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Glassblowing Is Harder Than It Looks

For my birthday this year, Dixie bought me an introductory glassblowing class at Third Degree Glass Factory. It was beastly hot, but it was a lot of fun and I learned a lot. Our instructors, Mike Hayes and Ben Klein are very talented and were willing to help all of us newbies learn the basics and create a souvenir. You...

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Van Cort Pocket Watch

My wonderful girlfriend Dixie bestowed upon me the most enchanting gift for St. Valentine’s Day. It is an exquisite pocketwatch made by Van Cort Instruments that not only provides the time but the current phase of the moon. She also had a short passage engraved on the back of the watch, commemorating a recent stargazing outing. Needless to say, it...