You probably did not know this, but I used to write for The Hemp Connoisseur out of Denver
It was the best magazine gig I ever had in my entire life and I’ve worked for a few.
They had both a national magazine and a Colorado edition
I got in the national magazine once or twice, but mostly I was in the Colorado edition, every single month, while I worked for them.
The print magazine scene is still around, even to this day because all you need is a sales team to collect advertising money, someone to make the ads in photoshop, a printer and a bunch of people with cars to drop off fifty magazines in a bundle at a time, around all the shops around town, and then you can even distribute them through Barnes and Noble on the magazine shelf, too.
And lastly you will need some talented writers to write articles for you like I did, haha!
I had wonderful experiences at this magazine and I got paid!
Weed became legal in Colorado in 2012, so by 2016 it was still going strong
I interviewed so many cannabis celebrities and CEOs it was insane!
One woman included cannabis as a lifestyle in her match-making service and I interviewed her. Another man included CBD in his dog walking and dog sitting service and I interviewed him.
My first interview was with Dennis Kitchen, Dope Comix legend, and that was like a christening into this career called interviewing other people.
One month I got three whole articles in one issue and this was definitely a highlight of my writing career!
There was an unadvertised party for industry people only, budtenders and trimmers, every month, and I got to go once.
I’m sure I signed away my first born at the door and then preceded to walk around a big party with a DJ and MJ vendors — everybody was high and smoking joints provided by many rec dispensary companies that were local — so I went around with my hand-held recorder asking random industry people if they had any budtender horror stories to share.
Of course I decided to not include any names in the article. All anonymous. Weed is still illegal at the federal level as you already know!
And I swear this is true — after the article was published online, I saw that only VICE had done this idea first, before me and The Hemp Connoisseur had! I saw it in the Google Search data because I looked at the publishing date.
Then, I remember at an editorial meeting at the office how my editor said it was the best article I had done for them (and I wrote a lot of articles for them! Haha!).
Now, what I would like you to do, since you’ve read this far, is to go over to Magzter and join so you can read all the articles I wrote over there, on your own time.
The print magazine is not around anymore, but it is pretty cool you can read old editions just by joining Magzter!
I was probably hired in 2016, so that is when you can start looking for my articles in those months and editions
I don’t make that much money when you go through this link and pay for a subscription, but every little bit helps me on this ride I’m on called independent/DIY publishing! So thanks in advance.
Are you ready to build a concealed kitty litter box out of an old dresser drawer?
Do you want to hide and conceal your litter box because it’s so unsightly and smelly?
How many times have you cleaned up after your cat who slung kitty litter against your wall? How often do your other pets mess around with your cat’s litterbox?
No fun there, so if you are so inclined, you can make your own kitty litter box furniture yourself in your garage or workshop.
These two do the trick.
We suggest you use a sturdy wooden drawer with dovetail joints and not plastic or particle board.
We also think you could easily find one for sale of for free over on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace, if you look.
Here are the deetz…
All you will need for this project are some tools and a dovetail dresser drawer, so just keep reading to figure out how to do this all on your own without buying one.
Tools you will need:
skill saw
drill
square
tape measure
Step One
Firsttake that second drawer from the bottom and pull it out completely.
Now, you will have to use the saw to cut it in half. This drawer will now become the “perch” so your cat can get in and out.
The bottom drawer will be where the kitty litter will go.
Ideally, you will need to find a wooden drawer that allows the bottom drawer to come completely out to make it easier for you to dump out the the kitty litter when it’s been used.
Prepping the Dresser Drawer
Take this out if you need to.
You will discover that some drawers have a space between each already, but some will not and you will have to saw out the wood to make a space for your cat to crawl down into the bottom drawer, from the second one from the bottom, which will become the perch or the entrance and exit.
Some dressers have metal slides, guide rails, and if you find these get in the way of the cat’s movement or your ease of use, then you will have to unscrew these and remove them from the second from bottom drawer area.
The Perch
You are going to need to cut the perch in half basically. Now, your cat will have a way to go down into the bottom drawer, where the kitty litter has been placed to do it’s thing.
So saw the second from the bottom drawer completely in half.
Now, take this half drawer with handle side out and place it above the bottom drawer (where the kitty litter will go) making sure it sticks out and is open.
This second from the bottom drawer will stick out all the time so the cat can get in and out.
Now, let’s brace the perch
Brace Yourself.
You will need to cut two small pieces of wood from the extra wood from the other half you sawed off.
They will become a brace to make sure the half drawer stays in place.
Measure the drawer space, from top to bottom, to make sure these two small pieces of wood fit tightly on each side of the drawer.
The wooden brace.
Now, screw them in with a drill, from above, into the dresser drawer frame.
Remember, you don’t want your cat falling off the the perch you create because it’s wobbly, like a diving board bouncing up and down.
Drilling the braces, the wood pieces, into the half sawn drawer is going to make a great entrance and exit for your cat to use.
The Bottom Drawer
Entrance and Exit to the Concealed Litter Box.
Fill the bottom drawer with kitty litter and close the bottom drawer.
Now, you kitty litter is concealed.
Place your kitty on the perch
Really, it should be easy for your cat to realize it needs to start doing it’s thing in here, now.
Extra Space
Now, you can use the drawers above, that are not in use, by putting all your cat accessories, bag of litter, collars and leash, cat toys, medicine, food and other cat related items up in those drawers.
How convenient! Now, you will always know where all you cat stuff is.
Pretty neat, huh?
Now you and your cat are both happier
There are all sorts of ways to make cat litter box furniture, so if you are feeling creative and want to veer off these instructions, go for it.
For example, you could add a drawer extension on the bottom drawer and you can easily find these on amazon.
We also bet you could easily buy some material to make a cat scratch and line it up and paste it on the side of the dresser, so your cat can dig its claws in there.
Now, go get started!
We wish you lots of luck on your concealed dresser drawer litter box project.
Feel free to post your questions and pics in the comments, so we can see what you did.
This interview first took place as a conversation over Twitter (X) back in September of 2022.
No too long ago GoshDarnBlog caught up with Italian singer and all around rock star Erika Grapes.
During the interview we talk about relationships, roller blading, espresso, but most importantly her music.
In August of 2022 Erika put out a cover of “Titanium”by Sia. Her cover has a slow, alluring mysterious vibe, with wonderful keyboard/piano by producer Andrea Del Miglio.
“People are Strange” is another cover she’s done with New York singer songwriter The Slums of Mediocrity.
GoshDarnBlog:
So what’s the story behind (your) “Nothing’s Going to Hurt You Baby” song?
Erika Grapes:
It’s a cover from a beautiful song by Cigarettes After Sex, my first single as a solo artist. When I decided to cover it, collaborating with producer and composer Lorenzo Montaná (Tying Tiffany, TTL, Pete Namlook), I wanted a “liquid sound”.
It took us ages to have it done, for some reason. We started it just a little after the pandemic started here in Italy and during those long months, across 2020, my dear mother caught Covid and …well, she couldn’t survive it, so there are some layers in my singing parts (those recorded before) which were recorded with a romantic intention and some others that are set deep into pain and tragedy and a strong connection with the universe.
I’m a very spiritic* and spiritual person so this song is, in a way, part of my mourning process and partly and expression of the material, sensual survival to tragedy.
*I don’t know if it’s a word
GoshDarnBlog:
What’s going on in Italy today?
Erika Grapes:
Hi! Well, it’s complicated
GoshDarnBlog:
What happened?
Erika Grapes:
There are some problems going parallel ways.
GoshDarnBlog:
You’re very poetic.
Erika Grapes:
Poverty increasing due to wild privatization and sharky markets. At the same time energy bills have doubled, many local companies will shut down soon, including restaurants. At the same time, we have a war in the heart of Europe that doesn’t seem to be willing to end via diplomatic ways any soon. The international tensions are increasing and citizens are worried by the poor decisions made by politics (Meloni is not different than Draghi or Letta in this sense).
Politicians, not politics
We have a big NATO base not too far from here
GoshDarnBlog:
I’m a writer so I’ve been writing about my fears.
Erika Grapes:
Aw I never show up in video calls etc
I suffer from dysmorphophobia
GoshDarnBlog:
Hey. Life’s good. You have a great cover out of Titanium. If I was I Italy I’d buy you an espresso.
How do you like United Masters?
Erika Grapes:
Yay, I’d take you somewhere where they make good cofee.
Coffee
There are bars called “torrefazione”
They grind fresh coffee, different varieties
And the espresso machines work properly
All perfectly set
GoshDarnBlog:
Cool. We could be bff.
Erika Grapes:
Sure!
I use UM and it’s ok
A bit expensive though
GoshDarnBlog:
Oh.
Erika Grapes:
But I don’t feel like changing my distributor
GoshDarnBlog:
Y it’s pain.
Erika Grapes:
Because then it might end up with different artist’profile to manage and so on
Profiles
GoshDarnBlog:
Where did you go to school for music?
Erika Grapes:
They taught music in school when I was a child
So I was the main voice, a soprano in a chorus at the age of 12
GoshDarnBlog:
Very cool!
Erika Grapes:
The teacher was so proud that she begged my parents to have me go to Conservatorio, but they said that I was roller skating already
I hated skating lol. I wish I did figure skating, but I did races instead
GoshDarnBlog:
Do a roller skating video!
What races?
Erika Grapes:
I’m still not healed from my psychological disease, when I will accept my appearence, I will make a video
Skate races
Wait
Race skating
GoshDarnBlog:
If I was hanging out I’d secretly video tape you and upload on YouTube.
Erika Grapes:
Roller blades etc
Italian championships
GoshDarnBlog:
So this is why like Sia? Hiding you face?
Did you go down a mountain? Skating?
Erika Grapes:
I don’t know Sia’s story, but maybe it’s similar
GoshDarnBlog:
Do you have pics of championship?
Erika Grapes:
I posted something from that time (10 years) somewhere in my facebook profile
Wait
I was 10 years old
GoshDarnBlog:
That’s real cool!
Erika Grapes:
Well
I broke teeth, an arm
Got injured many times
Plus I’ve never been the competitive type
GoshDarnBlog:
I hear ya. Wow.
Erika Grapes:
I couldn’t care less about winning
GoshDarnBlog:
I had my front tooth replaced six months ago. Makes me happy.
My modeling career was out on hold!
Put
Erika Grapes:
Yeah, during my teenagehood i always smiled with my mouth closed
When I fixed it at 18, I was smiling all the time lol
To catch up with the times I couldn’t
GoshDarnBlog:
It helps a lot for entertainment careers.
Erika Grapes:
What?
GoshDarnBlog:
I can’t find DJ gig lately in town. I need to try again. I like clubs.
Teeth
Erika Grapes:
Uhm well, it depends
GoshDarnBlog:
It’s fun to make the crowd party.
Erika Grapes:
If you’re a trapper or in a punk band
I bet!
GoshDarnBlog:
I’m more “trapper” but house techno for sure.
Erika Grapes:
I have a friend here in Italy who’s a famous dj
GoshDarnBlog:
Nice! Get your song played!
Erika Grapes:
Be loves my music, but he works for a major network
We had a project together
GoshDarnBlog:
Very cool
Erika Grapes:
Months ago
A dance cover of Torn
But it was too difficult, it injured my vocal box
GoshDarnBlog:
Holy cow
Erika Grapes:
I couldn’t sing for months
GoshDarnBlog:
That’s traumatic.
Erika Grapes:
Never happened with any song
Well, I went to a vocal osteopath
GoshDarnBlog:
Is it on YouTube?
Your playlist on Spotify is pretty rad. I haven’t heard a lot CB of those songs.
Erika Grapes:
Here in Milano, who’s also working with Madonna and other big artists, and she fixed it!
The cool thing is that we found out being penpals when we were 14
What’s CB?
GoshDarnBlog:
Accident
Erika Grapes:
That Dj is on Sporify sure, wait
GoshDarnBlog:
Tell more about this. I also chord incident and this DJ you were working with.
We never recorded anything together after that accident
Who knows, maybe somewhere in the future
I don’t push
GoshDarnBlog:
You never hurt your voice before?
Erika Grapes:
I like things to happen, like in a natural flow
Never hurt my voice before, no
But maybe it was my fault
GoshDarnBlog:
Don’t push. Very good philosophy! We have so much in common! Lol!
Erika Grapes:
I kept trying those notes with my throath voice
GoshDarnBlog:
Why was it your fault
Explain
Erika Grapes:
While I should sing with my “head voice” instead
But it’s good, in a way, because I discovered my limits and that I must be careful with my voice
I never did warm ups etc
Before
You sent
I see
Even on “challenging” songs
I did them when I was a child in a chorus of course
Or when I studied a bit of solfeggio in my 20s at Ricordi
My teacher told me that we had also been the teacher of Mina, an Italian superstar
But I don’t know if it’s true
He seemed too young to me to be her teacher
GoshDarnBlog:
He lied?
Erika Grapes:
No idea. Maybe, maybe it was true
GoshDarnBlog:
I meet a lot of fake accounts on dating apps lately. I’ve been writing about that. I like meeting people on the street and when I’m out better.
Sorry I hit wrong button.
Erika Grapes:
Do you use date apps?
I never met anyone from a dating app
GoshDarnBlog:
I don’t like ‘em.
Erika Grapes:
But I dated a guy I “met” on Kittyradio music forums (hole.com) years ago and it was a beautiful experience
GoshDarnBlog:
You won’t like en either lol!
Wow!
Erika Grapes:
We remained friends for years, also because we lived in different parts of the country.
It was maybe a poetry thread having us talk privately at first
GoshDarnBlog:
It’s good.
I just don’t like long distance relationships either. Haha!
Erika Grapes:
I’m a demisexual, or somewhere near that definition
GoshDarnBlog:
Cool.
I’m a man. Traditional AF!
Just kidding.
I’m pretty easy going.and chill
Erika Grapes:
Demisexuals are persons who feel attracted physically by a person only after being attracted spiritually or mentally by them. After a certain bond has been created
They can be eterosexuals or otherwise
GoshDarnBlog:
I like that.
Erika Grapes:
It’s something like Amelie, the movie
Or the romantic vision of love in the victorian era
GoshDarnBlog:
Wow!
Amelie had a profound affect on me.
Erika Grapes:
That’s why I was never interested in dating apps, when I was single
GoshDarnBlog:
I like that you used the word Victorian.
-‘Are you married?
Erika Grapes:
I’ve been living with my partner since 4 years and a half, almost
GoshDarnBlog:
That’s great.
Erika Grapes:
Most of times, yes. After the initial hell
It took him patience to understand my quirks and past traumas
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Cancún is on the northeastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico and along with its breathtaking natural beauty it has a vibrant culture, activities for every type.
Read on to learn why Cancún should be at the top of your bucket list.
1.Beaches
The Playa Delfines are known for their views and as a place for relaxation.
Also check out Playa Norte on Isla Mujeres if you’re into water sports and sunbathing!
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Snorkeling and scuba diving in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second-largest coral reef on the planet, has colorful marine life to explore.
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The ferry to Isla Mujeres or Cozumel is a fun time.
You can visit island getaways or trek into the jungle like you are Indiana Jones when you visit the Riviera Maya or Xcaret Park that offers snorkeling underground in hidden cave rivers to see all the colorful fish and sea life that dwells there.
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Check this place out in a glass bottom boat to view the gallery of Punta Nuzic and Punta Sam or snorkel to see the art that is down on the bottom of the ocean.
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he legal age to drink is 18 years old down there, so look out!
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Brushing and flossing is great and all but did you know there is another factor to good oral health that all of us neglect?
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Written 1/23/2023
Fuck, man, this fucking movie….lingering in my brain space like a disease.
I blacked out last night...partly because of alcohol...partly because I was poisoned by this fucked up movie….it infected me. I feel diseased.
This movie is made from pure nightmare fuel and is not to be taken lightly. It’s truly hypnotic and I think there might be actual nightmares in it. It's called SKINAMARINK. It is challenging. It is testing. It is very very difficult to sit through. I feel utterly devastated by it.
So much nothing happens that when anything finally happens it feels like a stab to the gut. It feels like it was channeled directly from a child’s nightmare to the screen. I'm sure half of the audience probably hated it. But I can’t stop thinking about it.
This movie is truly insidious. It’s preposterous. I can’t imagine how anyone could come up with it and remain sane. I would not be surprised to find out it was made by a shady government agency to mindfuck the masses.
I am truly disturbed by (and jealous of) the filmmaker. The level of creative prowess it must have taken to conceive of those images and ideas....and the sheer audacity to then turn around and show it to the world….big brass balls...,.a kind of creative courage I don’t know I have. I would applaud it if I didn’t feel so sick from having watched it.
Yes.....this movie made me sick. I can feel my cells deteriorating and my soul disappearing. It’s not a movie to be enjoyed, but rather forewarned about. So be warned. It may bore you....or it may fuck you up.
Signed,
The Traveler
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Analytics Who we share your data with How long we retain your data
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Where we send your data
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