My Picture of the Ronald Reagan in the Puget Sound.
Ronald Reagan Is Jubbling
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Double-Duty With The Raintree Raincatching Clothesline
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I guess the sod-covered picNYC table also served two purposes – it’s a table and a litterbox – but the Raintree idea from Christina Bertea is truly a dual-use product. During the summer, the Raintree is an outdoor clothes dryer and in the off-season, it’s a raincatcher that can collect 3 – 65 gallon drums of water during San Francisco’s rainy winter. The Raintree is made out of plywood scraps, an umbrella stand and vinyl from recycled convention banners. Jubbling 101.
A Winter Tip For The Clothesline Aficionado
December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Hey summer clothesliners, don’t give up yet just because it’s getting cold outside. There are still ways to cut back on your dryer use even though you can’t hang your clothes outside. How? Easy, plastic coat hangers. What you need to do is simply take out the moisture-holding heavy cotton items (sweatshirts, t-shirts, pajamas etc.) from your washed clothes and hang them on plastic coat hangers to dry separately. You can then put the hangers on a shower curtain rod or low-traffic doorway to dry. I’ve found that separating reduced our drying times by 30-40% because including the heavy cotton items prevented everything else from getting dry.
Yes, it definitely raises the redneck by a factor of 10 having clothes drying all through your house but when you buy your Christmas tree from Goodwill, use a outdoor patio heater to cook bacon and make your kid wear your dress shoes that are 3 sizes too big – you really don’t have anywhere to go but up.
| One last recommendation is to use one of these clip-n-drip hangers for your cotton socks and underwear. (Ignore this recommendation if you go sockless and commando.) |  |
Lulu Wraps Reusable Gift Wrap May Be Appreciated More Than The Crappy Gift You’re Wrapping
November 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The amount of gift wrap we go through every year is nuts. According to eHow.com, 1/2 of the paper we consume each year is for gift wrap and decorations for consumer products and 2 billion trees need to be cut down in order to support our bad habit. The numbers seem high but the fact is, gift wrap is extremely temporary and wasteful. 
That’s why it’s nice to hear about companies like Lulu Wraps. Lulu Wraps out of Portland Oregon makes reusable fabric wraps and their wrapping solutions are inspired by traditional cloth wraps from Japan (furoshiki), Korea (bogaji) and Indonesia (buntelan or pundutan). Lulu Wraps are made from several different types of fabric including organic cotton, hemp/silk, vintage sari fabric and designer remnants. A nice side benefit of Lulu Wraps is that in addition to working as gift wrap, they can also be folded and used year-round as lunch or tote bags.
Check out Lulu Wraps website for ideas and to order product.
Guerrilla Grafters Are Doing Some Guerrilla Jubbling By Grafting Fruit Tree Branches To City Trees
November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Maybe if I worked for the City of San Francisco, I might be pissed about Guerrilla Grafters grafting branches from fruit trees on the city trees but only because I have to be. Guerrilla Grafters are illegally grafting fruit tree branches, including cherry and Asian pear, to the cities trees and from the video, the people working near the trees like the idea. Are they FrankenFruit trees now? We prefer the name JubbliFruit trees. [FairCompanies.com]
Nyan Cat: A Jubbling Halloween Costume
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My son Harrison always finds a way to be happy and his Halloween costume choice this year is a perfect example. He chose Nyan Cat which is basically a cat with a pink pop-tart body and flies through space with a rainbow trail. Nyan Cat built a dedicated following as an internet meme but in my mind, Nyan Cat was a Jubbling Halloween Costume idea that took about an hour to make with stuff we would normally recycle or throw out. An Amazon box for the body, leftover streamers for the rainbow and a rope recovered from a broken cat toy so Harrison can wear the costume around his neck.
Harrison loved the costume and so did the few people who knew about the pop-tart cat. Unfortunately, more people thought he was a little girl than knew who his character was and that is my bad; I forgot to break out the Flowbee.
Here’s the video of Nyan Cat in action and the soundtrack you’ll hear was running through Harrison’s head the entire time he wore the costume.
Blank us on ......