Busy, Busy, Busy

Just Keeping My Head Above Water


All I want to know is” “Who’s Idea was this anyway?”

One minute I’m sitting around here on our little island with a nice suntan, being useless by doing virtually nothing all day, and the next minute I’m running around like the proverbial headless chicken.

Dang it…

Later this morning I have to make yet another trip to Home Depot in anticipation to placing a multi-thousand dollar order for things like doors and windows, and then drag a bunch of lumber out the door to support my construction efforts through the weekend.

By about noon yesterday I looked like Al Jolsen in “whiteface”--covered in concrete dust as a result of staring at my diamond bladed skill saw that I used to cut through my cinderblock walls making new door openings.

Today’s task involves making an eight foot high by twelve foot wide hole in a concrete block wall without having the whole thing crash down on my knotty head in the process. I’m confident that I can complete the process in a couple of hours, but the massive quantities of dust that is produced in the process and hauling the left over blocks out the front door is a real pain in the rear end.

On the art scene, I have my photo editing process almost completed for this years ”Welcome to my world” photo exhibit sponsored by the Glynn Arts Association. I’m entering two images, and I’ll try to stick a the proofs up here on the blog tomorrow night when I’m finished doodling with them.

I also have a meeting tonight with the Board of Directors of the Brunswick High School Marching Band regarding doing the design for their season’s half-time show called “The Pyramids of Egypt.” Obviously there will be a Sphinx and some big triangular structures involved, but the hard part will be making the whole thing windproof/weatherproof , transportable, and at the same time prevent some pimple faced sixteen year old from pinching his head or fingers off carrying the pieces around and putting them together on Friday night.

And finally there is the festering problem of my finishing the design of something called a "Tuned Mass Damper" for my California smokestack project. Can you say "bumbling with Excell spreadsheets?"

If anyone can help doing calculations on dampening coefficients and designing helical spring elements, I'd consider splitting my consulting fee.

Let me know...