ah, thank you, Andi! love the sepia shading you did, 's obviously perfect for the era...might have to print that one and put it up on the mantle next to that great shot of my mom and the gerbil!

lee - maybe too many links in one post for the shorter attention spans here? although that http://makezine.com/blog/ site is cool!!! click it, people. love the (free download) sketchup 3D program, the knit motorcycle, the tornado machine, and the text from the 'Real Acme Company' link: "Once upon a time in the postwar, before the advent of EPA and OSHA and the Consumer Products Safety Commission and weenies in bike helmets and multilingual warning stickers on stepladders, crazy people walked this earth. Good, fun-loving Americans who knew that "instructions" were something you threw in the trash along with the empty Falstaff bottles. A halcyon era filled with manly men who savored the wholesome virtues of a rugged game of un-seatbelted automotive chicken."  Aw yeah.

and, among other things, i also like the 'letter bomb' part of the Anarchy Cookbook. hey hobbitboy (and you too, big@l) what's your address?