unfortunately i'm also putting together a huge-mongous proposal that's due friday afternoon so i'm not sure it's even possible for me to cut out of here.
I wonder what fun movies I will get the pleasure of watching over and over and over again. Sheesh, at least when my brother was a kid, my parents got a break while the tape rewound - we didn't get a VCR until I was 9ish.
Sarah, Angus' best buddy up the street - also a 4-1/2 yo boy - absolutely loooooves My Fair Lady, and The Nutcracker. This boy also loves playing with bugs and can already hit a softball better than me - he's got multiple interests.
Angus doesn't really like TV and I'm VERY happy with that. Right now he's into the classic Peanuts holiday stories, previously he went through a Magic School Bus phase - both of which are fine, the MSB is very science heavy so I push it over Peanuts. A recent Saturday it was snowy and bleak out so we all watch The Astronaut Farmer together - a very heartwarming film, and because of the rocket stuff Angus actually stayed somewhat engaged.
Like Steven, I rarely get to see films in actual theaters, and when we did (over holiday break) we picked Sweeney Todd - which I found disappointing and frankly kinda boring. Wish we'd gone to No Country For Old Men instead.
Thank goodness TC has some movie talk to take my mind off the fact that my cabinetmakers flat out don't bother to read my drawings. They'll be remaking about 25% of what they've built already - it's such a damn waste!!
Wow, that sucks LB. The last movie I saw in the theatre was 'Liscence to Wed' and we didn't much like it - at least I think that was the last one, could've been some guy comic-book movie that I've blocked out.
God yes, snook - a good craftsman is worth ANY price. These guys convinced me by listening closely during a walk-through while we discussed the specifics of each cabinet, took lots of notes, said "OK, got" it a lot - then came back with cabinets that didn't meet any of the discussion. Also, they are about five weeks late on it, which means the owners are just desperate to get into their damn house and aren't willing to fight for a lot of changes. Which is often the cabinet maker's ulterior goal anyway. Sigh.
The last movie I saw before Sweeney Todd - about 8 months ago - was 300. Stupid movie, but holy cow did I enjoy it!! Wow!
Andúnë Lossëhelin - I'm sorry but the cheque was really so small, that i have to deposit them in multiples. Yea its like getting a cheque from your grandma for $3 (roughly what it translates to in U$)
Tuna sorry about your kitty. Is she in heat or was she spayed? Often pets tend to stay out longer when they are frisky.
i've found that pretty much nobody bothers to read drawings...and i'm very tempting to go to law school so that i can make a career of suing contractors on behalf of architects & developers.
can't remember my last movie theater experience...maybe science of sleep back in fall of 2006.
My really fantastic carpenter makes me extremely happy - even though he inappropriately rubs my shoulders (though I'm guessing he won't do that again ;-)!
I must say that my joiner has don inappropriate things in the past. Paying for drinks at a party we were at - 15+ people. A little ackward some thought he was hitting on me. Much better than the other one I used to have who berated me when he was a little drunk, that i made him change piece of work 3x simply because he didn't follow the drawings
Nope, tk - and actually this is a topic that must frustrate you, too. They make something wrong because they don't call and ask me a simple question, Then they pitch the screwup in the dumpster and build it over again. I HATE how wasteful the construction industry is!!
AAA the guy that sits on the otherside of a 3.5" wall from me has been listening to some version of 'Bobby Magee' for the last half hour, over and over and over again, like its on REPEAT, and I get the pleasure of hearing it through his OVER EAR HEADPHONES!!!!
my wife and i went with her step-sister to see "i am legend" over the new year holidays. story was so-so but will smith made it enjoyable. it was the first movie we saw in theater for months (babysitters are not part of japanese culture).
thoe cabinets sound familiar LB. it is even worse with commercial projects cuz the builders know that once its done, even if its wrong, the shop has to open on schedule and start earning rent...a perfect opportunity to change design to their advantage and walk away...we have learned to be very careful of oversite to get things right...but it takes so much of our time it is kind of frustrating as fees don't cover that much involvement...in the meantime we are slowly finding people we can trust and taking care of it ourselves. in our last project we left some of the furniture out of the main drawing set and hired a furniture maker we know can do a god job for a good price...worked perfectly, except the general contractor was not happy...
LB - that makes me extremely sad that the cabinet makers just dump it their screw ups. You'd think they'd at least try to sell them to someone else, perhaps.
Day 5 and still no kitty. She's spayed so she's definitely not in heat. Spent the entire evening making signs and putting them up. BTW - it gets quite chilly around here when the sun goes down. I think my white and black cat misses her too, as he walked around with me while I put up signs. This whole situation sucks. My friend, however is going to do me a huge favor tomorrow and make call to the local shelter for me to see if she was picked up. She has one of those microchips so you'd think they'd call though. If only those chips had a GPS locator on them...
LB - that makes me extremely sad that the cabinet makers just dump it their screw ups. You'd think they'd at least try to sell them to someone else, perhaps.
Day 5 and still no kitty. She's spayed so she's definitely not in heat. Spent the entire evening making signs and putting them up. BTW - it gets quite chilly around here when the sun goes down. I think my white and black cat misses her too, as he walked around with me while I put up signs. This whole situation sucks. My friend, however is going to do me a huge favor tomorrow and make call to the local shelter for me to see if she was picked up. She has one of those microchips so you'd think they'd call though. If only those chips had a GPS locator on them...
i've found that pretty much nobody bothers to read drawings...and i'm very tempting to go to law school so that i can make a career of suing contractors on behalf of architects & developers.
puddles, PLEASE DO THIS.
Maybe his hollow head is just a good amplifyer.
ahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
License to Wed is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, EVER. Ranks w/ City of Angels and Garden State as the only three movies I've ever wanted my money and time back from.
Those microchips SHOULD have a gps locator on them!!!
i have a tree in my yard, that unfortunately i think will need to go....a huge oak in the middle of the damn yard, i just don't know if i can do anything with it...
I got a glimpse of the 2012 DC (Chesapeake Region) Olympic Bid Proposal when I was working on a Cricket World Cup Bid Proposal. Olympic Bids are impressive and visionary.
nice snow....just an inch or so to cover the sand ladden snow of the last week. i took the boys [dogs] for their late night walk and there
was a wonder...a beautiful wonder of nature in the air....I think that
is part of why i became an architect....to capture that wonder...the wonder of nature and give it back to mankind......
hugs @ tunamelt. I always thought those microchips had gps or some signal in them. If not what's the f'point? I'm not a cat person by any means, but I sure hope tuna-kitty shows up soon - 5 days is a long time for any pet/person to be missing.
On a side note the japanese students we played archi-host to sent me a really cool Christmas card (that oddly enough arrived in the new year - like most things do)
my office mates headed out to benihana's for lunch. tk being a tight fisted miser is sitting infront of archinect munching on a turkey sandwich from home.
Negative 30 degrees F scares the hell out of me. the missus and I are not leaving the house tomorrow! (the high is expected to be negative 5)
benihana - damn I miss that place. It was frequented when I was making regular jaunts to the ATL - granted it was generic and not that authentic. Also Twist | Shout but the name of the best, hands down, jades me at the moment becau se I'd have to recall memories of my ex as well. Sigh...I miss sushi
I killed a good deal of cad monkey time reading about the family that owns Benihana. Good stuff: espionage, intrigue, lawsuits, blackmail, exploading speedboats, and secret love children.
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unfortunately i'm also putting together a huge-mongous proposal that's due friday afternoon so i'm not sure it's even possible for me to cut out of here.
I wonder what fun movies I will get the pleasure of watching over and over and over again. Sheesh, at least when my brother was a kid, my parents got a break while the tape rewound - we didn't get a VCR until I was 9ish.
the trick is to get your kid hooked on things that are timeless and never get old. this was mine:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070608/
Trivia: remember hampsterdance? guess where the music came from?
Is it wrong to make a boy watch 'My fair Lady'? I love that movie.
i am legend? wow, saw it, stupid. 28 days later, much more compelling.
I only want to see will smith in MiB sequels.
Sarah, Angus' best buddy up the street - also a 4-1/2 yo boy - absolutely loooooves My Fair Lady, and The Nutcracker. This boy also loves playing with bugs and can already hit a softball better than me - he's got multiple interests.
Angus doesn't really like TV and I'm VERY happy with that. Right now he's into the classic Peanuts holiday stories, previously he went through a Magic School Bus phase - both of which are fine, the MSB is very science heavy so I push it over Peanuts. A recent Saturday it was snowy and bleak out so we all watch The Astronaut Farmer together - a very heartwarming film, and because of the rocket stuff Angus actually stayed somewhat engaged.
Like Steven, I rarely get to see films in actual theaters, and when we did (over holiday break) we picked Sweeney Todd - which I found disappointing and frankly kinda boring. Wish we'd gone to No Country For Old Men instead.
Thank goodness TC has some movie talk to take my mind off the fact that my cabinetmakers flat out don't bother to read my drawings. They'll be remaking about 25% of what they've built already - it's such a damn waste!!
Wow, that sucks LB. The last movie I saw in the theatre was 'Liscence to Wed' and we didn't much like it - at least I think that was the last one, could've been some guy comic-book movie that I've blocked out.
Liberty,
Don't you just love fine craftsmen and women.....that is when you can find them.
God yes, snook - a good craftsman is worth ANY price. These guys convinced me by listening closely during a walk-through while we discussed the specifics of each cabinet, took lots of notes, said "OK, got" it a lot - then came back with cabinets that didn't meet any of the discussion. Also, they are about five weeks late on it, which means the owners are just desperate to get into their damn house and aren't willing to fight for a lot of changes. Which is often the cabinet maker's ulterior goal anyway. Sigh.
The last movie I saw before Sweeney Todd - about 8 months ago - was 300. Stupid movie, but holy cow did I enjoy it!! Wow!
Andúnë Lossëhelin - I'm sorry but the cheque was really so small, that i have to deposit them in multiples. Yea its like getting a cheque from your grandma for $3 (roughly what it translates to in U$)
Tuna sorry about your kitty. Is she in heat or was she spayed? Often pets tend to stay out longer when they are frisky.
i've found that pretty much nobody bothers to read drawings...and i'm very tempting to go to law school so that i can make a career of suing contractors on behalf of architects & developers.
can't remember my last movie theater experience...maybe science of sleep back in fall of 2006.
a great joiner is priceless...I keep one as a friend
Techno, now you've reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where he cashed all his grandma's checks, on an account she hadn't used in 20 years.
My really fantastic carpenter makes me extremely happy - even though he inappropriately rubs my shoulders (though I'm guessing he won't do that again ;-)!
I must say that my joiner has don inappropriate things in the past. Paying for drinks at a party we were at - 15+ people. A little ackward some thought he was hitting on me. Much better than the other one I used to have who berated me when he was a little drunk, that i made him change piece of work 3x simply because he didn't follow the drawings
sigh if only i had puddles, QC on the case
lb- does that mean you have lots of rejected cabinets decorating your garage?
Nope, tk - and actually this is a topic that must frustrate you, too. They make something wrong because they don't call and ask me a simple question, Then they pitch the screwup in the dumpster and build it over again. I HATE how wasteful the construction industry is!!
why would that frustrate someone who likes killing trees?
Cant you 'reclaim' it from the dumpster? I mean, dive for it so to speak?
I don't like killing trees, it just happens - like breathing.
AAA the guy that sits on the otherside of a 3.5" wall from me has been listening to some version of 'Bobby Magee' for the last half hour, over and over and over again, like its on REPEAT, and I get the pleasure of hearing it through his OVER EAR HEADPHONES!!!!
Maybe his hollow head is just a good amplifyer.
lol, sarah.
my wife and i went with her step-sister to see "i am legend" over the new year holidays. story was so-so but will smith made it enjoyable. it was the first movie we saw in theater for months (babysitters are not part of japanese culture).
thoe cabinets sound familiar LB. it is even worse with commercial projects cuz the builders know that once its done, even if its wrong, the shop has to open on schedule and start earning rent...a perfect opportunity to change design to their advantage and walk away...we have learned to be very careful of oversite to get things right...but it takes so much of our time it is kind of frustrating as fees don't cover that much involvement...in the meantime we are slowly finding people we can trust and taking care of it ourselves. in our last project we left some of the furniture out of the main drawing set and hired a furniture maker we know can do a god job for a good price...worked perfectly, except the general contractor was not happy...
LB - that makes me extremely sad that the cabinet makers just dump it their screw ups. You'd think they'd at least try to sell them to someone else, perhaps.
Day 5 and still no kitty. She's spayed so she's definitely not in heat. Spent the entire evening making signs and putting them up. BTW - it gets quite chilly around here when the sun goes down. I think my white and black cat misses her too, as he walked around with me while I put up signs. This whole situation sucks. My friend, however is going to do me a huge favor tomorrow and make call to the local shelter for me to see if she was picked up. She has one of those microchips so you'd think they'd call though. If only those chips had a GPS locator on them...
Better run. Have some stir fry to stir up
LB - that makes me extremely sad that the cabinet makers just dump it their screw ups. You'd think they'd at least try to sell them to someone else, perhaps.
Day 5 and still no kitty. She's spayed so she's definitely not in heat. Spent the entire evening making signs and putting them up. BTW - it gets quite chilly around here when the sun goes down. I think my white and black cat misses her too, as he walked around with me while I put up signs. This whole situation sucks. My friend, however is going to do me a huge favor tomorrow and make call to the local shelter for me to see if she was picked up. She has one of those microchips so you'd think they'd call though. If only those chips had a GPS locator on them...
Better run. Have some stir fry to stir up
Wow...
So i am gone for like a day. And there have been rasberries. Overbooked schedules, people wanting to watch Cloverfield...
Great to see that everything continues..I am at the library. Hoping to get something done..
Cheerio/
Also regarding the Chicago Olympic bid.
Quite professional. I like the "sustainable sports legacy" line..
Nice maps..of the transport options.
puddles, PLEASE DO THIS.
Maybe his hollow head is just a good amplifyer.
ahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
License to Wed is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, EVER. Ranks w/ City of Angels and Garden State as the only three movies I've ever wanted my money and time back from.
Those microchips SHOULD have a gps locator on them!!!
i have a tree in my yard, that unfortunately i think will need to go....a huge oak in the middle of the damn yard, i just don't know if i can do anything with it...
@ Olympic Bids
I got a glimpse of the 2012 DC (Chesapeake Region) Olympic Bid Proposal when I was working on a Cricket World Cup Bid Proposal. Olympic Bids are impressive and visionary.
can you say fire wood?
oak is also known to make nice furniture and flooring...
nice snow....just an inch or so to cover the sand ladden snow of the last week. i took the boys [dogs] for their late night walk and there
was a wonder...a beautiful wonder of nature in the air....I think that
is part of why i became an architect....to capture that wonder...the wonder of nature and give it back to mankind......
if it's white oak (rounded leaves not pointy), it's probably useful.
nice snook_dude. did you have some red wine before that walk, hm?
hugs @ tunamelt. I always thought those microchips had gps or some signal in them. If not what's the f'point? I'm not a cat person by any means, but I sure hope tuna-kitty shows up soon - 5 days is a long time for any pet/person to be missing.
On a side note the japanese students we played archi-host to sent me a really cool Christmas card (that oddly enough arrived in the new year - like most things do)
i'm still alive
Thats a kickass Christmas card. Do you think they made it, or do they sell them somewhere?
Wow love the pop-out buddha card...
that was hand made for certain. I think that they could sell it easily though - it was so well done.
I got very frighten just now as I couldn't see thread central - only to realise that i was on page two.
What!!! Page two?!!! How did we let that happen?!
(i thing a-philia was browsing page two).
my office mates headed out to benihana's for lunch. tk being a tight fisted miser is sitting infront of archinect munching on a turkey sandwich from home.
Negative 30 degrees F scares the hell out of me. the missus and I are not leaving the house tomorrow! (the high is expected to be negative 5)
Wow, thats cold. No thank you. And, TK, you think you're tight, I'm having left overs from Wednesday's Lunch and Learn. A tasty turkey wrap.
i'll be out for 4 hours talking with fellow minnesotans about Barack Obama! my twig and berries will be frozen; do they ever get frost bitten?
I thought the berries were made to retreat into the warmth of the body-core if needed.
beta- just hope your fire for barak keeps you warm!!! wanna borrow my long johns?
sarah, we both are doing for our spawn... we have left overs from tuesday but they scare me, rather be safe and bring from home.
um, i got big berries?
if your canvasing my hood, drop by for a hot cocoa!
benihana - damn I miss that place. It was frequented when I was making regular jaunts to the ATL - granted it was generic and not that authentic. Also Twist | Shout but the name of the best, hands down, jades me at the moment becau se I'd have to recall memories of my ex as well. Sigh...I miss sushi
I miss ceviche!
I killed a good deal of cad monkey time reading about the family that owns Benihana. Good stuff: espionage, intrigue, lawsuits, blackmail, exploading speedboats, and secret love children.
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