My vote for best superbowl commercial? The Doritos in a coffin sketch. Brilliant. The fantasy of lying in a bed of Doritos, watching TV, and pretending to be dead, this goes deep into the matter. The music is the Overture from Rossini’s The Theiving Magpie, and was used in A Clockwork Orange when Alex and his droogs were carousing in their codpieces. The intent? Laughing at death while we cause it?
This food cart has some striking graphic design. It was parked in a driveway. Notice the tiny A/C unit in the upper right corner. With a metal roof and propane powered espresso machine this is probably a necessity.
A chicken coop down the street from me. The chickens are let out during the day to wander up and down the street.
The bicycle house. Made out of bolted aluminum “L” shaped rods, duct tape, and plastic perf board.
This is a new house being built. The exterior wall is tongue and groove running horizontal, spaced out from the felt by a 2×2. I’m not sure what the spacing is for. (Any ideas on that pop?) The upper left portion is a porch. Looks like a nice place, if your 15 years old. I think that the old and seeminly boring house layouts always prove to be the most functional. A house like this looks so promising and cool, but I’m sure once you lived in it for a little bit you’d find it’s layout frustrating. Then again, maybe it’s just a guest house?
There will be 4 shutters for two windows.
The Pinot Noir from 2009 is coming along very nicely. I’m sending out samples to be tested for sulfite levels.
I made some stout last week. It’s almost done fermenting and will sit in the basement for a few weeks. I’m planning on making some spiffy looking label for the bottle.
Joel has long requested a stout from me, so I should be able to barter it away for a few pounds of coffee.
The gutters are wood. I had no idea how to work with this method. Searching on web I found this old site with great photos! I’m doing the exact same thing as that guy did, except I’m using copper instead of lead, as I want to retain the ability to collect the rainwater for drinking.
For dinner I made toasts with some bechamel, shrimp, and swiss cheese. For a salad I tempered onions in water then tossed them with arugula and bok choy. I sat in front of the fire with the cats, reading a guilty pleasure, called ‘The Farseer: Royal Assasin’.
Got the awning up and put the roof on. Right as I finished it started raining!
The cart progresses. The batten around the exhaust window was a little tricky, lots of odd angles to cut. There is now a porch outside the door, which makes it much easier to get in and out. I’m currently working on an awning for above the service window.
I flew into Portland yesterday, on an MD-80 from Salt Lake City. On the very left is Sturgeon Lake and the northern end of Sauvies island. The Columbia flows off to the north. On the very right is Green Lake, next to it is Post Office Lake, and below that is Round Lake, which is not round.
