Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Kanye would like to wish you a spooky Halloween. May autotuned theremin music haunt your evening. (My cousin made this jack o' lantern today. She's 22 years old and had never carved a pumpkin before. Shocking! We had to rectify the situation immediately!)

- J

Book Repair Part II - It's All About the Glue

So now that you've spent a bunch of time removing crappy glue (see Book Repair Part I), you'll want to find some good glue to use for the new binding. There's a few other items you'll need to get together too. I probably should have discussed materials earlier, but I didn't. So now here's a quick list of all the materials you're going to want to get ready (I'll go more into detail about them as we discuss the process)...

Book Repair Part I - Comedic Ironies

Irony #1 - Currently one of the most common book-making methods uses an all glue binding. This binding is weak, often falls apart immediately, and even when working properly makes it difficult to open a book completely; and it is called, Perfect Binding. That is the actual name of the binding method... Perfect...

Irony #2 - The book we will be repairing today, which fell apart because it used this terrible, poor quality, Perfect binding, is actually a catalog for archival, conservation, and preservation supplies... Naturally...

Jack O' Lantern Jade Plant Planter

We have a pumpkin carving contest at work every year. This year, I made a pumpkin planter filled with Jade Plant and Elephant Bush cuttings.

Nuts to That

Our LACC home repair class was canceled! We were totally looking forward to learning about electrical wiring, plumbing, and drywall repair.  To subdue some of our disappointment, we’ve refocused our energies and are now thinking about applying to a Master Gardener class.