little blue bird studio

Reclaimed/recycled dictionaries are the medium here. LittleBlueBirdStudios prints vintage inspired illustrations over the pages. A snip at $8. Alice in Wonderland, London, and other themes available now... Liking the nautical prints as below.

that odd couple look

Closing the loop on the Odd Couple posts... Jedd Rose at Men and Women of Industry took time out to make up a Felix and Oscar cheat sheet for 2010. Not sure of the power structure over at MAWOI (believe it is a 2 person show) but Jedd has also been tapped for some head-to-toes for Uncrate (who are picking up their game a bit). Sidenote: great to see another family man in the mix of rakishly single fenceposters. The OCD therapy books are inspired... Thx JR.


Felix:
Suit - Brooks Brothers Regent Saxxon, more tailored cut, slimmer lapels, etc.
Shirt - RL Fine Slim Custom Fit
Apron - DWR Fog Linen Cafe Apron
Tie - Alexander Olch Grey Triple Stripe
Socks - Brooks Brothers Merino Big Dot
Shoes - Bass Dover


Oscar:
Sweatshirt - Buzz Rickson Set-In Sleeve Four-Needle
Pants - L.L. Bean Signature Canvas Cloth
Shirt - L.L. Bean Trim-Fit Oxford no-iron of course
Socks - Wigwam Striped Tubes
Shoes - PF Flyer Archival 50's Reissue
Schlitz Beer Can Bank - For stashing poker/alimony dough

quotable -the odd couple

Oscar Madison (Matthau): I can't take it anymore, Felix, I'm cracking up. Everything you do irritates me. And when you're not here, the things I know you're gonna do when you come in irritate me. You leave me little notes on my pillow. Told you 158 times I can't stand little notes on my pillow. "We're all out of cornflakes. F.U." Took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Ungar!

r kikuo johnson

These witty illustrations by R. Kikuo Johnson from a recent NYT magazine drew me in. The article ain't half bad either, about teaching but I found it useful as a parent. Going to paraphrase mercilessly below...

Here’s what I need from you, I need that piece of paper turned over and a pencil out.

Imagine if the first direction had been, ‘Please get your things out for class,’ ” he said. The students [or your children -ed.] pay attention not because of your inborn charisma, but simply by being direct and specific.

In Boston, he [Doug Lemov the subject of this piece -ed.] declared himself on a personal quest to eliminate the saying of “shh” in classrooms, citing what he called “the fundamental ambiguity of ‘shh.’ Are you asking the kids not to talk, or are you asking kids to talk more quietly? A teacher’s control, he said repeatedly, should be “an exercise in purpose, not in power.”

Lots of good techniques that I've been trying to use... we'll see. Further reading.

rosies vermont beef jerky

It is dry, almost the feeling of bark, has a good chew to it and tastes like salted beef. Not much more you can ask for. Not greasy or colored (you ever spit after eating a slim jim... that elastic orange grease... yikes) and won't rip a hole in you later... RosiesJerky.

OK, it is not going to take out the trash or achieve world peace... it is jerky. Backup plan for watching a game or on a hike etc. They have a bunch of flavors, usually sold at smaller gas stations or convenience stores in southern VT. Everything is a little much; myself I stick with Original or throw in a Cajun if getting more than one. I like the way they don't over-reach on the sales pitch either; "quite possibly Vermont's finest tasting jerky."

documerica

For the Documerica Project (1971-1977), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired freelance photographers to capture images relating to environmental problems, EPA activities, and everyday life in the 1970s. The National Archives digitized part of the series "Documerica" and more than 15,000 of these images are available in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC).

Searched "adirondack" and head exploded... #daywrecker. Had never seen this before, in the mix of LOC and Life archives etc. but imagine it is well know.






One more; this maple syrup will put lead in your pencil.

Resident of Roxbury, Vermont, draws off the finished syrup from a homemade evaporator. Instead of working in a sugar house he sets up a makeshift rig in a new spot each year to use fallen timber and loose brush to fire the sawed-off oil drum [!! -ed.] 05/1974. Photographer: Cooper, Jane. Full set from Jane Cooper is fantastic.