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So, I got this idea in my head a while back about getting a scorpion katana. I’d seen some videos online, and these things looked tough as nails, you know? Like you could chop down a tree with one and it wouldn’t even blink. But I’d also heard some mixed things. Some folks said they were amazing, best swords ever. Others said they were more like clubs, heavy and not very sword-like. It got me wondering if those companies online selling them were legit or not. With all those online…

Today I messed around with something called a “color shield.” Sounds fancy, right? Well, it wasn’t as complex as I thought it would be. Basically, I wanted to see if I could paint my trims without getting paint all over my walls. So, I got this flat piece of metal, you know, like a wide spatula, that’s the so-called “shield.” First, I tried to place it right against the edge of the trim. It was kinda tricky to hold it steady and paint at the same time. My hands aren’t…

Got a wild hair to dive into the world of old toys, and boy, was it an adventure. I mean, who wouldn’t want to find out if those dusty relics from childhood could be worth a small fortune? So, I got started. The Hunt Begins First, I hit up the internet. Figured that was the easiest place to start. I typed in things like “valuable old toys” and “how to find out if my old toys are worth anything”. Loads of stuff popped up, but it was all a bit…

Okay, so today I want to talk about this whole “controversial contemporary art” thing. It’s been on my mind, and I’ve been doing some digging, so here’s the deal. First off, I started by just diving into what people are saying online. I mean, there’s a lot of noise about contemporary art. Some folks love it, others just don’t get it, saying it’s all meaningless and lazy. I wanted to see for myself, you know? So, I hit up a few local galleries. Just walked in, no plan, just to…

I went to an antique store today and saw a lamp that I thought was super pretty, but I had no idea what it was. The shopkeeper told me it was called an opalescent lamp. I never heard of that before, so I wanted to find out more about it. I found out later that opalescent lamps get their name because they look like opals. I learned that opals are precious stones, and their value is figured out by four things, the type, the basic color, and how bright the…

Okay, so today’s topic is “biblical disasters.” Let me tell you, it’s been a wild ride diving into this stuff. I started off this morning just browsing through some old texts, you know, killing time. Then I stumbled upon a passage about the Great Flood, and bam, I was hooked. First, I grabbed my Bible and flipped straight to Genesis. Reading through the story of Noah and his ark, I was just blown away. I mean, imagine the whole world covered in water, higher than the mountains! That’s some serious…

Alright, so, the other day, I decided to get into something a bit different – graffiti. Not just any graffiti, though. I’m talking about the “crook and crome” style. I had heard about this local Miami artist, Crome, who’s apparently a big deal in the graffiti scene down there. I don’t know much about graffiti, but I thought, “Why not give it a shot?” First, I got myself some spray cans. I went with bright colors, ’cause that’s what I saw in the pictures of Crome’s work. Then, I found…

Okay, so, I wanted to mess around with the numbers 0 through 9, right? Just those simple digits we all learned as kids. I had this idea to do something artsy with them, nothing too fancy, but just to see how I could play around with them. I got started by grabbing some stencils of the numbers. I figured stencils would give them a neat, uniform look. I laid them all out on my table, and I just started to overlap them. 0 on top of 1, then 2, and…

Alright, folks, let’s talk about something that’s been bugging me for a while – Bruce Lee and his supposed beef with black belts. Now, I’m no martial arts expert, but I’m a curious guy, and I like to dig into things. So, I started my little investigation by watching some of Bruce Lee’s old footage. Guess what I saw? There he was, in a traditional Judo gi, with what looked like a black belt around his waist. I was like, “Hold up, isn’t this the guy who supposedly hated belts?”…

So, I stumbled upon this interesting piece of art the other day, and I thought I’d give it a try to recreate it. It’s called “Man in Golden Helmet”, and apparently, it was once thought to be a Rembrandt, but now they think it’s someone from his circle. Anyway, I started by looking up the painting online. I mean, who wouldn’t? It’s a pretty famous piece. I found out that it’s an oil-on-canvas painting from around 1650. A Dutch Golden Age piece, that’s what they call it. Fancy, right? It’s…