by Brandon Quist | Mar 16, 2015 | Home and Family
As a person who eats fried egg sandwiches for breakfast semi-regularly, I can’t help but look at all those broken shells, and wonder about what might have been. There is hope, however, for the unbroken. Egg taxidermy, or as you know it, Fabergé. The embalming process...
by Brandon Quist | Mar 9, 2015 | Home and Family
For a quite some time, I had been convinced that certain foods take too much preparation to want to make on my own. Bagels? Boiling and baking and probably some voodoo. Hamburgers? Grills, lighter fluid, coal, and an offering at a shine of Hephaestus. Clearly...
by Brandon Quist | Mar 2, 2015 | Hobbies
One of the sad facts of life is that if you wear a piece of clothing long enough, it will fall apart on you. In my case, I still have these clothes because I am a pack-rat. To be fair, I am a pack-rat because I tend to find uses for things I keep around. When faced...
by Brandon Quist | Feb 16, 2015 | Home and Family
By the time you are reading this, it is too late. Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and you have won or lost. I offer a chance at redemption, for the forgetful: Chocolate playdough. 3 cups powdered sugar 6 Tbs cocoa powder ¾ cup powdered milk ½ cup of butter (one...
by Brandon Quist | Feb 9, 2015 | Home and Family
Today, I will initiate you in the fine art of book making, an elegant craft for a more civilized age. Oh wait, no, it’s making a popup book, so a silly craft for a ridiculous age. As such, I have decided to immortalize the They Might Be Giants song, “Particle Man” in...
