tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68318903805840720882012-02-16T16:50:19.036-08:00My professional opinion.Julietnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831890380584072088.post-20542117829321620972008-05-21T10:04:00.000-07:002008-05-21T10:05:54.880-07:00

Here's a little college book I occasionally pull off the shelf --The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture by Hal Foster (1983 Bay Press). It includes Kenneth Frampton's essay "Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six points of an architecture of resistance." Do I remember reading Frampton's essay? Nope. Like most things you're required to read in school, you don't appreciate them until much

Julietnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831890380584072088.post-6763859008890654882008-05-21T00:03:00.000-07:002008-05-21T09:58:30.562-07:00

Ok, so yeah, this is the city's Standard Plan No. 100a for planting a street tree--in case you have an eagle-eye for recycled detail drawings. Hey, it's public domain. I have made a few improvements, however. I've added instruction to keep mulch clear of the tree graft. Also, I visually tried to show "slack" in the ties, although, the tree still looks like it's in handcuffs...

Julietnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831890380584072088.post-27628876944282375812008-05-14T09:51:00.000-07:002008-05-14T10:09:56.071-07:00

Loyal from their beginning (over a decade, which is like ten to the one hundredth power in tech time), I've decided to give up on Yahoo! I'm switching to Google. See, Google has this great buy-up called "Blogger" and well, Google has perfected the Really Simple Syndication reader. You'd think this would be easy for any web-based email provider. It's supposed to be simple. Sorry Yahoo, K.I.S.S.

Julietnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831890380584072088.post-74960343661872828402008-04-22T17:19:00.000-07:002008-04-28T19:30:58.404-07:00

Earth Day warrants a post about a green product. I like Teragren for bamboo flooring. Teragren has flooring choices in many colors and durability for home or commercial installation. Their Signature Naturals are a good choice in natural and caramelized bamboo, also in flat grain or vertical grain. These floorings are also made with low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) laminating glues and

Julietnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831890380584072088.post-13590399274279978682008-04-15T18:40:00.000-07:002008-04-15T19:43:01.007-07:00

On Saturday, I got my bike out to commute to the U-Dist Farmers Market for a Plant Clinic errand and then the P-patch for a garden work party and discovered... flat tires. I couldn't figure out the air pump either. Sigh. I mention this to make use of a timely metaphor. Right now, my professional website has flat tires. It's been sitting, neglected, in the corner of the room, gathering dust. And

Julietnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831890380584072088.post-9584771312117297472008-03-29T19:18:00.000-07:002008-03-29T19:23:08.588-07:00

House & Garden (December 1963) James A. Beard3 egg yolks1 cup buttermilk1 tablespoon vinegar3/4 cup sugar2 tablespoons flour1/4 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon grated orange rind1 tablespoon grated lemon rind2 1/2 - 3 cups sultana raisins plumped in hot water flavored with lemon juiceRich pastry for 2-crust pie1 egg beaten with a little waterBeat the egg yolks and beat in the buttermilk and vinegar.

Julietnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831890380584072088.post-9659186826367407272008-03-23T21:52:00.000-07:002008-03-24T08:57:59.039-07:00

Ok. I'm compulsive about filling in all the blanks. Today, I added a religion to my Facebook profile: Humanist. Just once I would love to see only "yes" or "no" on a form next to "religious affiliation." And "none" isn't an acceptable answer for me. Tomorrow I'll probably change my profile, but for now, it's Humanism [Wiki link].

Julietnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831890380584072088.post-4006789857412751132007-04-09T21:45:00.000-07:002008-05-21T10:04:16.319-07:00

Sol LeWitt, Master of Conceptualism, Dies at 78 [New York Times link]I am so inspired by LeWitt's work. I studied him in college in 1992. I guess, while in college studying art, I was at an age where cerebral things appealed to me. Not intellectual (me?)--in fact most of Conceptualist art was intended to have no meaning or aesthetic other than to challenge (then) modern ideas of art. It was

Julietnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831890380584072088.post-33237942459102755382007-02-13T16:46:00.000-08:002007-02-13T16:46:15.412-08:00

Hmm. What should I write?

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