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Everything everywhere all at my own pace. Chicago and Chicagoland. https://ersatz.website/~mattyblog
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My vice just seized up! Rude! Trying to get some oil to penetrate down there with gravity, otherwise I’ll have to take the little bench thing it is attached to apart to get at the hardware. I should just build an actual nice woodworking bench instead of this clamp to a desktop thing I’m using

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Forget about star signs what is your favorite Arthur Russell song

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Is there a test for long covid

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

wait so how many democrats have died in office this year??

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This remains one of the dumbest things Chicago did during my lifetime. The city should have a small cadre of lawyers trying to figure out how to get out of this deal by any means necessary.

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Going to try to teach my dog to play hide and seek. Not a ton of places to hide in here but he needs more games to play

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Bathroom ceiling started leaking. This is gonna be a fun time I can tell already.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

I need a very long work vacation

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

The sky better look cool tonight too because I missed last night :<

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Making 🎶 poor food choices 🎵 because I'm ✨stressed out ✨

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

FedEx door tagged my ass today

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Checked the weather this AM and Smooth by Rob Thomas and Carlos Santana started playing

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

barely able to sit in front of the work computer anymore

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

The lenticular clouds and formations were spectacular on Monday evening around Borrego Springs. Spread out over several posts (Photos: Sicco Rood). (post 2)

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Sharpened a chisel and jabbed myself really good with it like an hour later. Classic Matty stuff!

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

i take my dog out so much that when I’m outside without him idk how to walk anymore

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

at the start of every 2 week sprint at work someone in the kick off meeting pulls up a spreadsheet with everyone's name and asks if anyone is planning on taking days off and then marks them down lick my butt man

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

me: stop doing that my dogs: no, you have to say it the mean way me: (slightly louder) stop doing that my dogs: better but let’s do another so the neighbors can hear

submitted 12 days ago • 15 comments

how is it 10:30 pm again already what the hell

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

not even 10:30 on Monday and I'm already fantasizing about quitting my job and learning to make cabinets thru the carpenter's union

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Kind of exciting now that this is starting to get closer to being an actual box. Lots of tiny tiny dovetails. This thin stock was very ill advised. I’ll make another version of this when I’m done that uses thicker stuff for the sides.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Buying more woodworking clamps. Incredible the amount of clamps you need! You think you have plenty and then need four more in four sizes.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

The first Democratic governor who sends their state troopers into an ICE field office to free someone ICE has kidnapped is going to be president in four years.

submitted 16 days ago • 481 comments

Any crafters or artists or anyone else have a rec for some work bench lighting? I’m using a clamp-to-the-desk light right now and it just isn’t big or articulated enough to be the right amount of useful. Curious what you all are using.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

new chicago ordinance where leaf blowers and lawn mowers are banned three days a week in the summer and violators are shot into the lake from a circus cannon

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments