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April 20, 2021

When you imagine somebody wearing hemp clothing, what do you picture in your mind? An old hippie selling astral projection…

January 11, 2016

Back in the 1970s, some American college students were transitioning away from the more polished navy-blazer-oxford-button-down look of the previous…

March 4, 2015

Let’s admit it: slim, raw denim jeans don’t make for very good carrying space. The back pocket can easily hold…

November 21, 2013

I recently moved into a new apartment, and like most homes in the Bay Area, the insulation is terrible. Heat…

December 21, 2011

I was joking with friends a few weeks ago that Napoleon should have waited for global warming before he invaded…

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