When I was a teen — late 80s, early 90s — the razor blade necklace was a fad. You have probably seen them before. You start with a ball-chain necklace and attach something that looks like (but is probably not actually) a double-edged razor blade. Voilà! Instant “edgy” “punk-rock” fashion accessory. A Google Image Search … Continue reading Rant: the razor-blade necklace fad
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My personal devolution in shaving
Back in ye olden days, when people still used the word “ye” in a non-ironic fashion, folks shaved with knives. That is, when they shaved at all. Archeologists have found shaving blades dating back to at least 3000 BC. In the late 1700s a Frenchman was looking at a carpenters’ plane — that thing used … Continue reading My personal devolution in shaving