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Easter Antiquer
April 11, 2012 | 
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Sunday afternoon, I was driving home after spending a great Easter brunch with my brother Chris and his family, when I drove past an antique mall. I hadn’t been there in several months and was surprised to see a number of cars in the parking lot. I figured it would be closed on Easter, but it was as open as a head wound (or something else less gross that’s open). 2 and a half hours later, low on fluids, I walked out of the antique mall into the fresh air and sunshine with some pretty awesome items that I totally don’t need.
Here’s what I found: Read the rest of this entry »
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Erector Set Plane
Saturday night, instead of going to a birthday party with friends, I stayed home sick and built an Erector set. I’d never built one before, but received one as a gift last Christmas & didn’t crack it open until last night. It was fun and not terribly difficult to build.
Invented 100 years ago, Erector sets use nuts, bolts, pulleys, and gears and I had the option of building 4 or 5 different things (that’s why I had extra parts left over). I’ve seen some cool antique Erector sets at antique shops & almost picked one up once. I may do it yet.
For a long time I’d wanted to build one like the legions of children through the years. It’s cool to think of this old cultural bit of playtime that included inventive and industrial components. At least when I built mine, I was away from the tv and internet for a bit, so I do have some degree of self-control and completion. Even though it looks like Frankenstein’s airplane, it’s swell and I’ll have to build another set soon.
Drilling Holes (In My Wall) For Mankind
I just drilled holes in my wall to hang a stained-glass window and it only took me 2 months. I’m on the ball.
In August, after some searching, I finally found and purchased a cool stained-glass window at an antique shop. It was awesome. Once I brought it home, though, it sat leaning against a wall except for when I brought it out to admire it or take glamour shots of it in the moonlight. I meant to hang it in my dining room, but that required drilling holes in my wall for the screw anchors. The thing is, I have little recent experience drilling holes in walls, but I have done it before. Read the rest of this entry »
