Handcar Regatta

As our kind readers may have no doubt guessed by now, we at the Handcar Regatta headquarters are overjoyed with today’s impetus toward tinkering and the genius of recycling, DIY (Do-It-Yourself) ethos, and mastery of the Tool.

The notion of “no user-servicable parts inside” is a kind of insult and a call to arms against bland commercial proprietary-ness and to sally forth unhindered to take back our world for better with customization, reuse, fun, and IMPROVEMENT!

These and many other reasons of glorious liberation and ingenuity are why we love the esteemed Instructables so fervently.

Where else can one find step-by-step instructions on such divers matters of import as:

• Front-Wheel-Drive Center-Steer Semi-Recumbent Bicycle
• Build a 4 Color T-Shirt Printing Press
• How to Make a Sweeney Todd Vintage Inspired Dress
• And the lasting simple goodness in life: Mom’s Blueberry Crumb Pie

Brilliant! Keep those fabulous and inspiring projects flowing and make a change for the better in your world!

Some may note that decades have passed lamentably beyond the venerable codes of dress and decorum so commonly observed in my worthy day. …Ah, yes. Just thinking of that one bewitching eve in gracious company of the ravishing Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia hardly precludes an episode of tearful remembrance. …Un moment, s’il vous plaît, my hanky…

Ahem! Why, today, “SCANDALOUS” is scarcely a word to describe the loathsome sight of manifold human portions drooping between moth-eaten layers of threadbare physique-conditioning vestments or, excuse the crassness, “sweats”, as they say nowadays.

Regardless, I am most pleased to announce that the distinguished GBACG (Greater Bay Area Costume Guild) has obligingly affixed our humble Handcar Regatta event to their highly respected “Community Calendar for Costume Enthusiasts”. Welcome well-attired members of GBACG!

So, I say to the Santa Rosa and surrounding environs with fine folks who wish to adorn The Great Handcar Regatta: “Bedizened Citizens in Costume Festoonery ENCOURAGED Most Perfervidly!”

Your most humble of servants ever,
Dr. Erasmus P. Kitty