Search / 54 posts tagged corks

Great Salt Lake laden with toxic mercury MSNBC.com: Environment Fri, 08/08/2008 - 17:59 The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury.

When I was at Goodwill on Sunday I noticed something very interesting for... ..... Please visit That's My Answer, your daily pitstop for questionable fun! What's your answer?

Ste. Michelle continues to test screwcaps Chateau Ste. Michelle continues to dip its toes into the screwcap waters. The state's flagship winery put about 12,000 cases of its 2006 Columbia Valley Riesling under threads, primarily for the export market. Now, with the 2007 Columbia Valley Riesling, it has eschewed corks for 13,000 cases.

Thinking inside the box Braiden Rex-Johnson has an article in Pacific Northwest magazine about boxed wines, in which she reviews some of the better ones and the thought processes behind using this alternative to bottles and corks.

Just Corks makes several items from wine corks. You can try a flat or raised wreath. The raised one looks more natural to me, that is, if cork wreaths can look natural. If you’re interested in making your own, but don’t have lots of wine corks, Just Corks sells bags of 100 for $20.

Craft Chi has a happening tutorial on Cute Little Cork Stamps. You can’t really lose. If you don’t like your carved design, just shave it off and start over like the tutorial says. So, if you have a drawer full of wine corks… Image via stock.xchng Tags: cork creations, cork stamps, reuse cork

May the choruses sing and the corks fly…it’s the birthday of the incomparable Kyknoord.  Hurrah and Huzzah!  With highly polished brass knobs on! I wish you mountains (both sides) of presents you actually like, buckets of tea, much blog fodder and more hits than you know what to do with.

A Queen's Ransom A 66,000-ton ship is considerably more difficult to hijack than a 100-ton jet. On the other hand, a 963-ft. ocean liner contains more hiding places for anyone who wants to stow a bomb aboard. Last week the British liner Queen Elizabeth 2 was in mid-o... Cancer 0

Imagine the next time you join a discussion about Making Musical Instruments. When you start sharing the fascinating Making Musical Instruments facts below, your friends will be absolutely amazed. Spend a summer day making musical instruments with the children it is lots of noisy fun.

Drinking isn’t very educational. In fact, it’s the enemy of education. It kills the brain cells that education has so steadfastly populated with data. Until now… Australian wine label Black Swan aims to leave you no dumber than when you opened their bottles.