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Creating Stuff Day 356. Mark Thompson
A while ago I ran into an old friend I used to play hockey with, Dave West. We were both ordering beers at a bar before watching a hockey game. Dave knows I’m into Tiki, so he asked me if I was...
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Creating Stuff Day 357. Pocket Pandas
You may have noticed that I’m really into pandas. Andy Panda has been my nickname since elementary school and is in the name of my Tiki Lounge. I have many pandas and Tikis down here. One of my first...
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Creating Stuff Day 358. Another Process – Signpost
The problem with a basement Tiki lounge is that it is never finished. There’s always one more piece of art to hang, one more Tiki mug to find space for, one more decor idea to take from vision to...
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Creating Stuff Day 359. Another Process – Sense of Direction
So if we’re going to make a proper signpost, the signs should be pointing in the right direction. I want to know which way to go to get to my different Tiki paradises! Fortunately, the iPhone’s...
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Creating Stuff Day 360. Another Process – Making Signs
As with most of my projects, I try to use up scrap materials whenever possible. Fortunately, I have plenty of pieces of scrap wood to choose from. One long piece in particular was already painted, so...
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Creating Stuff Day 361. Panda’s Bride of Surf
Something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. So the old saying goes, about what a bride is supposed to wear on her wedding day. The same is true for this mix CD. Panda’s Bride...
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Creating Stuff Day 362. Degrees of Unelightenment
With yesterday’s long-awaited delivery, my Order of The Golden Fez shrine in the Tiki Lounge is now complete. I showed you earlier how I crafted a display stand for my OTGF fez. Now behold the banner...
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Creating Stuff Day 363. The Beard
As we approach one year of this blog and the COVID19 pandemic, one thing has happened to me: I’ve stopped shaving. I’ve always been lazy about about it, but now I’ve let my beard grow so I don’t have...
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Creating Stuff Day 364. Mookie Sato
Last fall I showed you a listing of the contemporary artists whose work I’ve collected in the Tiki Lounge. I’ve gone on to feature many of them in individual posts in this blog. One I’ve neglected to...
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Creating Stuff Day 365. Another Process – Completed (almost!)
Today is Day 365. One year of posting every day in this blog, about creating stuff. One year of creating content daily on a myriad of topics. Mostly Tiki, but also food, music, politics, travel. It’s...
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