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In the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, Boyertown, PA

Introducing the Lodge® Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Water Bottle

Hydration. Forged in Iron.

Move over, flimsy titanium. Step aside, colorful insulated tumblers. It’s time to hydrate like your great-great-grandmother used to cook.

We’ve taken the legendary, indestructible power of the American skillet and molded it into a sleek, 12-pound vessel of pure, unadulterated hydration.

The Lodge® Cast Iron Water Bottle is built for a lifetime of daily use, and a lifetime of intense forearm workouts.

Unmatched Virtues. Unrivaled Performance.

Pre-Seasoned for Peak Flavor
Unlike sterile titanium bottles, our cast iron bottle comes pre-seasoned with 100% natural vegetable oil. Enjoy a subtle, rustic hint of Sunday morning bacon and charred onions with every crisp sip of water.

Built to Last (Literally) Forever
Ultra-light? Please. Real strength has *heft*. Drop it from a cliff, run it over with a tractor, or use it to fend off a grizzly bear, this bottle will survive, even if the floor you drop it on doesn’t.

Natural Heat Retention
Need to keep your water ice-cold? It won't. Want to keep your coffee piping hot? It’ll be lukewarm in twenty minutes. But leave it in a hot car for an hour, and it will retain heat so efficiently it can be used to sear a ribeye right on the dashboard.

Naturally Antibacterial (If You Burn It)
Cleaning is a breeze. Never use soap. Simply scrub your water bottle with coarse kosher salt and chainmail after every use, then bake it in your oven at 500°F to ensure it stays sanitary.

Fortified Hydration
Tired of synthetic vitamins? Our bottle slowly leaches real, honest-to-God dietary iron directly into your drinking water. Say goodbye to anemia, and hello to drinking liquid rust like a true pioneer.

What’s NOT In Our Bottle
We craft non-toxic, unapologetically heavy hydration tools made without the chemical soup of modern life.
>PFAS (“Forever Chemicals”)
Because cast iron is temporary. Only the seasoning is forever.
>PTFE (Teflon)
If your water doesn’t stick to the sides of the bottle, is it even real water?
>Plastic Waste
Replaces thousands of plastic bottles, mostly because you won't have the physical strength to lift another bottle after using this one.
>Weakness
Absolutely zero trace elements of cowardice.

Minimalist Design. Maximum Weight
Featuring a timeless, coal-black aesthetic, the Lodge® Cast Iron Water Bottle is the ultimate minimalist statement.

Standard shipping available (Freight truck required).

Lodge®. Lift with your legs, not your back.

From the 2007 Cleveland International Film Festival (and hanging in my living room) is my favorite FF poster of all time, summing up my reality in just 8 words.

I loved the look of this artist’s work, so years ago I bought one of his paintings. Turns out the original paintings are mass produced by imitators within his own warehouse, it’s a scam, and he’s long since passed away. It doesn’t change the fact that I loved the way the painting looked. The painting was in a horizontal format and ended about 1/3 of the way up this image, so I called upon Photoshop AI, using Firefly, to fill out the rest to use as a screensaver. I did two rounds of possibilities and selected the one I thought was best, dialed in the contrast for the top 2/3 of the painting and I think it came out pretty good. Again, I know the actual painting I have isn’t his original work, and I know Photoshop AI took care of the rest, but I still find the painting quite pleasing to look at and hope you will too.

Another film from my Must See List completed having seen a 35mm print of Bicycle Thieves at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute last week. Full house and a nice explanation of the films backstory and merits beforehand. Glad I got this checked off the list!

It’s a quietly devastating portrait of poverty and dignity in postwar Italy, following a desperate father (Antonio) whose stolen bicycle threatens his ability to provide for his family. Directed by Vittorio De Sica, the film uses nonprofessional actors and stark, real-world settings to create an almost documentary-like authenticity, making its emotional impact feel raw and immediate. What begins as a simple search turns into a deeply human story about hope, humiliation, and moral compromise, culminating in an ending that is both heartbreaking and profoundly compassionate, particularly through the eyes of Bruno, Antonio’s son. Its influence on cinema is enormous, and its message about survival and empathy remains just as powerful today.

Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small-town high school, but when he matriculates to a big-city university on a scholarship, he soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Expected by his coach to contribute significantly to the team, Henry is overwhelmed by the demands on his time, the "big-business" aspect of college sports, and the fact that he never fully learned to read. Things look bleak for Henry when pretty grad student Janet Hays is assigned as Henry's tutor. Her intellect and strength lift Henry out of his doldrums just in time to battle the coach, who attempts to rescind Henry's scholarship.