Sky Hooks

If you read the newspaper , in whatever form you may have heard of this building co-laps in which 81 south Africans where killed. A building where unscrupulous Evangelist added additional floors onto a building without reinforcing the foundation. In the news today they are saying that they are struggling to identify the persons because of the state of initial decomposition. They left these people in the baking sun of days while they pointed finger, and blamed the sky for the collapse Above are represented 81 dots, one for each person who perished. And a reminder to people who don't seem to understand things that small children who play with blocks have figured out by the age of 2. Sky hooks do not hold up buildings. You can believe all you want but gravity's a bitch. We need science also. 

Put them in a box, and send them to Santa

Yes it's that time of the year again. Where you will spend weeks thinking of the perfect gift for your loved ones only to disappoint them in some way or the other. When I asked my Father what he wanted for Christmas he said 'A grand child'. I know he may have been joking but seriously, some stuff you keep to yourself.  In a highly scientific and unbiased pole consisting mostly of the people in our office, I have deduced that this is a universal problem. Family should be boxed up around Christmas and sent to Santa, until Dec 26th. This may also apply to , weddings, pregnancies, and national holidays. 

Broken Crayons

It is one of life's fundamental truths. You do not control much in life besides how you react to the things that happen to and around you.  So use what you got and do amazing things with it. Good or bad. 

"Brain the size of a planet....'

I know I'm a nerd. You need to understand to get through 12 years of schooling and then think its a good idea to add on an extra 5 years is a good idea. You kind of have to be. This year I have spent an inordinate amount of time doing drafting work , window schedule, sections, details etc. Which is not really what you dream of doing at 2:30am in archi school. or as i recently read some place Architecture : 5 min of inspiration and the rest is window schedules.  If for some reason you don't understand the reference please read  "The Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy." Which you may purchase Here  if you so desire. 

Design Drunk , Draft ( Sober?)

Ok, ok it is November the time of year when Architect every where curse our awesome jobs. Some one asked me the other day  if i find architecture enjoyable, my response was as follows , you spend about 5 min being creative and the other 365 days are paper work. 

I Moved your cones

"It was I. I moved your cones. "
Let me clarify, I work in the city and like all cities in the history of the world there is just not enough space to park your , dragon, cart or car.  I've have been waging a war against an incredibly annoying firm who seem to think that is it OK to corner off public parking space so that their visitors should never have to park 2 blocks form their office. Like I now have too since their security guard has place parking cones in front of every bay on the block. ( There are approximately 5 cars that park their permanently) Having fought with and driven over their cones for over a year, this is war bitches. I have now reverted to a simpler method. Every morning as a walk past these parkings I now move two or three cones out of the parking bays. This give me immense  satisfaction. What can I say, I am easily amused and  a little subversive ok?

Perfect little arrangement of attoms

Before I get into it today, I really would like to remind you that you really are a perfect little arrangement of atoms. You really are.