April 2010
34 posts
Today we pour grout.
Keep us in mind today as we pour grout into our building. We’re 1/4 worried…
WatchThe Rural Studio // Lions Park // skatePLAY
Video features design/builder Evan Forrest-Dick skateboarding his newly completed/opened Lions Park skatePLAY. Video by design/builder Brett Randall Jones with a cameo by Epicenter’s own Jack Forinash (seen doing the bended-knee glide on roller blades; his skills are also available for viewing on this video).
We wanted to post this video to get...
Geocities-izer →
Make any web page make it look like it was made by a 13-year-old in 1996.
Go to the above link to view our blog as a Geocities page. Glorious! Brought to our attention via our pal TJ. We think it’s a beautiful machine. Try out your favorite websites! Maria’s current favorite is thisisthefrontier.org Geocities-ized.
Honorary Crew Member of the Week: Serah Mead
Serah Mead AKA Jill
Since before the beginnings of Epicenter, Serah Mead has been an inspiration to Young Professionals™. Find her update to us below:
Below you will find, if I may, a few things pertaining, per se, to me, for example:
1) technology breakdown / catastrophic liberation 2) financial upturn immediately followed by quick down turn 3) health 4) happiness 5) tiredness 6)...
50 Exercises to Do With Your Suit On →
A Young Professional™ is always dressed appropriately but still must able to remain fit.
Thanks to Crew Member Gabriel for sending us this informative article.
Epicenter Summer Associate VISTA's Announced
We are excited to announce Epicenter’s summer team who shall henceforth be known at Team TCOB!!!
The Epicenter received many strong applicants for the four positions, and we wish we had spots for every one that applied. However, we only had five spots (4 VISTA’s and 1 non-VISTA).
Team TCOB (Taking Care of Business):
Hayley Crooks// AmeriCorps VISTA// Designer/Regulator
Wes...
Kodak pocket instamatic 10 →
Was suprised to see this image in United Airline’s magazine article about the saving of polaroid.
Search your attics and local junk stores for this gem. If you find it, we want it.
The Kodak pocket instamatic 10 utilizing 110 film (which we simply call a “snap camera”) is a favorite of us Young Professionals. It was one of the best selling cameras of all time in the...
History Lesson Monday: Agriculture
A couple weeks ago we talked about the booms and busts of Green River, but agriculture and ranching have been consistently important to the Green River economy from the beginning. While the climate proved unsuitable for peaches, the relatively long frost-free season and hot summer temperatures of Green River’s 4,000-foot elevation are ideal for growing melons. J.H. “Melon” Brown...
A recorded message from NCCC Silver 1, featured in...
Honorary Crew Member(s) of the Week
AmeriCorps NCCC Silver 1
Over the time we’ve been living here, we’ve had lots of people come to help. Each person has left their mark, and their interest by coming and by staying involved once they’ve moved on has continued to inspire us. So, we’ve decided to start a new tradition on our blog to update our followers on our Honorary Crew Members, and we thought we’d start with...
History Lesson Monday: The River
The Green River was known to the Shoshone Indians as the Seeds-kee-dee-Agie, or Prairie Hen River. This name, in one version or another, was later adopted and widely used by the mountain men. Dominguez and Escalante named the Green the Rio de San Buenaventura, but the river was known by later Spaniard and Mexican explorers as the Rio Verde, or Green River. This connection with the Spanish led...
Inspired by Hayley's scoliosis t-shirt design →
(click title link) Nice music to boot.
Another completely unrelated, potentially seizure-casing site here.
Hey, it’s Friday. You deserve a break.
Definitive Guides to Hierarchy and Commonly...
It became important that we are all on the same page regarding hierarchy of text and up to date on punctuation marks, so that we effectively communicate with each other. Please review the following information, and save it for your reference.
The DEFINITIVE guide to hierarchy in all possible type formations available in standard E-mail.
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A guide to symbols and punctuation...
History Lesson Monday: Booms + Busts
Green River has traditionally been known as a way-station, a crossing-point, a pit-stop, but this unique village is more than just a place to pause. Like most towns, it has been shaped by many events that have dramatically impacted the shape of the city and its residents. Green River has a rich past full of booms and busts.
The history of Green River begins before the settlement era since it was...
WatchAs you know, we own a Milwaukee brand™ circular saw. But when that can’t fit because of joists above into the small spaces, we have to go back to basics: introducing, The Hand Saw. We had to remove the old center support beam because of fire damage from who knows how long ago. This is where we decided to cut back to. The monotony of cutting by hand was hard to overcome.
No Fooling
Within the next month, not one but two hardware stores will be opening up in town, Ben’s Cafe (Mexican/American food) will be reopening (after being closed for 8 months), newly remodeled Cathy’s Pizza has already re-opened for summer, the Green River Coffee Company and Ray’s Tavern have been packed for over a week already, the hotel with our favorite roadside sign “Sleepy...
