holiday gift idea #15

Concrete jewelry. Karen Konzuk's concrete line amazingly combines concrete and stainless steel. I think that there are cuff links and pendants in the line as well. I saw them here: http://2modern.blogs.com/

ready for design #2

Clearly this could be way more user friendly.
As Kris just asked how do you clean the board without cleaning the drawer? Good question.

car search 4.0

It looks like the beetle is going to force me to get a new car. I can not say that I am excited about anything that is out there right now. Nothing really meets my space/mileage criteria and I refuse to get a vehicle that sucks gas. I hate to sound like Scott but I am starting to believe there is collusion between the oil companies and the car manufacturers. I am sure that everyone has seen that while automobile manufacturers profits have leveled the oil companies are having a record year. It turns out they usually run in this sort of pattern. You know when we will see the car companies really switch to another energy source? When the oil companies figure out how they can charge $50 a fill up for whatever new energy source they come up with. Sure, I care about the planet and I am happy to minimize my carbon footprint by getting a hybrid but what I really care about it is not getting screwed by a gaggle of greedy bastards that think no one is paying attention. So, it looks like I am going to get in line for an Altima Hybrid. I know it is not the best of the hybrids and I am sorry, but I just can't drive a prius. To me the prius that looks about as good as the Greenbay Packers Cheese hats. I just wish I could afford a Tesla.

ready for design #1

Why aren't there more biodiesel lawn mowers and why do the ones that are out there look like crap? People might not be ready to use biodiesel to get to work but for mowings lawns or throwing snow off the driveway I can not imagine anyone would care. I could see a chainsaw, hedgetrimmer and even a mini-bobcat in the line too. The Toro image attached is a professional fairway model, but still it could seriously use some industrial design.

holiday gift idea #14

These are really fun and easy to do. PhotoStamps.com

christmas tree hunting

Here are the boys looking for the perfect christmas tree at a local farm. Ian brought his croquet mallet to chop down the tree and he also used it to bust through the ice.

Snow

Here are the boys playing with their best friends in the "storm of the century" as Karl would say.