For the last couple of days, I’ve been learning how to use one of those 3D floor plan packages. Needed to; there’s a new house that cries out for exploration. Virtual if necessary. and so, after careful consideration of a line drawing we received from the “house factory”, I put together a reasonable model.
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Another end of season Grand Slam. Not hockey. Not politics. American Idol season XIII will be over in about 100 minutes. And to be fair, the wrap is always spectacular. Almost Sullivan “Really Big Show” spectacular. The showcase for various didn’t win contestants is fun, but J-Lo just blew out their candles. A distracting moment, when I’m trying to write.
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There. Enough turning over the virtual rocks, looking for traces of OPA (other people’s ancestors). Unless a person has the need to know who their forebears were (rare, unless there is a title or monies involved), looking at research done by someone else is like… oh, I don’t know… checking out a bowl of cornflakes served up by someone else. Probably tasty, if you are hungry. Otherwise.
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Given the season, and the age, life has turned me into a spectator. I accept my role, and I have decided to profit from the variety available. This “phase”, like others, will pass.
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How does that song go? “In the end, it really doesn’t matter”. It doesn’t. The season of American Idol is ending, right now. On another channel. Once again, a rerun of TBBT is more important.
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The minor inconvenience of a leak over my desk, last week, was a polite warning that things sometimes go terribly wrong. Sometime overnight, the office down the hall had a relative deluge. From the ceiling, again, but this time they had to clear the room and call in the professionals to restore order. Blame it on the weather, or the age of the building; water damage is still not much fun for the parties involved.
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Another documentary on D iscovery Channel, this time dealing with unidentified flying stuff. The bottom line seems to be that there’s a rational explanation for just about everything. As for the rest, well… pity the photos aren’t better, eh?
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Tonight another American Idol will be presented to the world (as if it cared). Two hours of mixed entertainment, faintly reminiscent of the work done by Ed Sullivan. It should be noted that many of the guests this evening ALSO appeared on his program. Guess the demographic shift in favour of the Boomer is real.
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In the natural progression of things, each new season comes with its own symbol. Fall(ing) leaves, snow(y) winter, robins in spring and then, summer.
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I’m preparing for the eventual cleaning of our basement, with the help of cable TV. I’ve been watching programs that deal with the riches that lie undiscovered. Antiques Roadshow and Canadian Pickers. To a lesser degree, Storage Wars. Forget that stuff about Hoarders, though. That’s for the unsung few that are never required to clean house.
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