Culver Firemen’s Memorial Update

December 19, 2012 by

For those of you that followed my posts on the Firemen’s Memorial here and here, I hope you liked the design I suggested. (See the picture to the right.) Unfortunately, I have to report that the firemen have apparently chosen to go a different direction. At least I assume that’s what’s happening at the northeast corner of Lake Shore Drive and Slate Street… I found out about this the same way you did, i.e. I didn’t know they were going a different route until I saw it under construction.

I wish them the best as always, but it’s unfortunate they have chosen to build a less than permanent structure skinned with faux cut stone rather than following the guidance of the Culver Community Charrette as I suggested. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and time will tell as to whether this becomes the cherished landmark I intended with my design.

I’m Prescient!

November 15, 2012November 14, 2012 by

NBC Headline: Obama claims mandate on taxes

Image borrowed from the NBCNews.com article referenced herein.

I’m Prescient! <sigh> As I posted here and here a mandate has been claimed for a win by a scant few percentage points, thus setting us up for more partisan rancor. If the above referenced article (found here) is to be believed, it’s stated even worse as a “broad” mandate in the first line, “President Barack Obama claimed a broad mandate for his vision on taxes at his first news conference since being re-elected, demanding that his negotiations with Congress yield a specific plan that results in a higher tax burden for the wealthiest Americans.”

So we went from “calling both sides together to arrive at a solution” to “demanding” in a matter of a week. So much for healing…

Subway

September 26, 2012 by

Random Thought: Subway’s slogan is “Eat Fresh” and they constantly promote healthy lifestyle through Jared and Olympic Athletes in their commercials… Why then do they only give me a deal when I buy a bigger sandwich or when I add a soda, chips or a cookie?

Jared’s picture borrowed from the Subway Restaurant site here.

Climatologists

July 19, 2012 by

I find it hard to believe that climatologists can accurately predict what the weather will be like in 50 years when their professional cousins, the meteorologists, are still using phrases like “there’s a 40% chance of rain” when they’re telling me what they think the weather will be tomorrow.

Survey Says!

July 18, 2012 by

I just took a survey on local workforce quality and availability. Question17 and my response to it are below.

17. Additional obsticles that limit your ability to attract and rectuit talent:

Pride in work and work ethic. I’m not sure which is more important, but I would say taking pride in your work probably covers both. Want an easy example? Look at this question. There are two typo/spelling errors! Did the person writing this not care enough to run spell check or have someone check their work?