Genius of the month award

The award goes to whoever drew up the plans for this house. In some ways it looks like a nice enough house. It looks like there will be stairs up to the main level and an attached garage. There appears to be a fair amount of space and rooms and all that good stuff too. But the problem would be getting the car in and out of the garage. Not only do the driveway and garage not line up with the cut in the curb (which is over by the dumpster and that white paint on the street), but it goes straight into the power pole! I assume that they would not have you make two drastic, sharp turns to get into the garage, but they will be moving the pole. I am no architect or engineer, but it looks like if they had only flipped the plans and put the driveway on the right side instead of the left, it would have all worked fine.

This house is pretty close to mine, and since this picture I have looked again. Last time I was over there, the post was still in this same spot. I hope that they don't get the house done, and they first realize the problem when they go to sell the house to someone.

Just in case . . .

. . . we need more proof that portland is a unique place. I saw this a while back, and just HAD to snap the photo of it.

New stuff!

I don't know why people will suddenly become interested in my life, as I usually go to work, come home, hang out with baby Elizabeth, and routine stuff like going grocery shopping and stuff like that. It does not seem too exciting. But baby is one of the major reasons for writing this, as there are plenty of people who live far away and don't get to see her very often, so I imagine it will be heavy in content catered to that objective. If she reaches major milestones, I will try to add those, for example.

However, I hope to also provide some levity and entertainment, and will be working out parts of this to meet that goal as well. As awesome as the little one is, there are a few other things in the world, and I will add things of interest to me. These general topics, I imagine, will become clear as time passes, but will likely include music and movies, as well as sports, books, history, and others.

All I got for now - as I think of new features to try, I will add them. So far I am thinking of having Foto Friday. Of maybe it will be Photo Phriday. To be determined, hopefully in time to begin this week.