Self-Righteousness Fail: We Bought a Car

...the reasons that led us to start burning dinosaur juice once again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U2mvoh8j4M Only a nobody walks in LA First let me dispel the myth that you have to have a car in Los Angeles. At least once a year some out of town journalist blows into LA to repeat the usual tired stereotypes about the place, about the celebrities, shallow intellectual culture and always, the notion that nobody walks or bikes in LA. This is becaus...

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How To Capture a Bee Swarm With Kirk Anderson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChsoSwIxcwM Swarm season is here in Southern California and will arrive elsewhere in North America with the coming of spring. In this video, beekeeper Kirk Anderson shows you how to catch a swarm. It’s the best way, in my opinion, to get bees to start your own hive. Why? Swarms, unlike packaged bees, are free. They are also local, meaning the bees know how to deal with your micro-climate. To capture a swarm you: Spr...

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Shock the Worm

...From the November 1932 issue of Modern Mechanix, an idea from an era when people were a lot more cavalier about electricity. Personally, I prefer the safer worm grunting method. Via Modern Mechanix. Update: Reader Don pointed out the similarity of this idea to the plot of a 1970s horror movie in which a downed power line causes a upward migration of killer worms. Here’s the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyTpkR2cwLo...

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