C'est la vie.

I made a rubber band ball about 10cm in diameter. I keep thinking I should get some of that liquid vinyl and make a proper ball out of it.

That’s why.

Staplers. Staplers and string – that’s my bag, man. I used to have a job where stuff came tied with string. I saved up all of the string and eventually created a ball as big as a ten-pin bowling ball. Recently, I sacrificed some of the string for reasons I don’t care to reveal, so the ball is now only about the size of a really huge grapefruit.

And I just can’t say enough about the Apsco 16. I don’t know where it came from (because we’re really a Boston 50 company), and I don’t know where it went, but I’ll never forget it. I feel the same way about certain hand planes. A well-made tool is a well-made tool, dammit – even a lowly fastener!

scout1222 is a fairly intriguing name, though a touch light on the amusement side. (I’m assuming the 1222 means something, and you aren’t just the 1222nd person to choose scout as a user name.)

Actually, she was the 1223rd person to select it. But #429 gave it up, and everyone moved up a spot. I’m sure she has a thread somewhere in here explaning that whole process.

Either that or I’m just subtly trying to tell you when to delivery the birthday gifts.

I’m not sure which it really is…