that interview look

Have 2 interviews to complete this weekend; an oral history project on the Three Clock Inn in southern Vermont. Early morning interviews then turn and burn to get up on the mountain with the boy. Since I am speaking to chefs will have to bring a case of IBK (international beer of kitchens) as a thank you.

Olympus DS-40 digital recorder (great sound but only records in .wma)
Clip light, love these.
Field Notes; literally to remember it now...
Johnson Woolen Mills plaid.
Why did they stop making Car-Lux? Loved that stuff...

bookmark -rebeldata

One of my *ahem* former bartenders, Brian McDonald... moved west to Ohio. Very well rounded, writes, shoots pictures and of course, battles behind the mahogany bar. Keeps a cool photoblog that I have mentioned before.

town meeting day -vermont

"On Town Meeting Day, the first Tuesday in March, citizens across Vermont come together in their communities to discuss the business of their towns. For over 200 years Town Meeting Day has been an important political event as Vermonters elect local officers and vote on budgets. It has also been a time for neighbors to discuss the civic issues of their community, state, and nation." From A Citizen’s Guide To Vermont Town Meeting.

While he [Norman Rockwell -ed.] mulled over the problem of the Four Freedoms, he painted another illustration for a magazine cover, went to a town meeting, and attended a Grange supper. One night he went to bed, still struggling to come up with an idea. "As the minutes ticked by, all empty and dark, I suddenly remembered how Jim Edgerton had stood up in a town meeting and said something that everybody else disagreed with. But they had let him have his say. No one had shouted him down. My gosh, I thought, that's it. There it is. Freedom of Speech. I'll illustrate the Four Freedoms using my Vermont neighbors as models."

how llbean boots are made

Via LLBeanPR.

peter and the wolf -connery

Gratuitous brogue action... Listen. Have this on LP. The boy is just old enough to follow along, and using the turntable makes it seem like an occasion. The other side is a guide to the orchestra again narrated by Sean. "Thish is the shtring secshion" etc... brilliant.

Carhartt - change of shape/fit

Top pair are 4 years old (so basically new...). This new fit cuts into your wait a bit (thus roomy through seat and thighs) while the second pair is 10 years old, beanpole straight. Both are 34/34 but do shrink down, as per other unwashed losing an inch at the waist and length at least. Trying, via the Internet Archive, and their wayback machine (try it) to check Carhartt's older sites to see when the change occurred, as can't find anyone else who nails it.

Activate new saved search in ebay, "carhartt <2004 a="a" bottom="bottom" brown="brown" color="color" comparison.="comparison." duck="duck" for="for" from="from" hood="hood" href="http://www.arborwear.com/details.cfm/prodid/6" lot="lot" of="of" old="old" one="one" original="original" prefer="prefer" shot="shot" surgeons="surgeons" the="the" tree="tree" wear="wear" year="year">ArborWear since they are softer out of the box. Still too baggy for me though. Take home: bring back the "traditional fit" please.