Next week: New York, Paris and Venice

Some of the sights I hope to see next week:

• New York
  
• Paris
  
• Venice
  

By now, I'm sure you've realized that we're only going to Las Vegas. But hey, I'm sure we'll get drunk have a good time. We're not staying at any of the aforementioned hotels, instead we're staying at Mandalay Bay.

The reason we're going out is for a Keller Williams conference which begins Monday. We're leaving tonight though (late), so we'll be able to see the city Saturday and Sunday before working Monday through Thursday. YAY!

Antler Chandelier

An astute reader of my blog pointed out that a person with the same name as me makes chandeliers made from antlers. While not really the style I like, they're interesting. Check out:

Big Horn Designs Antler Art

Digital Age

For the past couple of weeks I've occasionally been going to Georgia Tech's athletic center to use the cardio machines (in a lame attempt to shed fat before Winter Party). In order to make the best use of my time I always like to take an article, magazine or such to read while on the elliptical machine. I've noticed that I'm about the only person reading. The vast majority (probably 90% or more) have headphones on are are either listening to an iPod (or similar) or plugged into the cardio equipment for watching TV. (Each cardio machine has its own built-in LCD TV.)

I feel so... "old school" ;)

Oral hygiene

Taking advice from some of our friends, Randy and I purchased Philips Sonicare toothbrushes last weekend.

WOW!

I'm amazed.

We also got drunk both Friday and Saturday night. Not so amazing. ;)

So Sad

Hopefully this map will contain more red countries by the end of the year. We're planning a trip to Spain late this summer - and this time we mean it!!!

;)



create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

"Dog-o-paws"

Last night, Randy and I were watching a situation comedy ("sitcom") and one of the characters revealed that she had menopause. In the episode her son and husband were reading about menopause and said that some symptoms were mood swings and facial hair. Martha (our dog for readers who don't know) was sitting with us and I said "Martha do you have menopause?" (She has facial hair!!!) Then I quipped back as if it were Martha speaking "No, but I have dog-o-paws. Get it? Dog-o-paws!"

I don't know why really, but it struck both Randy and I as really funny. I think we laughed for 5 minutes.

Life is simple at times... :)

Phoebe Allen

My first year of architecture school (I later changed majors to mathematics) was largely an art curriculum. I think the curriculum included one or two drafting (by hand, not CAD - it was the eighties!) classes. But mostly it was freehand drawing, art/architectural history and just plain old "art" (even though it had an "architecture" title). It was a "series" course like cal I, cal II, etc, but you had the same professor each term.

I was fortunate to have Phoebe Allen as my professor. Of course, when signing up for courses the summer before (using punch cards!) I certainly didn't know. However, upon getting to school and talking with some "upper" classmen (i.e. sophomores - *sigh*), I discovered that Phoebe Allen was the art/architecture professor. Students in Phoebe's class could mock the students in the other art class. While we used gouache and art paper to learn about color and spatial concepts, the students in the other class used water colors and construction paper - poor things! (A series of abstract paintings from that class is in my living room this day!)

At any rate, Phoebe Allen was different. I think I was too naive to notice at the time, but now that I remember her it seems that she would have been more comfortable in a cosmopolitan place like Los Angeles and Miami. She sort of has a "Patsy Stone" flair about her - at least in presentation. There was a big rumor that she would add vodka to her Diet Coke before class. I honestly don't think she did, but given the town I wouldn't blame her. She drove a late 70's white Corvette with white leather interior - mint condition, of course.

What made me think of Phoebe Allen? This morning as I was quickly ironing my shirt, I remembered that she once asked me where I took my shirts to be pressed. She nearly had a shock on her face when I said "I iron them myself in my dorm room". I've always had an ego about ironing since.

June 7, 2007 update:
I should have added this like a year ago, but Phoebe's website is:
Phoebe Allen

Fabulous.