Archive for the 'General' Category

Lots of people search for treehouse, followed by cyr wheel / roue cyr! People are in particular interested in making these things themselves.

For about 7 years I drove a 1967 Ford Mustang around. I miss that car! It would have been a cool conversion to electric.

I just scanned some old pictures I came across and thought I’d toss them on the internets.

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Rushing Kiss – October, 2011. by neeb (aka corbin).

whispers breathe from bounding lips,
sound flows across and slowly drips,

ears hear as it pours on in,
gasping, for the air feels thin,

heart blooms turning me warm,
eyes shut, waiting for the storm,

soft hands glance my shoulder,
presently aware as I the beholder,

green sight I sense upon me,
coming through as pure chi,

then a rushing kiss,
sparks me into ever bliss.

So, that ad on the right side of my website…how much does it get me? Well, not much. In the years I’ve been running it, I’ve received one check for $100 (hey, that’s better than nothing!). I earn about $.02 a day. Here’s a screen shot from adsense:

In other words, don’t quit my day job. Wait, I really like my day job, so I wouldn’t quit it even if the blog was pulling in millions!

I got tired of the old layout. It was a few years old:

The new version has a graphic on top and a lighter gray themed layout:

I got a new tool a few weeks ago. A plasma cutter!

After doing some research, I went with a Thermal Dynamics Cutmaster 52. It is awesome!

I also had to get a new air compressor to keep up with it. I went with a Husky one from Home Depot; it has a three year warranty, whereas most other ones of the same size have a 1 year warranty. Plus, there were lots of good reviews on HomeDepot.com.

I’m not sure when I wrote this. Yes, I do make up words!

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wandering through a vast void of black,
a small light appears to bring me back,

turns from night to dawn to day,
with the air clear and around to stay,

then thick like clouds it becomes,
and wet like water it runs,

making all turn to green,
bringing life to those seen,

happiness to mark the path,
until a query it you havith,

but the answer presents to you,
for it is, my love for you.

I’ve always been fascinated with poetry. I generally write poetry for specific people. Here’s some of my older work; you can deduce who it was for by the year and month (if you know me well enough). this poem could be much better with some rework of a few parts.

March 30, 2004

if, but you may, realize how moonstruck i am.
ahh, but an example.

when i dauntlessly gaze upon you,
my heart flutters from within,
trying to escape, and take over my being.
all my senses begin to flee from me,
until, yes, my ears do work,
for your melodic voice captures them with a whisper.
but, i forget how it is to feel,
until a touch of your soft hand upon mine,
starts a gentle spark of warmth,
running through my veins,
until it touches my heart,
and i realize i cannot smell,
but, as you approach me closer i catch your aroma,
till i want nothing more, than to taste your kiss,
at which, with no words from me,
you promptly known and oblige,
with a gentle press, of your lips upon mine.

In this year’s garden I planted a bunch of stuff. It was going great this year, since I installed a drip system. Unfortunately while I was at burning man, the deer discovered how to hop into the garden and eventually (mainly the week I was here) managed to mow down anything that was left of it. Oh well..it was at the end of the ropes for the garden, but I was a little sad that they destroyed my luscious tomatoes before I got any.

Carrots were a major success this year, and I still have a lot of them hiding in the ground out of deers reach:

They also aren’t interested in corn..which is just starting to become ready to pick!

Potatoes..another underground venture that survived the garden massacre.

Some more stuff! I forgot I had a few pictures on my iPhone.

The temple burn:

This was really cool. The temple was this massive fire, and the updraft would carry about 2′x2′ pieces of burning plywood up into the air and drop it down on the ground right beside me. Looking backwards from the burn at the night sky you could see all the embers floating down to earth like little slow moving falling stars. It was totally amazing.

Here’s a close up (at home) of my top hat and glasses before I left.