Best E-mails of the Week 8/03/03

 

This is a cool cat site. can you get it to purr?

http://home.wanadoo.nl/annekebroenink/maukie2.swf

 

>Gardening Rule:  When weeding, the best
way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a
valuable plant is to pull on it. If
>>>it comes out of the ground easily, it is a
valuable plant.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The easiest way to find something lost
around the house is to buy a
>>>replacement.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out
alive anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>There are two kinds of pedestrians -- the
quick and the dead.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Life is sexually transmitted.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking
other toys.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
then who is the fool
>>>who said "Quit while you're ahead?"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Health is merely the slowest possible rate at
which one can die.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The only difference between a rut and a
grave is the depth.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Get the last word in: Apologize.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Give a person a fish and you feed them for a
day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for
weeks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Health nuts are going to feel stupid
someday, lying in hospitals dying
>>>of nothing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Have you noticed since everyone has a
camcorder these days no one talks
>>>about seeing UFOs like they use to?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>All of us could take a lesson from the
weather. It pays no attention to
>>>criticism.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Why does a slight tax increase cost you two
hundred dollars and a
>>>substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>In the 60's, people took acid to make the
world weird.  Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it
normal.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Politics is supposed to be the second oldest
>>>profession.  I have come
>>>to realize that it bears a very close
resemblance to the first.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>How is it one careless match can start a
forest fire, but it takes a
>>>whole box to start a barbecue?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>AND THE # 1 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>You read about all these terrorists -- most of
them came here legally,
>>>but they hung around on these expired visas,
some for as long as 10 -15
>>>years.  Now, compare that to Blockbuster;
you are two days late with a
>>>video and those people are all over you. 
Let's put Blockbuster in charge
>>>of immigration.
 

 

 

From the June 8 Best Emails, I described Architect Santiago Calatrava's wonderful presentation at Columbia University. 

Now he has been selected to design the  World Trade Center Transportation Center.    From the NYTimes:

In a statement yesterday, Mr. Libeskind called Mr. Calatrava's work outstanding, adding, "Today is a great day in the rebirth of Lower Manhattan."

 

 

Mr. Calatrava's office in Zurich is closed until mid-August, and his spokeswoman in the United States said he was traveling and could not be reached for comment.

The selection of Mr. Calatrava pleasantly surprised many of the civic and architecture groups that have closely followed the rebuilding effort. Mr. Calatrava is known primarily for his designs of railway stations and bridges throughout Europe. He has also designed the roof of the Athens Olympic Stadium for the 2004 Games and an addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum.

"He's the poet of the train station," said Fredric Bell, the executive director of the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects

"His designs capture the spirit of movement," he added. "They are not static. Everything is moving and dynamic. I think he will be a true complement to the Libeskind plan."

Because both Mr. Libeskind and Mr. Calatrava are known for their strong personalities, it is unlikely that they will agree on everything.

But Terence Riley, chief curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art, said, "The chances for success are more than reasonable as long as it is very clear what each architect is responsible for."

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the house after a week of strenuous foundation work.

You can't move forms and shovel in your fifties like you did in your twenties.!

 

 

 

 

Pete

 

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