(Jan. 5, '08) Greetings Cool Tools readers! I owe Kevin Kelly for all the traffic this post and link on Cool Tools has garnered over the months.
While here, please check out my pictures of:
brake burns (aka burnouts, brodies, brake stands, etc.)
truck tractors
surfing
and, my church supper/fireman's breakfast/luncheon and tea reviews
Here's the original post, enjoy!:
Inspired by Kevin Kelly's recent blog post about books that changed his life, here is my list:
- Total Loss Farm (and eventually everything by Raymond Mungo)--helped me get in touch with my folks' Back to the Land roots
- Living the Good Life--see above, can't remember which one I read first...inspired me to keep living in the sticks!
- Earth by David Brin--amazing. how come all the sci fi i read is coming true?
- Mother of Storms by John Barnes--see above, it's coming true....made me feel like i knew what was coming...
- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson--pretty much everything by him as well. it's like he's the voice of my times....made me feel 'at home' in this modern world.
- Forest Primeval by Chris Maser--gave me a new understanding for forest ecology
- Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler--what can i say, she is a genius, also expanded my mind when it came to gender
- The Marketplace by Laura Antoniou--shocked me at times, and...you know.
- The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson--made me realize i was not the only weirdo out there
- T.A.Z. and Immediatism by Hakim Bey--One of the first books I read as an adult that really resonated with me politically and socially
- Soft Tech by Co-Evolution Quarterly--because it just made sense!
Canaan, NS
June 08, 2008
Home to one of the cutest lil' churches and church halls on the South Shore, Canaan is at the end of a dead end road off the Windsor Rd..As luck would have it, we ended up following a mini convoy of cars off the 103 highway, all heading to the turkey supper. Apparently we're not the only ones who knew 'it's worth the drive to Canaan'.
We arrived to a full parking lot:
After a brief wait to be served, we received our delicious plates of food! After adding some awesome mustard pickles and bread and butter pickles, we tucked in to our dinner.
I'm not sure why I love carrots cut with those 'zig zag' blades, but I do. Frozen peas, delish. Mashed taters and stuffing were great. My turkey was good, but there were a few dry and tough bits. My nearby diners were complaining their turkey was tough, so I think I got one of the better plates:
Unfortunately, when it came time to order our dessert, they had run out of the rhubarb custard pie which I was dying to try! My coconut cream pie had a weird dried up topping, not sure what was going on there...Lisa's lemon meringue pie wasn't as dayglo yellow as usual, but just as delicious.
Afterwards, we perused the bake sale table, picked up some brownies, delicious molasses cookies and some brown bread. I'm kicking myself for not buying the carrot cake on the table that was only 9 BUCKS!!!
Next time this supper rolls around, I'm stocking up on more baked goods.
Simpson's Corner, NS
Hwy. 208
File under "oldie, but a goodie", this set of 'fish hook' burns is pretty creative, looking more like a 'y' than your usual fish hook burns.
Never underestimate a brake burner's ingenuity when provided with a slight incline, an old set of 'puddin' skin tieyahs' and the desire to burn rubber:
First South, Hwy. 3 (Lighthouse Route)June 2, 2008En route to Hirtle's for some after work surf action, I spotted this thick 'n' black patch:
Hwy. 325 & Hwy. 208Colpton, NS
May 31, 2008
I have been referring to these as Nineveh burns, when in reality this spot is in Colpton. I guess the absence of road signs got me confused where I was. It'll be hard for the locals to saw down the new road signs since they been replaced with metal posts.
In case you're wondering, folks cut down these signs for: A) good times/kicks and B) big hunks of metal to fix the holes in their vehicles' floors and body panels. To quote one of my neighbours, "that's good metal!"
Watford Rd., Watford, NS May 28, 2008
Some good 'ole sand seal burnin' (or is that melting?) at the beginning of the Watford Rd. Looks like I'll have to survey the Northfield Rd. for other recent offerings:
