OK, this just never has happened before. Random acts of kindness happen but rarely does someone who knows me look beyond the me channeling House and see what is really behind the facade: House.
But amazingly in spite of my glaring character flaws Mitchell gave me a Christmas treat that left me speechless. Literally.
See, it arrived at my workplace. I thought it was optical equipment. I didn’t look at the box but grabbed a box-cutter and sliced the box open. I peeled back the wrapping and saw what was inside and said “Huh? This is NOT optics… wah-heyyyy this is nice.”
And then I looked at the sender, back in the box, then the sender, and back to the box.
Sturdy? You could beat a moose or a harp seal to death with it.
Now I need a leather trenchcoat, leather boots, leather shirt, leather pants… and… no, trenchcoat will do. Leather boots would be icing on the cake.
Perhaps I’ll do some special blog-art for the near-term until I can figure out why the electrochem-etch power supply I’m using won’t work. Then I can etch copper and brass as a return gift.
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I was looking through old files on my computer.
Years ago, Xatrix/Interplay put out a game called Redeck Rampage, then Redneck Rampage Rides Again, then Suckin’ Grits on 66.
If you ever played it and purchased the Cuss-Pack you knew what the height of entertainment really was.
If someone says “take it down” I’ll un-post this, but for now, here’s one of the “newspapers” that they put inside the shrink-wrapped box.
NEEDED: Wrestling/tractor-pull tickets, any kind, any
bout, as soon as possible — promised the missus to take
her ‘somewhere special’ for anniversary. 555-1973.
…and…
Hey Annie,
My neighbor down the road keeps borrowing stuff and not giving it back. Now he’s got my secondbest shotgun and he says he’s going to return it next week but that’s what he said about the canopener and I never saw that again. When I told
him this, he got rude and forced me off of his property. I’m so mad I’m thinkin about “accidentally” driving over his mailbox — maybe his porch, too. Should I?J. Wilson
Dear J. Wilson
Sure, why not? Just hope that he can’t read this column.
-Annie
Etch P/S?
Talk to me, LK. I have some small experience with them.
I will send an e:mail shortly…
Lemur King got hisself an actual Saddleback Leather Bag y’all! I will say that this is not quite the same as ones they sell at the regular $500+ rate, but rather one of the “Dave’s Deals” at a significant discount. It’s also one of the older models before they started lining all their bags with pigskin. It also has some other minor imperfections but you really have to look for them and hell, you’ll do worse through normal wear and tear. But it still has the 100 year guarantee and your kids get to fight over it when your gone
I knew when I bought it that it wasn’t for me, but I didn’t know who I was buying it for. Then a couple days later you mentioned an expensive briefcase that you lusted after and BING! suddenly I knew exactly who it was for!
Oh, and you probably notice that it has two shoulder pads with it. The reason for the extra is because what you can do is thread the strap through the big center ring and use it as a backpack.
I’m glad you like it buddy. Use it and enjoy it.
I can honestly say I can’t see a lick wrong with it. It looks bootiful. I couldn’t tell the difference and the pic was a better quality one than I could get under these newfangled (damned) CFL’s they’re making us all go to, so I used that one.
It’s sturdy enough to last the 100 years – weren’t made in China. Or Singapore. Or Mexico.
It may not be pig-lined but I could swear parts of it looked like gin-u-wine harp seal leather.
Oh this is absolutely chocolate worthy. That was a mighty fine gift, and a mighty lovely post about it
Aw, man! That thing is sooo nice.
I just couldn’t quite justify the half-Bone it would have cost.
Originally they were made in Mexico, but Dave got ripped off a few too many times so now they’re made in Texas.
The carbon black finish is really nice – it doesn’t show scratches the way the others do. But then again all of that is just part of the 5+ year process of breaking in the leather to where it gets that beautiful polished patina. That’s the thing about Saddeback Leather; they don’t beat 50 years of wear out of their stuff before they sell it to you. You have to beat it yourself and it gets better looking the more you do.
That Mitchell is a good guy.
That’s the consensus, Nicole. That or crazy. Maybe both.
Hey, does the name change mean we can’t use the verb “Yorl-ing” anymore?
Well, I can’t beat Mitchell’s gift. I remember him pimping that site, nice stuff. That is big league.
You might like looking at these though–I have no idea how much this kind of work costs, in either money or time.
http://cbullitt.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/3-d-tattoos/
The tats are awesome, cmonster.
I’ve heard anywhere from $25-60 an hour depending on the artist. These are pretty top-notch. No idea how long each one took.
I wonder if you can get a tattoo in the mail…
Thanks a lot, Interplay. Instead of expanding on the most mind-blowingly epic games you ever made, the Descent series, you put how many dollars into Redneck Rampage?
And now you’re doing, uh…well,
this instead.
So, good call with that, guys.
Oh, and nice bag.