304 Stainless Steel Tubing image courtesy of Vita Needle Co.

Variety is the spice of life, as they say, and boy is there a lot of it. From brassieres, personalities and iphone apps to lubes, tubes and metals, variety is all around us. In order to understand and distinguish between different varieties, it is necessary to Continue reading →

I vaguely remember being dragged along to visit an elderly friend of my parents as a child. This friend lived somewhere in northern Michigan and the experience was, to be frank, almost entirely forgettable. There was, though, one aspect of the trip that managed to stick to the walls of my memory– the smell– and no, I am not referring to the elderly friend of my parents. No, I am referring to the Continue reading →