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Easy Lessons for the Steampunk Minimalist Gentleman

The Victorians were all about the manners. Knowing what was and what was not appropriate was held if high importance. The Steampunk Minimalist Gentleman should be no different. I ran across this interview with Tom Ford a little while back, and feel that these Tom Ford’s five easy lessons in how to be a modern gentleman, fit [...]

The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions & Other Books

There are so many fun books out there that are generally missed, I felt I should compile a simple list of books that everyone who is interested in Obscure Occult Oddities should have in their personal library. The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions: The Curious World of the Demoulin Brothers and Their Fraternal Lodge Prank [...]

Creative Blocks

On Tuesday, someone asked me if there was something I do to get through creative blocks that  sometimes happen… here was my reply… Whenever I’m in a creative slump, I read/watch/listen to something from the following list, and it seems to help me break through any creative blocks I might have at the moment.  [Some [...]