October 31, 2007
Designing homes isn’t as easy as Mike Brady made it look ever week. It’s not just sketching out floor plans and calling it a day. A lot of negative thinking is involved for it to work.
First you need to know the lay of the land. What will the landscape support, what it can’t support? How deep do you need to put the foundation?
Then you need to focus on the area the house will exist. What are the right materials, what are the wrong materials? What is the climate? Are you designing a structure that can withstand cold weather?
Then you look at the budget. How much is everything going to cost? What is the best material for the price? The most expensive materials are not always the best. How long will it take to build?
Does it not only look good, but does it funtion? What might be an issue with the design? How can it be improved?
You can’t just create your dream house, you have restrictions. Negative thinking allows you to work within those restrictions. Understanding what you can’t do is just as vital as what you can.
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Posted by Craig Price
October 29, 2007

As a life long member of Red Sox Nation I’d like to say thank you to the 2007 Red Sox.
2 championships in 4 years might make us spoiled but the Patriots showed that we can handle it.
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October 26, 2007
Sometimes we make simple mistakes. We forget something or overlook a step in a process. It happens. Sometimes it leads to trouble. Other times…
From Idea Finder:
The year was 1903. Benedictus climbed a ladder to fetch reagents from a shelf and inadvertently knocked a glass flask to the floor. He heard the glass shatter, but when he glanced down, to his astonishment the broken pieces of the flask still hung together, more or less in their original contour.
On questioning an assistant, Benedictus learned that the flask had recently held a solution of cellulose nitrate, a liquid plastic, which had evaporated, apparently depositing a thin coating of plastic on the flask’s interior. Because the flask appeared cleaned, the assistant, in haste, had not washed it but returned it directly to the shelf.
Now this would not be tolerated in today’s super strict, safety conscious laboratories or at least I hope not. But always be on the lookout after a failure. Be open to the failure and the information it will give you. You might just invent something that will save millions of lives. Or it will, at the least, remind you to wash chemicals from beakers!
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Posted by Craig Price
October 25, 2007
I’m sorry. I don’t want to report about the monkey menace every day. This is the 2nd posting about monkeys this week alone. I wish they would behave and mind their manners. But things are taking an ugly turn in Kenya.
From the London Daily Telegraph:
Gichuki Kabukuru, a spokesman for Kenya Wildlife Service, said it was well known that monkeys and baboons have a penchant for harassing women rather than men…”
“That is quite true. I will not be able to give you a scientific explanation but it has been observed in the past,” he said. “Even in our camps, when men are out on patrol and the monkeys see women and children, they will become very naughty and make lewd signs at them.” According to locals, the animals have become so aggressive that women have taken to dressing up like men, wearing trousers and long-sleeve shirts.
I think a line is being crossed. What must we do to stop the growing gorilla gropers (I know they’re not gorillas, but I like alliteration!)? Monkeys are literally manhandling innocent women and we do nothing?
This is truly a sad day.
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