Hobbies, interests, pastimes...
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Bees, your work is utterly amazing. I love how you got all the grains to match up into a pattern across the drawers.
I wish I could commission you to make me a few special pieces. I've always wanted an old-fashioned secretary's desk, and a custom-made one would be a dream come true -- especially with dovetail joints.
Awesome job and I hope you'll share more in the future!
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Bees, your work is utterly amazing. I love how you got all the grains to match up into a pattern across the drawers.
I wish I could commission you to make me a few special pieces. I've always wanted an old-fashioned secretary's desk, and a custom-made one would be a dream come true -- especially with dovetail joints.
Awesome job and I hope you'll share more in the future!
I wish I could commission you to make me a few special pieces. I've always wanted an old-fashioned secretary's desk, and a custom-made one would be a dream come true -- especially with dovetail joints.
Awesome job and I hope you'll share more in the future!
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I dunno... A lot of times people like that honestly believe they are helping a person. Not that this excuses such things, but I wouldn't set my rifle to automatic and go in blasting either. (Single shot will do.)
Of course the fact they are genuinely intending to do good also makes them much worse. As Kirk said in a certain Star Trek book (talking about a Romulan commander) "No, it's much worse than that. I got a good look at his eyes. He's an honest man. And there's nothing as dangerous as an honest man who really believes he is doing what is right." (That was slightly before the Enterprise had to stop the Romulan ship from blowing up a whole planet by flying their craft at warp speed right through the planet core.)
When a person is honest, misguided and really believes he is doing something that needs to be done for the good of all mankind, that is the most dangerous thing in the world.
Of course the fact they are genuinely intending to do good also makes them much worse. As Kirk said in a certain Star Trek book (talking about a Romulan commander) "No, it's much worse than that. I got a good look at his eyes. He's an honest man. And there's nothing as dangerous as an honest man who really believes he is doing what is right." (That was slightly before the Enterprise had to stop the Romulan ship from blowing up a whole planet by flying their craft at warp speed right through the planet core.)
When a person is honest, misguided and really believes he is doing something that needs to be done for the good of all mankind, that is the most dangerous thing in the world.
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(Here we go again folks. You have to endure me enthusing about music again.)
I'm a major music nerd.
- I have more than 10,000 tracks in my collection... Not just a big honking batch of music I chunked into a folder, but a lot of albums I have carefully curated. I have even edited some, like if there was a lot of talking (concert albums) that was nice to listen to once but I didn't want to hear every flipping time I listened to that album, or if there are so many repeating repeats at the end (black choir) that it gets ridiculous.
- I have more than 2,000 tracks from old records. You can play a record or cassette, record the audio in computer, chop it into tracks and save as individual songs for your phone.
- I like all styles. Like... ALL styles. All my music (aside from a bit of classical) is Christian, but it's all over the map. Bluegrass gospel, southern gospel, black choir, rap, hiphop, reggae, Jamaican (which IS different from reggae!) heavy metal, 80's rock, it's all somewhere in there. I can guarantee I will be able to find some music in my collection that you can't stand.
- I can make soundtracks for songs I want to sing at church. This comes in very handy. So far I've made soundtracks in a few different styles. Techno was the easiest. Country was for some reason the hardest. All it takes is a MIDI keyboard connected to the computer and a few virtual instruments loaded in the computer to "play."
I cook some. I like to bake sourdough bread and I cook and drink a gallon of boiled custard every week. I can also make chocolate chip cookies that are like crack. You can't stop eating them. (The secret is oat flour in the mix - just throw some oats in a blender. Gives it the texture people love. I might possibly have seen a certain teen girl go past with four of them at a church dinner, and they are not small cookies.)
I'm a computer nerd. I'm using a Linux system to type this forum post. I can probably diagnose your computer problem and maybe even fix it. I can at least tell you if you should just chunk it and get a new one, or if it is worth saving.
Have I ever considered making money at any of these? Uh... yeah, no. All of them would get ALL the fun sucked right out if I tried to make them into businesses. I mean if I lived in a big city I might get away with starting a recording studio, but then I'd have to listen to music I didn't necessarily want to listen to AND I'd have to live in a big city. And doing computer stuff is easy, and anybody who can read can cook, so yeah. I'm keeping these as hobbies I do when I want and the way I want.
I'm a major music nerd.
- I have more than 10,000 tracks in my collection... Not just a big honking batch of music I chunked into a folder, but a lot of albums I have carefully curated. I have even edited some, like if there was a lot of talking (concert albums) that was nice to listen to once but I didn't want to hear every flipping time I listened to that album, or if there are so many repeating repeats at the end (black choir) that it gets ridiculous.
- I have more than 2,000 tracks from old records. You can play a record or cassette, record the audio in computer, chop it into tracks and save as individual songs for your phone.
- I like all styles. Like... ALL styles. All my music (aside from a bit of classical) is Christian, but it's all over the map. Bluegrass gospel, southern gospel, black choir, rap, hiphop, reggae, Jamaican (which IS different from reggae!) heavy metal, 80's rock, it's all somewhere in there. I can guarantee I will be able to find some music in my collection that you can't stand.
- I can make soundtracks for songs I want to sing at church. This comes in very handy. So far I've made soundtracks in a few different styles. Techno was the easiest. Country was for some reason the hardest. All it takes is a MIDI keyboard connected to the computer and a few virtual instruments loaded in the computer to "play."
I cook some. I like to bake sourdough bread and I cook and drink a gallon of boiled custard every week. I can also make chocolate chip cookies that are like crack. You can't stop eating them. (The secret is oat flour in the mix - just throw some oats in a blender. Gives it the texture people love. I might possibly have seen a certain teen girl go past with four of them at a church dinner, and they are not small cookies.)
I'm a computer nerd. I'm using a Linux system to type this forum post. I can probably diagnose your computer problem and maybe even fix it. I can at least tell you if you should just chunk it and get a new one, or if it is worth saving.
Have I ever considered making money at any of these? Uh... yeah, no. All of them would get ALL the fun sucked right out if I tried to make them into businesses. I mean if I lived in a big city I might get away with starting a recording studio, but then I'd have to listen to music I didn't necessarily want to listen to AND I'd have to live in a big city. And doing computer stuff is easy, and anybody who can read can cook, so yeah. I'm keeping these as hobbies I do when I want and the way I want.
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I've always wanted to build a fishing boat!
My step-grandfather actually did that. Built it in his shed. Went through everything carefully and slowly and did a great job...and when he finally figured out that it was never going to get out the door of the shed intact....
He cut the boat in half and tried to glue it back together outside the shed.
And of course the first time he tried to launch it....it came apart and sank. He came home wet and cussing.
He never was a smart man or nice or had much good about him.
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See?
Everyone has talents, gifts and abilities.
Now my Dad likes to do leatherwork as well. But his style is very different than mine. He does a much more tooled and western style than I do. He likes large stitches with short runs and I like small stitches with seamless and endless runs. Both are good and get the job done...both are just different.
And if @Lynx wants to visit my bakery one day and play with some sourdough in a production basis....
And then either play some music and sing one way or another I'd be honored. (I do live in Nashville so it's kinda a common thing here to have people singing in a small group setting)
And @17Bees has some awesome woodcrafts going on.
@seoulsearch has the needle point going on....
@melita916 can join in singing....
Everyone has something that they can contribute to the party.
I have a friend who does pottery and clay. I'm definitely going to invite him to sell his coffee cups in my bakery. Maybe a bowl or two.
Because that artistic flair and era of hand crafted beautiful Craftsmanship is coming back finally. The ones where it takes a lifetime to master. And not everyone does.
Anyone can buy a piece of furniture from the store...but to actually purchase one from a true master craftsman? You can't afford it if you have to ask "How much?" Before you commission it. Nor are you even worthy of owning it.
I'm tired of the machine precision cookie cutter garbage out there. That stuff is made for anyone and everyone at an affordable price. But a song sung well for a small group of friends? Priceless!
You may feel and see a hundred tiny flaws that you always wish you could have done better with every time you create...that doesn't mean that your work is bad or worthless...it just means that you are a craftsman.
Everyone has talents, gifts and abilities.
Now my Dad likes to do leatherwork as well. But his style is very different than mine. He does a much more tooled and western style than I do. He likes large stitches with short runs and I like small stitches with seamless and endless runs. Both are good and get the job done...both are just different.
And if @Lynx wants to visit my bakery one day and play with some sourdough in a production basis....
And then either play some music and sing one way or another I'd be honored. (I do live in Nashville so it's kinda a common thing here to have people singing in a small group setting)
And @17Bees has some awesome woodcrafts going on.
@seoulsearch has the needle point going on....
@melita916 can join in singing....
Everyone has something that they can contribute to the party.
I have a friend who does pottery and clay. I'm definitely going to invite him to sell his coffee cups in my bakery. Maybe a bowl or two.
Because that artistic flair and era of hand crafted beautiful Craftsmanship is coming back finally. The ones where it takes a lifetime to master. And not everyone does.
Anyone can buy a piece of furniture from the store...but to actually purchase one from a true master craftsman? You can't afford it if you have to ask "How much?" Before you commission it. Nor are you even worthy of owning it.
I'm tired of the machine precision cookie cutter garbage out there. That stuff is made for anyone and everyone at an affordable price. But a song sung well for a small group of friends? Priceless!
You may feel and see a hundred tiny flaws that you always wish you could have done better with every time you create...that doesn't mean that your work is bad or worthless...it just means that you are a craftsman.
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