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The Survivor

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Thoughtstylings
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...e development of the SurviveLA signature cocktail–the Survivor. For a long time we’ve cursed the previous owners of our compound for their useless, inedible landscaping. One of the plants they left us that we’ve lived with for all these years is an ornamental pomegranate tree (Punica granatum) that, while attractive, we had previously assumed was useless due to the very small fruit. We’ve tried to eat them, and found the flavor a little too tart,...

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The Boy Scouts Suck

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Thoughtstylings
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...dvice: Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast… a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still there. So get out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains. Run...

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Secure your Ride Part I

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...nt to also suggest that if your seat is equipped with a quick release it’s time to figure out the correct seat height and replace that quick release with a bolt because crackheads also like to steal seats. We’ll get into some other bike locking ideas in other posts, but if you have locking strategies you’d like to suggest please leave some comments. In the meantime internet bike guru Sheldon Brown and the folks at the NYC Bike Messenger Associatio...

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Instructables

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...The SurviveLA inbox contained a useful link from Komrade Box – a web site called “Instructables”, which is a compendium of useful tips ranging from how to pimp out your bike to how to recycle stuff you have laying around the house. Sites like this make the “internets” seem useful. Of course, you could also waste your time watching shit like this....

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