{"product_id":"machinery-log-1","title":"Machinery Log #1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou're 12 again. Just for a few minutes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemember sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of cereal, and for thirty minutes the only thing that mattered was solving the maze on the back of the box?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo notifications. No inbox. Nothing waiting on you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI wanted to make something that could do that again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMachinery Log is part Coast Guard history, part comic book, part old magazine, part activity book — something you actually sit with instead of scroll past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue #1 is a 9\/11 tribute, remembering the Coast Guard response and the people we lost, alongside the ordinary stuff that brings a time back to life: TV listings, movie times, old ads, puzzles, coloring pages and cutouts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause that's how memory works. The important stuff sits right next to the ordinary stuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's made mostly for us, the grown-ups who remember. But a lot of the people I served with are becoming grandparents now and if a coloring page gets a grandkid to ask, “What's that boat?” and gives you a reason to tell them a story, that's part of why I made it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's not that the past was better.\u003cbr\u003eIt's that we shared it with those we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue #1 is completely free as a digital download. I have to use the checkout to track it, but zero cost!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrint it. Read it. Color it. Cut it up. Leave it on the coffee table. Give some pages to the kids. Send it to an old shipmate. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIf this made you smile, even for a minute, that's the other reason why I made this, so please share it so i can make more! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a few minutes, you're 12 again. Here ya go.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TACTICAL GENT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171199500449,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1800\/8295\/files\/911cover.png?v=1789049925","url":"https:\/\/www.tacticalgent.com\/products\/machinery-log-1","provider":"TACTICAL GENT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}