Calumet

This is an absolutely absurd article about Stanley Kubric's "The Shinning".  

Although I think it is probably the scariest movie ever made; but moon landing, holocaust... get real.    I can't believe there is a movie make about this nonsense 'Room 237'.

What he looks like in my mind

Some people never get older in your mind.  Childhood friends, those who died young and your parents.  They may live to 102, but for me they are always the same age.

Columbus and the Egg

Most people have heard the many references to the story of Columbus and the egg.   So how I missed it.  So here is the story as handed down from Columbus.

After Columbus returned from his voyage many of the couriers were jealous of him.   Many were mocking him, saying  “anybody could have done what you did just by sailing steadily westward.”

“To be sure,” said the Columbus, “but I’ll show you something you can’t do.” Calling for a hard boiled egg, he asked them to make it stand steady on its smallest end.   They all tried, but with no luck.

Then Columbus took a knife, and with a stroke flattened the end so that the egg stood firmly on the table.

 “Oh,” cried the courtiers, “we did not know you meant us to do it that way. That’s easy.”

“Anything is easy if you know how,” answered Columbus; “so it is with the discovery of the new world.”

New Vegetables from our CSA

CSA is a new thing we're trying this year.    Rather than getting our vegetables from the grocery store, we are getting a box of local grown vegetables (of course seasonal) every Sunday for around $20.  

This week we got something we had never heard of called 'strawberry radish'.   Here's a picture of 'd nugget' next to a cross section of the radish.  Very tasty.   The skin is certainly thicker and the fruit is larger than a normal radish but also tender enough to eat.  Not sweet but stronger in flavor than a normal radish.  

Stuffed Hush Puppies

First you make chipolte cornbread and then there are two different types of Hush Puppies:

The meat one has a mixture of chicken, garlic, onions and mushrooms.
The veggie option has an black olive tapenade, garlic, mushrooms and onions.  

Very tastie - very fried. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Yard Presents

So today, I had one of the best architectural client meetings I’ve ever had.   It started out like normal with a husband & wife and their 3 year old boy who we’ll call Jacob (to protect the innocent).

We met for about 1.5 hours and the meeting was probably very average.   Their house was very nice and they had some nice modern art and were very nice people.   At the end of 45 minutes we all gathered around the dining room table and began sketching around.   We talked about the price of the renovation the time it would take and fairly normal topics considering the purpose of my visit. 

So when Jacob picked up his plastic chain saw, I thought it was weird that he would have the courage or permission to be allowed to go outside by himself.   His parents were equally concerned.   They commented on how he had never demonstrated this area of ‘free-will’ before.  

 

They looked out the window in front of us and he seemed to be doing fine.   He was banging the plastic chainsaw around but for the most part he was being quite the little explorer.    He banged around on the garage door a bit and the noise reverberated around the dining room.    We all laughed.    His father commented, “looks like Jacob has started the demolition early”. 

We all went back to our conversation and continued to discuss the plans for the new master-bedroom.   About 10 minutes later, we all look out the window as we mention the quality of the existing windows.   We look about 6 feet into the yard to see little Jacob running around with his pants off, in the yard, taking a nice arcing piss.

His mother, quite horrified, runs out into the yard and orders him to put his pants back on.   Young Jacob needs some help, but quickly gets his training pants and jeans back on.    His mother, calmed by his compliance, comes back to the table and after a bit of laughing, our discussion continues.  

We keep talking for another 5 minutes when we again look out the window.  This time Jacob has removed his pants.   In a very athletic move, his mother sprints for the front door, porch and finally the yard.   Jacob has decided to poop in the front yard.   She grabs him, shakes him like she’s trying to knock the ash off of a burning cigarette in an attempt to dislodge any dangling feces and quickly runs him back into the house, past our table and into the bathroom to clean him up. 

 

Somehow, after this our conversation seems to lose focus and it’s time for me to go. 

  

I say my goodbyes and as I leave the house, the missus warns me not to step in the poop.  She points to the location where she has buried the poop with leaves.

   

As yet, I don’t know whether I’ll get the job.

Bad news for my Team

Among all recent college graduates, those with degrees in architecture have the highest rate of unemployment, according to a recent study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. …

Architects Out of Work