(cross posted from my Ape Man Blog)
I always get mad when I hear people spouting off about how the immigrants are taking away jobs from those poor blue collar Americans. Speaking as a blue collar American, I know that this is not so. There are plenty of good jobs out there for blue collar Click Here to continue reading.
I had meant to write an essay this autumn titled “Fall Cometh” or something like that. It was to be a descriptive essay about the fall weather, much like I have written essays about the Spring. But I haven’t written it yet. Maybe I will still write it, even though it would be late.
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[Note: This week I was doing cleanup and going through my old pads of note paper. On one pad, stuck in among some other writing, I found this short descriptive essay. It had no date attached and I can’t recall exactly what year I wrote it. It was probably about four years ago, and I […]
The writers over at Architecture + Morality have decided to experiment with podcasting. So for the first time ever, I listened to a podcast.
I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. They certainly pulled off the format far better than I would have. I think that it does me good to hear intelligent Click Here to continue reading.
I hate to do two posts based around a single link in a row. But I think that this post explains a lot about the current state of the architectural professions.
The price of milk has gone up dramatically. It has risen by $1.00 in the last few months, and nearly half a dollar in the last week. What is going on?
Also, sundry strange and weird things happened to me.
Read all about it here.
Yesterday, I said….
Now I can’t get away from the sneaking suspicion that what Cramer says on television is what the rich and powerful are saying behind closed doors. Call me paranoid, but I would not be surprised to see Cuomo get slapped down. If your are a glutton for punishment you can watch the video Click Here to continue reading.
If you are going to be putting a commercial duct cleaning project out to bid, make sure you go over to the National Duct Cleaner Association’s web site. In particular, you should down load NADCA’s General Specifications for the Cleaning of Commercial HVAC Systems.
It’s free. Obviously, you would need to alter the language Click Here to continue reading.
We have highlighted a couple of poems by Mr. Dueck in our weekly feature. But of all of his poems, These Are The Earliest Days of Autumn is my favorite so far.
He actually posted this poem back in august, but I was waiting for a good essay to go along with it. I have given up on the waiting. The poem will just have to stand on its own.
I sort of forgot I was enrolled in an on-line class. It is beneath my level in the subject matter and boring. But I should still finish the assignments so I can put it down as complete.
On the job training/learning is so much better. But if they are only training you in doing things the Click Here to continue reading.