummings Age 7
I have a fig newton
but it is
alas
no
(handy-dandyAmericaEndorsed)
Propaganized
O-R-E-oooooh
Smooth and delicious
with the cream of which i dream
and of thee i sing.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged badge, blue and olive, cast hoop, cast rim, die-cast, Drum Heads, Drum refurbish, Drum Rewrapping, Drum Wrap, Ludwig, Ludwig Accent, Matching Snare, Pure Sound, Silver Sparkle, Snare, Snare wires, Throw-off, Throwoff on March 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The project is complete, and I couldn’t be happier. Here’s how it went down…
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