Behold photos

Finally posted some new photos in the photo section. Good times at rogers park.

One Election Ballot with a side of Hatred and Bigotry please

Well I went to vote today in the Texas version of California’s referendum thing.
Except in ours we just amend the state constitution.

Every. Damn. Year.

What a way to run a government. No wonder we cant fund our schools. No, Today we voted on a series of amendments to our state’s fine (and often misspelled) state constitution, One of which was a Same-Sex marriage ban.

Cool. Now, not only do we have a reputation of being bigoted and stupid, we can now back it up with law. And not just with any law, but an amendment to the central document of our state governance.(for crying out loud even the Stateman came out against this one)

What would be really cool, is if next year we got to vote on banning old white males who make laws, drive gas guzzling cars, launder money, commit fraud, and have decided that a platform of hatred is a good way to run our government. Ban them, there doing us a lot more harm than people who love each other that are trying to marry.

An did i mention the Schools ? The ones that still aren’t funded ? Maybe we should look into that….

Prefab Fried Chicken: Good or bad

I’m not sure whether to be horrified or not. My architectural education plus a desire for solid construction instilled in me by many a home improvement project with my parent and grandparents, want to scream and go build a log cabin. However, I cant help but think about poorer places of the world and if something like this could help.

“What the hell are you talking about?” you ask.

Sorry, I digress. Five miles form my standard concrete and wood house, across the street form my favorite coffee shop, Churches Chicken recently demoed their store and rebuilt it in 9 hours.

Yeah, not really sure what to think. Wave of the future or a frightening contribution for even more urban sprawl.

Regardless they have good biscuits.

Videos

Ok, so i’ve jsut spent my first real session messing with iDVD trying to get my Cousins wedding pictures into a reasonably presentable format. man. not that the learning curve is all that high, but these things are tricky. i think I’ll be sticking with my non moving graphics from now on.

Mother Jones Article

A very serious discussion with top ranking govenment officals about global warming, the war, and our ‘crude democracy.’

Travels

I’ve been up at my grandmothers place in Redriver NM for my cousins wedding, for the past week. It is so stinking beautiful up there. Taos is the kind of place i could eventually see myself living. Small, but with a vibrant cultural aspect. It was difficult to come home to 108 degree heat wave in Texas. Anyway more photos will be posted next week, but for the time being check out this and this. (Oh, and those are just a wee bit large on the file size. )