The Illustrated History of the Central Federation of Labor of Albany from 1898 is a delightful collection of the informative, historical, and unusual. Not apropos of Albany in any way, but Hoxsie was tickled to find this recipe for creating liquid slating to coat blackboards. Yes, the liquid could be purchased ready for use, but if that wasn’t convenient, then all one had to do was mix up shellac, spirits wine, ivory black, flour emory, and ultramarine. Hoxsie wants to live in a world where those items are just lying around when the pre-mixed stuff is hard to come by.