Four Lies You Tell Yourself About Your Garden, And Why You’re Wrong

Four Lies You Tell Yourself About Your Garden, And Why You’re Wrong

Posted inGardening
Contributed Post Gardeners are strange beasts. They are outside in all weathers pottering about, planting or weeding. Mowing or pruning. But for all of their dedication, the can sometimes cloud the truth a little when it come to their own garden. Read on to find out more. I had to start from nothing A lot of gardeners lie to themselves by reasoning that it's OK that their garden doesn't look that good because there wasn't much to work with when they moved in. But the truth of the matter is that there are so many amazing garden supplies and products,…
Revisiting Ray Harryhausen’s 1958 classic, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Revisiting Ray Harryhausen’s 1958 classic, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

Posted inFilms, Geek Stuff
Ray Harryhausen was a mainstay of my childhood. His movies were regular features on the Saturday matinees -- on television, not in theaters; I'm not THAT old! -- and they sucked me in every time. How could they not? No sane young boy would be anything but engrossed by giant creatures slugging it out with heroes in sandals, and Harryhausen's creatures were AWESOME. So not too long ago, I decided to revisit a handful of his movies, among them The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. As a kid I had no real affection for the Arabian myths, so Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad…