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Tuesday, 5th July, 2011, 06:10 AM #1
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ø Ignore Majin
What's so bad about 4th edition? What's so good about other systems?
I've been away from the game for awhle but will be starting up a new 4th edition campaign tonight with a few close friends. Naturally I've been browsing a number of forums and new products to get a feel for what's new since I left. (Right before Essentials was released IIRC)
Now there's been some animosity towards 4th edition since before it was ever released, that's normal with every new edition, but the amount of hate I've come across on this and other forums seems to be at a level I've never seen before. So I've been searching to find out why and I'm still confused. Here seems to be the main issues I've come across in some form or another so far:
Essentials Fallout
This was what I imagined to be the culprit before I even left the last time. I myself was wary of what Essentials was going to do to 4E, but from what I've seen so far it really does seem to be an option for 4E which you can easily leave out of your campaigns. For myself, I'm happy to leave it in if my players want to try out one of the class variants as the CB seems to be able to take care of all the dirty work for me.
So my question here is: Was it really that bad? Did it kill 4E?
DDI Support
I've been playing around in my DDI Toolbox since I've returned getting a feel for what's changed. I'm a little disappointed that the CB & AT's are online only now. I'm quite irritated actually by the removal of the "Copy to RTF" function the Monster Builder allowed me before which made converting modules/monsters so much easier.
The consensus seems to be that the newer versions have less functionality than the old... and? Anything else? I agree this is disheartening but not enough to generate so much hate? Right?
4E is Dead - 5E on the horizon?
For one reason or another, this usually goes un-defended but people simply claim it's dead in passing as if it's a foregone conclusion. Occasionally people chime in to say they're expecting 5th edition to be coming out sometime in the next year or two so they've lost interest in 4E.
I just don't understand this kind of position at all, but it's really part of the reason I've made this thread, to get a better idea of why people think the game sucks so much nowadays.
<Insert your pet system here> is so much better so 4E sucks
I'm sure I won't be surprising anyone here that Pathfinder is usually between those brackets but other systems can sneak their way in there from time to time. Just recently Pathfinder has been making the news with claims of outselling 4E and I'm sure PF fanboys are still in some state of orgasmic ecstacy they've yet to return from after reading this news. Once they've come down they may say that this is proof that 4E sucks so bad. That WotC failed, etc. etc.
I'm by no means a D&D fanboy. I've thought about trying Pathfinder, as I have a fondness for the 3.x ruleset and that edition of D&D got the most play out of me of all previous editions. If anything I'm attracted to their adventure paths so I've thought long and hard as to whether I'd be willing to switch over. I like both systems. I'm not sure if it's taboo around here but I really like 4th edition's powers system but I'm also nostalgic for the 3.x days. I just don't have the time for two systems though with work, family and all my other hobbies so I really think the most likely outcome here is me converting adventure path stuff to 4E in the long run.
Anyway, off that tangent and back to the point. Does the current perception/claim that Pathfinder has started to surpass D&D in sales a bad omen for the future of D&D? Or just WotC's involvement in its development? Does it lend any credence to my original question?
Final Thoughts
I guess what I'd really like to hear is some constructive criticism on why 4th edition "sucks". If you used to play what made you stop? If you're thinking of leaving the system or have found yourself playing less lately why is that? (Only if the reason relates to some aspect(s) of the system that you don't like please.)
Nothing anyone can say will make me change my mind at this point, that's not what I'm looking for with writing this but I am really interested in getting and overview of how WotC has handled this edition and the details on what people dislike the most.
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Tuesday, 5th July, 2011, 06:26 AM #2
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I like 4e, but for me the greatest failing is lack of quality adventures.
For me, the adventure is the heart of D&D and always has been. When I have fond memories of previous versions, I'm usually recalling some specific exciting adventure.
A couple delves in Dungeon every month just doesn't cut it for me. I like reading adventures almost as much as I like playing them.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
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Tuesday, 5th July, 2011, 07:12 AM #3
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My perspective, as a player who's only really been in the game a year and a half, starting with 4th Edition, and just now learning Pathfinder (though 4e is still my main game):
-I think what a lot of people don't like about 4e compared to earlier editions is that it's more "gamist" and less "simulationist" (I hope I'm using those terms correctly). In learning Pathfinder, I see lots of things in the rules that seem to use game mechanics to more closely approximate "reality" but they're far more complicated than their 4e equivalents (burst/blast shapes, diagonal movement, racial flavor mechanics, etc.). I'm pretty happy with 4e in this respect, but I know lots of people don't like it.
-The Essentials books have been good additions to the game in my opinion, but I know some people don't like them. They see it as a change in design philosophy that means that the type of characters they enjoy won't be getting future support. I think that feeling should be fading now that WotC has been addressing some pre-Essentials classes lately in Dragon, but we shall see.
-DDI has been a mess from a business and communication perspective in a lot of ways. The rollout of the online Character Builder was depressing because it's not as good as the downloadable one in many ways (still no customizable character sheets or custom content, for instance). It's better today than it was at launch, but it still lacks functionality that the old Builder had. It should have been released as a beta. The Monster Builder at least HAS been released as a beta, and I haven't even bothered using it since it really isn't functional yet. I've been using Power2ool lately for monsters and enjoying it.
-I don't think 5e is on the horizon. Judge for yourself - there's plenty of talk about the idea - but I don't think we'll see it before 2013 at the earliest.
-Pathfinder appeals to people who like more "simulationist" play and don't like the innovations of 4e (healing surges, unified power structure across classes, powers, etc.). Also, a lot of people like Paizo as a company much more than they like WotC as a company. I'm personally fine with both WotC and Paizo, but I know that some people feel very passionately about this topic.
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Tuesday, 5th July, 2011, 07:19 AM #4
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Well, let me start by saying what I like about 4th Edition.
- I like the new cosmology. I love the mythic feel that it inspires in me. I also love the three split worlds; it helps to make room from creatures which would otherwise feel too similar to certain other creatures. I never had a problem with The Great Wheel, but, I've come to highly prefer the feel and style of the new cosmology.
- I like the lessened power curve between levels.
- I like the ideals behind encounter design; a group of monsters against a group of PCs being the status quo.
- I love the Warlord class.
- I like the tighter balance (even if I think there still are some options which are quite obviously not balanced against each other.)
- 4th Edition chose to have a more concrete identity.
I'm sure there are other things, but that's what immediately comes to mind.
Now, what bugs me about 4th Edition?
- I didn't like the way that the build up to 4th Edition trashed older editions as well as making what I felt were somewhat disparaging remarks toward some play styles.
- While I like the concept of skill challenges, I don't like how they sometimes feel like a separate game. Occasionally it can feel as though my character has a 'skill challenge mode,' and an 'encounter mode.' I prefer to have all of my character's abilities available at all times rather than having my choices governed by what mode the game is currently in. Yes, yes, you can most certainly use skills in combat, and you can most certainly use powers in a skill challenge, but there are (IMO) plenty of times when the two parts of the game don't work together as well in play as they do in theory.
I've also had experience in which I felt -- as a player -- that I was somewhat railroaded by skill challenges. I wanted to do something or try an idea, but wasn't able to because I was forced into a skill challenge.
...great concept; not always a great implementation; don't even get me started on how I feel toward the suggested DCs.
- 4th Edition chose to have a more concrete identity. This (as you can see) is both a plus and a minus for me. I think it's great that the 4th Edition team took a more solid stance on what defines the D&D experience, and what style of game they expect 4th Edition to be used for.
However, for me personally, that means 4th Edition has also moved away from a style of play I like. Had I felt as though I were more informed about this before buying the original books, that would have been fine, but I felt as though the whole "The game will remain the same" mantra was somewhat misleading. As I've already mentioned; I also felt as though (and sometimes still feel as though) some of the ideals I have about gaming were viewed as badwrongfun.
- Grab... well, grab kinda sucks. There's been some effort to remedy this with some character options, but it's still very difficult for me to play one of the character types I enjoy the most.
- I don't feel as though the structure of the mechanics really supports the 'Points of Light' idea (which I highly enjoyed reading about in the 4E previews.) Many people will argue that there's little or no connection between mechanics and fluff. Personally, I disagree. I feel that certain mechanical structures are better (or worse) for certain feels.
If I take a 4th Edition adventure, and run it using GURPS mechanics, the fluff will be exactly the same, but the different mechanics will still put a spin on how it feels. Certain mechanics will better highlight certain things while putting less emphasis on others; this is true for both systems, even if I'm running the exact same adventure fluff.
Again, for me, this is a problem for me because I felt somewhat mislead. The previews of the game made me think it would be one thing. The way the game actually turned out to work in actual play was something quite different. I remember participating in one of the 'Build A City' threads over on the WoTC boards during the switch to 4E; the thread died after we realized that what we had built (based on assumptions of what style of game 4E would be) didn't really work with 4th Edition, and we had to start a new thread to start over -- building fluff that was easier to support with the mechanics given.
- DDi... what can I say? This should be something I want. I had high hopes for it. As it stands, I don't think it's something I'll ever want.
I'm sure there's more, but this is what immediately comes to mind.
Tuesday, 5th July, 2011, 07:49 AM #5
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But the real beef with Essentials (some of which I like a great deal, btw) is this: it pushed 4E.Classic books off the shelves and consumed space on the release schedule. Space which 4.Classic customers wanted to see filled by products they could use at their table. Remember that Essentials kicked off when 4.Classic had just reached a new peak in terms of quality (MM 3, Dark Sun, ...).
And then, in January 2011, WotC decided to take further titles off the release schedule. Even if you are in full on support mode for Essentials, there are only two titles you can buy this year as a D&D player (contrast: as a DM). It doesn't help that one of them (HoS) is of questionable use and execution, to say the least.
Contrast 2009 - you could buy three Power books, an Adventurer's Vault, a Player's Guide to Eberron, and what not. It was good to be a D&D player then. Right now, I don't care if 5E on the horizon or not, nor does it matter whether you're pro or anti Essentials, when the overriding vibe I get from WotC these days is simply: we have stopped supporting our current player base.
Tuesday, 5th July, 2011, 08:09 AM #6
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I think most critics of D&D 4 criticize Wizards of the Coast rather than D&D4 mechanics. Even before D&D 4 was launched, people liked to criticize Wizards of the Coast for every decision they made. Sure the D&D 3.5 thing was seen as a greedy move, and played a part in this vision of the company bad image.
Moreover, everyone expected Wizards of the Coast to publish an OGL along with D&D 4. They did not, and players felt betrayed.
Once this was done every little error in design would get huge in the eyes of the players.
But there were other big errors... D&D4 is a good system: it is a pleasure to write adventures for this system. Contrary to what people often say on the forums, it is possible, and easy, to write every kind of adventure with this system. It's not combat and dungeon exploration only...
Unfortunately, Wizards of the Coast chose to restrict the third parties productions. So we are left with below average (to say the least) adventures written by Wizards of the Coast. TSR and WotC rarely produced above average adventures, and D&D4 is no exception.
The best "official" adventures, for earlier editions, were (in my opinion) to be found in Dungeon. Because there were lots of different writers and styles. Dungeon doesn't seem to be as creative nowadays... Rather than being creative, it seems that the adventures are there to illustrate one stereotyped vision of the system.
It seems to me that the staff at WotC develops adventures with tried and true rules. So tried and true that they produce bland settings (Points of Light is as bland as possible for me). I remember listening to a session were developpers from WotC duscussed scenario writing. It was a terrible : one vision... D&D lost diversity in adventure/setting design, it impacted badly on the brand as a whole.
Other blunders (in my opinion).
1. The (first) Dungeon Master Guide was a failure in my opinion. Badly written, and some systems (skill challenges comes to mind) were badly depicted. The second DMG was a pleasure to read... But why did the ideas in this book never get implemented into official adventures ?
2. The Players Handbook had too few classes and races. Everyone expected to have at least as many options as in the 3.5 book.
3. The first published adventure (Keep on the Shadowfell) was bad/bland, and there was no alternative to this terrible adventure to test/taste the new game. I had the feeling the adventure was only there to illustrate one vision of the new system : the worst one.
Tuesday, 5th July, 2011, 08:21 AM #7
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As for an omen, I don't think by a long shot WotC is doomed, but they need to sit up and take notice. Personally, I compare it to the console market several years ago; When Playstation 3 came out, they proclaimed they'd won the the console war only to have the Wii rocket past them and Xbox 360 gain huge numbers as their own console fumbled along for a few years. Yes, PS3 is doing decently now but if they hadn't course corrected, they'd gone the way of Sega or Atari game consoles.
It took them a bit to catch on that a not-insignificant number of people either didn't follow or shortly thereafter decided to hop off the bandwagon when they didn't like what they were getting into. The problems with the digital tools didn't help either, and several 3rd party publishers were able to tap into enough demand to keep the old system "patched up" and running.
WotC's since been scrambling to figure "what went wrong" and coax folks back into their camp (witness Mearl's articles aimed at "healing" the community split). I get the feeling that's not going well as the D&D brand manager was recently laid off. I don't know how well essentials is doing to bring new folks into the fold, but I imagine it's ticked at least a few people off who aren't happy "buying the game" all over again in the new line.
As for me, what turned me off to 4E was primarily the way it handled combat (there's other things, but this is the prime offender). Now, I've always loved a good combat or two in my games, but every 4E battle felt like a DDM tournament match. There was just too much time invested in the seemingly endless string of combats (Thank you, Keep on the Shadowfell) linked together by the barest threads of story.
I also didn't feel like I was stepping into a fantasy world, I felt more like I was refereeing some sort of fantasy-themed sporting event. That was pretty annoying as well.
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Tuesday, 5th July, 2011, 09:21 AM #8
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I started playing Fourth Edition right around the time it came out and have been playing it weekly (With a few hiccups) ever since. When it first came out I was ecstatic, and loved just about everything it had to offer. It's three years later and I'm not so sure it's really as perfect as I thought it was at the time. Off the top of my head, there are a few points I can think of that have been bothering me quite a bit as of late:
- Skill Challenges. This is one of the first things that started to stick out as I played 4th Edition, and I started disliking it relatively early in my time playing the system. One of the strongest points of Tabletop RPGs is the concept of "Emergent Gameplay" - being able to solve any given problem in a potentially infinite number of ways. This can be accomplished in Tabletop RPGs (And some video games, most notably Deus Ex) due to the structureless nature of the problems given. "There's a chasm. You need to get across the chasm. GO!" Taking away this possibility and replacing it with, "Alright, if you can get 6 skill checks you can get across the chasm," ends up being harmful to the aspect of Emergent Gameplay and in turn harmful to the game's nature as a Tabletop RPG.
- Broken Math. This is another one that seems to be a fairly common complaint in that, at least at launch, the game's math simply didn't work right. This is particularly true in the paragon and epic tiers wherein monsters become nearly unhittable because of how high their defenses get. With the release of the PHB2 this problem was solved by implementing the Weapon and Implement Expertise feats, which were more-or-less required to build a relatively effective character. What this results in is essentially being required to take certain feats because if you don't, your character will probably not be effective, especially in later tiers. Granted, this is a bit less of the case with more recent content, but it's still something that bothers me.
- Option Bloat. This is a bit of a personal gripe, but in terms of feats, powers, and especially magic items, there's way too many options. It's a little disheartening to look at the character builder to choose magic items and see something like nine thousand choices. This wouldn't be so bad if 95% of the options presented weren't either terrible or intended for a very specific character type, and the other 5% being just objectively better than everything else. This sort of applies to feats and powers, too, but it's mostly a gripe with Magic Items.
- The Essentials Books Look Like They were Designed by a Team of Chimps. This is even more of a personal issue, but I cannot stand trying to read Essentials Classes. They had a very consistent layout for Fourth Edition classes that made looking up content incredibly easy and fast, and replaced it with the Esentials format wherein certain entries (Like the "Ability Scores" section under each class) are printed multiple times in a book for each class. On top of that, there's the fact that the "Core" book was split into two books, with entire chapters being reprinted between the two releases. It all seems like a feeble attempt to pad out the page count of the books without actually providing more content. It seems like a really shifty and lazy design choice, and ultimately has discouraged me from actually giving the classes a shot.
That all being said, Fourth Edition is by no means a bad system and I still love it to death. For example, I really like the more tactical approach that they took in terms of combat, along with how much easier it is to DM than, say, Third Edition. The monster format is fantastic.
Tuesday, 5th July, 2011, 11:31 AM #9
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4e doesn't suck. I've had quite a bit of fun playing it.
But what's so bad about 4e?
- Combat grind. An incidental, run of the mill combat against a bunch of kobolds should not last 40 minutes. A minor combat to set the scene and tone for the adventure should not take more than two and a half hours out of a three-hour game session.
Both of these are real examples from WotC published adventures (Kobold Hall and Tomb of Horrors, respectively), and in both cases they quickly degenerated into tedious slug-fests where both sides spammed at-wills to whittle away the others hit points.
- The constant stream of ongoing updates. I've complained about this on other threads, and don't want to rehash it. Suffice to say, I absolutely hate it.
- There are a few (very few) areas in the rules that just break my head.
But for me, the biggest thing that's wrong with 4e is that it was just such a missed opportunity. I was ready for 4e. I was well aware of the weaknesses with 3e, especially at high levels. And much of what came out of WotC in the early days was really promising - an expanded 'sweet spot', a proper acknowledgement of play across all levels, a removal of a lot of excess baggage from monsters (particularly minor spell-like abilities that would almost never be used), and in particular a simplification of the DM's job.
Yes, 4e should have been great.
But, overall, it's just not. I've had fun playing it, yes, but I've had fun with almost every system I've played (including some really bad ones). It has some really good points, but it also has some glaring weaknesses.
All in all, and on balance, it's just not an improvement on core-rule-only 3.5e (for me).
And it could have been, and it should have been. And that's what's wrong with 4e.
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There are many things that I have found troubling about 4E since playing it.
1) Length of combat. Even low level fights seem to take forever thanks to the buckets of hit points you have to grind through.
2) Ridiculously unrealistic, gamist mechanics. A warlord can heal by yelling at people? Seems silly, but he does it for no other reason than he's a "leader". A paladin shooting lasers at enemies if they attack someone besides him? Laughably ridiculous, but he can do it because he's a "defender". Don't even get me started on "Come and Get It."
3) Ridiculous yo-yoing of hit points during encounters and complete healing after an extended rest. It's really offputting how a character can go from dying to nearly full mulitple times in an encounter, and how you completely heal all damage by resting for 6 hours.
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Free Agency: I think Mayhew will look to make 1 or 2 big signings just like last year.
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2nd round, 44th overall - Kendric Burney, CB, UNC (More cornerback help is very much needed and if we land Champ Bailey, he can be a great teacher to our younger players like Spievey, Berry and Burney.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Despite getting caught up in the final accident of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, on the last lap, Jeff Burton limped his damaged Kwikset Chevrolet across the line in the 16th position.
Burton consistently ran near the 20th-25th positions all afternoon, unable to make a lot of ground in the draft, after starting the race in 17th.
Prior to the race, Burton expressed concern that drivers would struggle to pass and that was certainly the case for the No. 31 team, causing team owner Richard Childress, crew chief Luke Lambert and Burton to agree that riding in the back to avoid the crashing would be the way to proceed.
After surviving the first three accidents, Burton had finally placed himself in position to perhaps score a top-10 but the final accident included the No. 31 and Burton was unable to fully navigate the carnage.
Rode around all night to hopefully miss the wrecks Got in one anyway. #plateracing— Jeff Burton (@RCR31JeffBurton) July 7, 2013
Burton exited the car unharmed but immediately walked off to his motorhome and left the track, promising to catch-up with SB Nation via a follow-up interview over the next few days.
The race continued the trend of competitive cars, derailed by accidents and misfortune. Burton remains outside of the top-20 in the championship standings and is looking for wins to hop back into wild card contention.
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The Bottom Line
- Unrelenting from start to finish.
- Aggressive vocals match the music perfectly.
- Album is too saturated with breakdowns.
- Songwriting is mediocre.
- Doesn't stray too far from the formula.
- Released January 20, 2009 on Metal Blade.
- This is Rose Funeral's 2nd studio album.
- The band signed with Metal Blade after the release of their 2007 debut, Crucify.Kill.Rot.
Guide Review - Rose Funeral - 'The Resting Sonata'
Every song has at least two breakdowns, leading the album to become monotonous and stagnant by its conclusion. A few solos break their way through the wall of sound imposed by the steady rhythm section, but the guitarists tend to stick to the one-note breakdowns like a musical crutch throughout the album.
While stumbling a bit in the beginning, The Resting Sonata does pick back up for a satisfying ending. The Iron Maiden-meets-Black Dahlia Murder "Embalming The Masses," and the epic closer "Dawning The Resurrection Verse II," which features an effective thrash breakdown, close the album out on a high note. Vocalist Tim Russell gets to show off his wide range on the closer, hitting a pitch-perfect falsetto, alongside his mix of harsh barks and deep growls.
The Resting Sonata will be a hit among the younger crowd, who praise modern deathcore bands like Whitechapel and Suicide Silence. Those looking for variety or a change of pace will not find anything of the sort on Rose Funeral's sophomore album. The breakdowns are too frequent and the songwriting leans towards the repetitious side. Rose Funeral plays it safe on The Resting Sonata, and it shows in the final product.


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My four year old loves to sit in this chair, we had to remove the front and back supports so that she could fit into it. Cause she still want ot sit in it.
Projects built from this plan. Thank you for submitting brag posts, it's appreciated by all!
3 – 1×2 boards, 8′ long
1 – 1×4 board, 15″ long
1 – 1×10 board, 15″ long (you can substitute 3 – 1x4s joined instead if you don't have a 1×10 laying around)
4 – 1×2 @ 26 3/16″ (Legs, both ends cut at 5 degrees parallel to each other)
2 – 1×2 @ 15″ (long point to long point, ends cut at 5 degrees NOT parallel to each other, bottom sides)
2 – 1×2 @ 11 3/4″ (long point to long point, ends cut at 5 degrees NOT parallel to each other, middle sides)
2 – 1×2 @ 10 11/16″ (long point to long point, ends cut at 5 degrees NOT parallel to each other, top sides)
2 – 1×2 @ 16″ (long point to long point, ends cut at 5 degrees NOT parallel to each other, bottom supports)
1 – 1×4 @ 12 9/16″ (long point to long point, ends cut at 5 degrees NOT parallel to each other, seat back)
1 – 1×2 @ 12″ (short point to short point, ends beveled at 5 degrees NOT parallel to each other, front)
1 – 1×10 @ 13″ (short point to short point, ends beveled at 5 degrees NOT parallel to each other, seat)
Bottom Supports
Now here is where things get a little tricky. Drill pocket holes on both ends of the bottom supports, two per end. Mark the sides 3 1/2″ up. Then glue, clamp and screw with 1 1/4″ pocket hole screws the bottom supports to the sides. Center the bottom supports on the width of the legs. A right angle clamp would be super handy here, but I don't have one, and was just fine.
The seat will sit at the back, leaving room for the legs at the front. Cut the seat so the ends are beveled at 5 degrees of square, with the seat length short point to short point 13″ long. On the underside of the seat, drill three pocket holes along each of the beveled edges. Screw the seat to the sides.
I finished mine by filling pocket holes with wood filler. It took three applications of wood filler to completely fill the holes. Then a thorough sanding with 120 grit sandpaper. Then primer and paint, followed by a spray on top coat. Add a strudy strap to the center and a safety belt (tip – use a dog leash or a belt)
Well, it's not the one you keep asking for :( but I think many of you will love it just the same.
Or at least as much as Grace loves her newest chair.
She's faster than the camera can focus, so excuse the picture quality. It's really the high chair we are after anyway :)
Here is the side view. It's so simple, and made mostly of 1x2 furring strips (less than $1 each) but is surprisingly sturdy.
Am I done yet mom?
Cause this is way more fun.
Okay I'm done. Where's the candy you promised. (yes, I did, I bribed her with candy. I'm a mom, not a parenting expert).
And one more close up of the simplicity of this chair. Yes, that is pink paint on her legs. It's amazingly easy to build, inspired by the simple but useful high chairs found at restaurants, and loves a bright paint.
And here is the best part. After building the high chair, I decided that it need a few slight tweaks for you. These tweaks are shown in the above diagram. By making the seat a 1x10 instead of a 1x12, getting chubby legs into the leg holes will be much easier. You can add a strap to keep your child from falling through. Then I brought the bottom supports up so that your toes could fit under them making it easier to pick the chair up and move it. And lastly, I made the entire chair just a tad narrower to fit more compact spaces and to remove unnecessary side room. I love Grace's chair - but yours is going to be even better!
Love it! When someone makes this, could you *pretty please* test it with a car seat? In restaurants they can flip these upside down and use them to hold an infant car seat, and I'd love to know if this one accommodates the same. My sister in law is having twins and is short on space, so these would be a great gift!
When my niece stops over, I'll run out and snag her car seat for you :)
Grace needs a cross bar to rest her feet on. Trust me, at just over 5 ft my feet are always looking for a place to rest as the floor is usually not an option.
Love your blog and your design and plan rendering ability! I too build and remake furniture for our home although most often winging and tweaking the design as I go.
Thanks for all the ideas and for sharing your readers successes!
Wow! Love this and Grace is adorable! Just a tip for anyone who might build this and want to add straps, www.strapworks.com has everything you would need to add a strap and clip. They even have pink straping! I order from them all the time for purses and other things I make. I can't wait to make this highchair!
Heather, I thought I would add my two cents here - I used to work in a restaurant industry for quite a while and we too were flipping those high chairs upside down to accomodate infant seats, however - please be super cautious by doing that!!! The high chair was never designed to hold infant seats - it just conicidently does, and not all models at that. Also, years ago we were (I was mostly affiliated with one of the major "americana dinning" chains) instructed to stop flipping high chairs upside down for the purpose of holding infant car seats for 3 main reasons; one was since the inverted high chair is not stable these things were tipping over (imagine rumbunctious toddler bumping into it). Also - it wasn't sanitary since those restaurant chair legs are filthy! And last, the restaurants thought it just wasn't esthetic to have dirty chairs upside down while people were dinning.
Perhaps we can have Ana design an infant car seat holder with a wide base and all :).
Great job! Could you tell me what kind of paint you used? I just painted my daughter's desk pink, but I couldn't find the exact shade of pink I had really wanted and settled for a "blossom pink". The pink you used is the shade I've been looking for!!
I think i have enough lumber lying around to make this. Going to check when i get home. Might make it this week. Thanks Ana.
She is the cutest thing.. so photogenic! :)
My Girls don't need high chairs!! But I want one anyways!!!! :D Great Job!!! Love it! and PINK!! WHAT!!!!! :D
Love the chair, but your adorable daughter steals the show! Seriously..she is beyond cute! I loved her skirt as well, and btw, I bribe my kids with candy all the time:) Your site has been such a blessing for us! Thanks for all you do!!
LOL at your comment "I'm a mom, not a parenting expert."
I seem to be having to use the candy bribe with my 3 y.o. little girl a lot lately! Love the chair and especially the pic of Grace in her precious tutu underneath:-)
I was going to buy one of these this week so I could get rid of my son's bulky high chair. Now I can just make it (or at least try)!!! Thank you!
i am new to all of this and have a questions...do you HAVE to have a pocket hole jig?? can you use something else or just screw in the screws?
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! My little nephew is only 10 months old and this will be perfect for him! SO CUTE!!!!!
Oooh, I totally agree with a footrest cross bar!
Do you think this would be sturdy enough if I built it to counter height? Our dining room table is a high one so I'd have to make it taller so the kids could still sit at the table...
I love this idea. It would be great when we have mulitple kids over as guests. Do you know if this is stackable?
Definitely! But the angles are going to be tricky. Just start with the top, then add the seat, then measure and cut the bottoms. Some extra supports would be great on the bottom too!
Twyla, I don't see any reason why these wouldn't stack. You are so smart! Oh, how fun, a stack of these!
Just wanted to add that my original intention was to create a chair inspired by the Stokke high chair. But upon further investigation, that chair required so many accessories to make it what it is. And I have always loved the simple design of a restaurant high chair. I think what many of us love about the Stokke one is the simple design, the option for a bright color, and the square edges - all things we have accomplished with this design.
I'm not saying I still don't want to put together a plan for the Stokke chair, it's just going to take some more thinking, tests, etc. So until then, I hope everyone is happy with this one! Ana
Christina, it's almost a must have in this situation. To build those legs, it would be quite difficult without a pocket hole jig. You could use trim screws countersunk, at least 2 1/2" long, but the strength won't be as good either. Could be done (and we did before there was a pocket hole jig) but I highly encourage purchasing a jig.
Thank you! She is such a sport for letting me take her picture!
Jeannie, thank you! Children are such a blessing!
N, I'm not entirely sure what the color is because someone gave me this can of pink, and there is no label on top. But it's a bubble gum pink color. I use it everywhere! You have just given me a great idea - getting together a set of favorite paint colors.
And they say SAHM's never have enough time! Look at you - amazing! :) You have been churning it out lately - I can't stay away from your website! Love it!
Ana- Do you think this chair would still be sturdy if I adjusted it to be tall enough for counter height seating? I think these would be a great alternative to my kiddos sitting on our counter stools - much safer too!
That was my first thought too. It would be easy to customize I bet!
WAIT, isn't that what candy was MADE for? lol- I can't wait to build this!
I would love to make a couple of thes counter height too! I'm with megnstuff they would be alot safer compared to regular barstools.
Since furring strips are mentioned, here's a tip for other projects, so others can learn from my mistake! This tip isn't in reference to this plan, but in reference to plans that call for normal 1 x 2s.
I stocked up on 1" x 2" x 8' and 1" x 3" x 8' furring strips, from two different sources, for a couple of projects (not this one, which calls for them). I didn't end up being able to use them because:
1) They have rounded off edges, so it's difficult to match up edges perfectly
2) They're not necessarily as thick as lumber (example: normal 1 x 2s are can be slightly thicker than furring strip 1 x 2s), so it throws off the measurements
3) I was told in one store that the dimensions vary even by manufacturer. They're used behind wall surfaces, so the companies that make them aren't always careful with the dimensions
I thought I was saving money, but am going to give them to a family friend who may use them as firewood! ;)
These would be great for my twin boys since we could stack them when they aren't in use. They are too small now (only 6 months), but it won't be long. How would you attach the strap? Do you need special screws? Also could you put a seatbelt type strap in the back to buckle them in and prevent them from standing up?
Hi Melissa, thanks for making note of this. I have had very good experiences with furring strips - possibly even just as beautiful and square as premium lumber. But every once in a while, the bundles are as you describe. What I do is stock up on bundles when I see good lumber. Always inspect your lumber before making a purchase. Ana
Ok I am posting again..This is a cute chair but I am going to hold out for a design like this one! I love this more than the Stokke one!
Hey! Love this high chair. You definitely should make plans for a jr chair like they have at IKEA. They are smaller versions of adult chairs that are also taller so that kids can sit up level with the table... just an idea. Great work, love your site!
Thank you so much for this plan - I showed it to my husband because I wanted a counter height high chair for our 2 year old to sit at the kitchen island. He figured out that the legs needed to be 10 inches longer and the side base pieces are 19" long (all dimensions around the seat stay the same), and we added a footrest. He used regular 1 x 2s and we took a 3 point harness and a tray off an old high chair we weren't using (we fitted a grommet into the harness and screwed it into the back cross bar; the tray fits into holes drilled in an extra piece of wood attached to the sides). We also added a second cross bar on the back opposite the footrest so we could store the tray there. We painted it brown to match our other kitchen chairs and coated it with furniture wax to make it easier to clean. Finally I sewed a seat pad out of vinyl fabric (from Joann's) and foam padding.
Obviously, it took us a lot longer to make ours, thus the late response to the post!
(oh, and he used a nail gun instead of a pocket hole jig).
Love this chair and also the fact that multiple chairs will be able to stack! Do you think that it would be sturdy enough if i left out the top cross bar, sot hat it was more like a raised toddler chair?
We've taken Grace's off without issue :)
Hi Ana,
Please help me.
I tried making simple stool using using this plan. The strips split each time I try to screw in the picket hole. I am using kreg jig. Drilling pocket holes is fine. I tried using 1 1/4 screws and 1 inch screws. both caused the strips to split.
Some wood is just fundamentally prone to splitting. It might be worth investing in better stock. At bare minimum, I'd give it a try. Firring strips are pretty low grade stuff, so if that's what you're using pick up some clear 1x2 or 1x3 instead, and try a practice joint.
The chairs the restaurants are using use one of two methods for joining these pieces. The most likely is a dowel tenon, which is easily built with a doweling jig. Any home improvement store will sell them, although you'll have to look, because they don't have the marketing budget of Kreg. It's a fairly strong joint and about as easy as the Kreg jig to build.
The other option, which is stronger yet, is mortise and tenon joinery. It's more involved, but when properly executed it's very strong. This is probably not the joint for the first-timer, but there are plenty of good resources if you want to learn it.
If you use either of these joints, you're going to have to learn how to glue and clamp a joint properly. That also means you'll need to buy clamps. For furniture you generally need pipe or bar clamps. Pipe clamps are just a length of black iron pipe, with a fixture threaded onto one end with a clamp screw mechanism, and a sliding fixture that you snug up close to the other side of your wood. You buy the pipe clamp parts and match them to the length of pipe that you want. It offers great flexibility, because you can have as long a clamp as you need.
Dear claydowling,
Thanks for the response
1) I will try better wood this weekend.
2) I am already using good clamps
3) I browsed for doweling jig - liked the idea - will use it as well.
Hi Ana! First of all I want to tell you that I'm amazed with your talent and the things you make.. and thanks so much for sharing your projects with us! I would like to know if you have ever heard about the tripp trapp high chair.. If you could show us how to make it I'll be so happy. I have looked online for a diy version of this chair (because it is so expensive and I wouldn't be able to afford it) and found other people asking for a tutorial on how to make one, but there is no tutorial. I think you are the one to make this project and show us how we can do it ourselves!
Hello Ana! Thanks for posting the plans. I cut the wood last week-end and sanded every piece over the week. This week-end, I started assembling but ran out of screws. So I am waiting until Tuesday for my Lee Valley order to come in. But so far it looks great and my daughter is very excited about getting a new chair (she's two with another on the way we'll need the old high chair for baby). We are also building two harriet higher chair for the older two for their new custom school desk. Your plans are great and easy to follow for a beginning. Thanks a lot :)
P.S. For those wishing to add straps, why not get some screw stud snaps from an upholstery shop and use regular webbing and buckles sold in all fabric stores to make easy to wash straps? the strap could be attached in the back posts as well as under the seat to make a sturdy 3 point style washable harness. That's what we are hoping to do with ours.
Thank you for all the fabulous plans you so generously share with all of us! I'd like to join the previous poster in requesting high chair plans similar to the Tripp Trapp chair. It's a really clever design and because it's fully adjustable, you can have one for each young child in the home that will fit them perfectly and grow with them! Well, if we could make one ourselves we could afford to have one for each child! I'd love it if you would consider featuring the plans. Thanks for all you do!
Hi. Nice chair and description. Thank you for sharing it with the world!
Do you know if two of these would stack? I saw plans elsewhere that used a 7 degree slope. I wonder if the greater angle would help or hinder stacking?
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RUSHVILLE — With the Daytona 500 set for this weekend there are plenty of unknowns as NASCAR kicks off the 2013 season.
It will be the first time the new "Gen 6" car will be in competition with a full 43 car field and the verdict is still out on whether or not it will improve the racing on the track.
One has to wonder if the Daytona 500 will become a two-car dance step as was the case last year?
There will be some indication of the racing the new car will produce in the two qualifying races on Thursday.
Unlike in previous years where there were numerous teams looking to make the field for the Daytona 500, only 45 drivers are looking for a spot in the race. Two teams will pack up after Thursday and wait for the next race.
Brian Keselowski and Mike Bliss posted the two slowest times during qualifying on Sunday and will have to race their way into the "500". With either one or both of these drivers sit back and wait to see if another team develops a problem and can't finish the qualifying race or until there is a multi-car incident, opening up a starting position.
The other thing to watch this weekend is how many start and park cars will back the Daytona 500. Looking through the entry list I can envision six teams turning a few laps, parking for the day and leaving Florida with a decent paycheck.
I include on that list of potential start and park drivers, Josh Wise, Michael McDowell, Scott Speed, J.J. Yeley, Travis Kvapil and Joe Nemechek.
It does strike me as odd that the national press bemoans the fact that only 33 teams or a slightly higher number enter the Indianapolis 500 and how their might not be enough cars for a full field. But there has been no speculation on why there are only 45 cars entered for the Sprint Cup race, 45 cars in the Nationwide Series event and 39 in the Camping World Truck Series.


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Q&A with School Is Cool
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
|Photo courtesy of School Is Cool
School Is Cool is an alternative-indie band from Antwerp, Belgium. The band's name started to rise when they won an important Belgian Rock contest called Humo's Rock Rally back in 2010. They've sold over 17,000 of debut album Entropology in Belgium and now they just recently released a new single called The World Is Gonna End Tonight. The song has a pretty dark feeling in it. The string play is just, really catchy.
Check out our Q&A with the lead singer Johannes.
Check out our Q&A with the lead singer Johannes.
Who makes up your band?
Well, there's Andrew, our percussionist. He's also an actor and an enthusiast of all things nerdy; then there's Nele, our violinist/keyboardist. She also does backing vocals and maintains an impressive youtube-blog of covers. Toon, our bassist, keyboardist and backing vocalist, is studying to become a producer or at least a great studio engineer. Our drummer Matthias studies philosophy at the Antwerp University. I'm Johannes, I play the guitar, I sing and I write the songs, and that's pretty much all I do.
Where are you guys from?
Where are you guys from?
We're from Antwerp, a medium-sized town in the north of Belgium.
Who's your music inspiration?
Who's your music inspiration?
I think everyone in the band appreciates Arcade Fire a lot (when their last album came out we listened to it in the van for weeks on end) and apart from that our biggest influences are The Dodos, Pixies, Kate Bush, 80's Paul Simon (Graceland) and 80's Kate Bush (The Dreaming, Hounds of Love). We're big fans of the typical 80's sound, but we also love what a lot of contemporary bands are up to.
I don't know about the others in the band but I started to play guitar listening to Nirvana (learned all their songs!) but I first realized I wanted to start a band when I listened to the Pixies.
How did you guys form the band?
How did you guys form the band?
I wrote and recorded some songs on my laptop and entered them in a competition in Antwerp, our hometown. When I got selected (to my surprise) I only had Andrew (with whom I played in an other band called Leafpeople) to play them live on stage, and some days before the first round of the competition I realized I had to get more band members. So I called Nele (we used to play in a folk band, Orbal) Matthias (I knew him from university) and Michael (Andrew's brother, also from Leafpeople). At our very first gig Matthias didn't show up, and to this day we don't know exactly why, but we got some funny song-introductions from it =)
Later we entered into Humo's Rock Rally, which is a huge competition in Belgium. And, to our lasting surprise, we won. Which helped us a great deal. That must've been our 6th or 7th gig or something. So it all went pretty fast initially.
More recently Toon joined the band after Michael left to pursue his filmmaking career, so that's how we got into our present constellation.
What's the story behind your band's name?
What's the story behind your band's name?
The name came from my myspace profile, and we haven't been able to change it since, because that would pretty much undo everything we've worked for =)
But I like the band name, it's a sort of ironic or maybe even cynical joke-y title, because it's so lame. When I first thought of the band name it sounded like a motto the ministry of education would put on a really tacky breadbox with a drawing of a dog with a saxophone and sunglasses or something. Plus it was kinda cool to have an ironic band name at the time.
How do you describe your music?
I think the term 'indie' or 'alternative' is a very hollow concept these days. So to admit we make 'pop' music would be the most honest answer. Baroque Pop is, I've been told, the most succinct and relevant genre-description. But we also use a lot of punk, 80's dance and new wave influences.
Your single The World Is Gonna End Tonight just came out recently. Why did you guys pick that song as the single? And tell us a little bit about the song.
Your single The World Is Gonna End Tonight just came out recently. Why did you guys pick that song as the single? And tell us a little bit about the song.
Usually I write lyrics in an intuitive way without a fixed idea of what the song will be about or whatever, but usually when the song is about 75% finished, I suddenly 'get' it, and I finish it knowing what the song is about. TWIGET is about the world ending (obviously), but that's not the most important thing, really. It's about the mortality and shortness of everything important, which might just be the very reason it's so important. It's a bit 'philosophical' but I think I managed to make it easy to understand or at least not necessarily understandable. I don't like to make things to clear or to moralistic in the lyrics, so it doesn't influence the way people listen to the music.
The music could be described as a combination of heavily compressed drums and baroque strings. We got a professional string quartet to play with us on the album. They were lovely.
What kind of bands are guys into at the moment?
What kind of bands are guys into at the moment?
I've been listening to a lot of classical music as a sort of self-study thing but I think the contemporary bands we most like right now are (apart from Arcade Fire) Alt J, Anna Calvi, Death Grips, The Dodos.
What would say is your best achievement so far?
I think we're very happy with the production of the album and the collection of songs we constructed. And the way we play it live seems to work as well, we like doing it.
If you could collaborate with any musician, who would it be and why?
If you could collaborate with any musician, who would it be and why?
I would love to play in Feist's band. I think she has one of the best 'sounds' of the moment, and
If you could play anywhere in the world, where would it be?
If you could play anywhere in the world, where would it be?
L'Olympia in Paris, or the Brixton Academy, I guess!
Tell us 5 random facts about your band
1. On our first gig ever, we were billed, due to a terrible misunderstanding, as 'Billen', the dutch word for 'buttcheeks'.
2. On our second gig we fcked up the chorus to 'In Want of Something' and I ended up singing the last line 'We fear the coffin' 17 times in a row before we stopped the song awkwardly. That was my birthday.
3. On our third gig, our drummer Matthias just didn't show up. We ended up using the situation as a song-intro: "Matthias, if you're not dead: fck you."
3. On our third gig, our drummer Matthias just didn't show up. We ended up using the situation as a song-intro: "Matthias, if you're not dead: fck you."
4. We recently played the Game Of Thrones Boardgame when on hotel in Paris. I won. Meanwhile, our lighting tech guy and our backliner got into David Lynch's nightclub 'Silencio'.
5. All other facts about the band are perfectly specific and not random at all =)
What's your best on-stage experience?
We've had some amazing gigs at home in Belgium. For example: Pukkelpop 2010 had one of the most ecstatic crowds we ever played to. They jumped up and down for about an hour and nearly tore the tent down. Once we had to go back for a third encore when we played in Genk. That was pretty cool as well.


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Geez, imagine if Collingwood actually had to travel this year; they'd be in serious trouble and not something the AFL would like to ponder, given the red carpet draw they get every season.
The Dees next week - could we possibly go back to back?!! (shhh, not yet)
In any case - was great to sing the song with the wife and kids at the MCG & good to see the Blues were actually able to remember how to get over the line after all this time!! RA DA DA DA DA
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The 33-year-old DeJesus is batting .250 with six homers and 27 RBIs in 84 games. He didn't have to go far to join his new team, with Washington opening a four-game series at Chicago on Monday night.
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ARCADIA, Calif. (March 23, 2011) – A fast-closing fourth in the historic Santa Anita Handicap earlier this month, Soul Candy will attempt to further his resume on Saturday when heading a field of six in Santa Anita's 55th running of the Grade III, $100,000 Tokyo City Cup at 1 ½ miles.
The main track marathon will mark the 5-year-old gelding's first try at the distance, but his effort behind victorious Game On Dude in the Grade I Big 'Cap at 1 ¼ miles indicated the extra quarter-mile could well be in his wheelhouse.
"He worked really nice on Sunday, and the distance should be no problem for him," said Paddy Gallagher, who trains Soul Candy.
A California-bred son of Birdonthewire, Soul Candy closed strongly to win the $150,000 California Cup Classic at 1 1/8 miles during last October's Oak Tree meet at Hollywood Park for his first stakes victory. On turf, he rallied for third behind Caracortado in Santa Anita's $300,000 Sunshine Millions Turf at 1 1/8 miles on January 29.
Joe Talamo will take over in the saddle for Garrett Gomez, who will be riding in the Dubai World Cup program this weekend. Owned by E Z Eight Racing Stable and breeder Madera Thoroughbreds, Soul Candy has earned $295,300 from a career record of 4-1-2 in 13 starts.
Trainer and co-owner Jerry Hollendorfer's Rendezvous is back for another try in the Tokyo City Cup after his late run fell three-quarters-of-a-length shy of overhauling victorious Tap It Light in last year's running.
The 5-year-old son of Victory Gallop, proven at the marathon distance, has been stuck in a lengthy winless streak. After a victory in the 2009 Del Mar Derby, Rendezvous has gone 11 races without a win. Brice Blanc will ride the winner of $427,225 from a 4-3-7 record in 24 career starts.
Hollendorfer also will send out lightly-raced Honour the Deputy, a 4-year-old gelding who was third to Misremembered in the March 6 Santana Mile and who chased Twirling Candy in the Grade II Strub Stakes the previous month. Corey Nakatani will be aboard the grey who is seeking his first stakes win and who is unproven at the distance.
Trainer Bob Baffert's Spurrier, who has raced 28 times, also will be in search of his first stakes victory. Arnold Zetcher's 6-year-old gray finished a non-threatening eighth in the Santa Anita Handicap. He has never raced beyond 1 ¼ miles while winning five times. Martin Garcia rides.
Spendthrift Farm's Worth Repeating will be seeking his first win in his last nine starts. The 5-year-old son of Giant's Causeway has demonstrated distance potential. He finished a respectable fifth, 2 ¼ lengths behind victorious Unusual Suspect, in last November's Grade I Hollywood Turf Cup at 1 ½ miles on turf Martin Pedroza has the mount for trainer Richard Mandella.
The complete field for the Tokyo City Cup, with jockeys in post position order (each entrant carries 118 pounds): Honour the Deputy, Corey Nakatani; Worth Repeating, Martin Pedroza; Rendezvous, Brice Blanc; Soul Candy, Joseph Talamo; Arcodoro, Edwin Maldonado-Alicea, and Spurrier, Martin Garcia.
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Brian Cushing's positive test that ultimately violated the NFL's steroid policy came in 2009, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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"We're very disappointed, and he's disappointed, too," Texans owner Bob McNair said Friday. "It was a surprise to us. Unfortunately, these things happen in the NFL. They're like injuries in that you can never predict them."
Except...these things don't just happen. They happen because the player has taken a substance banned by the NFL. If this is a StarCaps-type situation, where the banned substance wasn't listed as an ingredient, then it's different. But the majority of the time, these violations are clearly preventable.
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Joe Adams: 4.44 ...... Thought he would have been faster!
Travis Benjamin: 4.32
Greg Childs: 4.50
Juron Criner: 4.59
BJ Cunningham: 4.47
Michael Floyd: 4.42... wow, almost 6'3 and he ran sub 4.5, with the tape he has?
Chris Givens: 4.37
TJ Graham: 4.35
Stephen Hill: 4.30.. 6'4, elite speed...
Junior Hemmingway: 4.50
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"Dat spells 'Nolan!'" said my 5-year-old excitedly.
He wasn't reading a word I'd written on paper, or checking his school backpack to make sure he had the right one. He was pointing at his breakfast: scrambled eggs, a veggie sausage patty, and five little pieces of wheat toast, cut into the shape of his name using a set of alphabet cookie cutters. His brothers also had a side of namesake toast, spelling "Jackson" and "Aaron" in a semicircle around their plates.
I'd tweaked an idea from a friend of mine, who sends a heart-shaped PB&J sandwich in her daughter's lunch each Valentine's Day. On this weekend morning, there was no special occasion, but I'd picked up a set of alphabet cookie cutters and decided to spring some monogrammed toast on the kids, using the leftover bread to make breadcrumbs for other recipes.
While each boy was in a different place in terms of literacy, all could identify their names. They loved their special toast, but the treat was short-lived; when I showed them the cookie cutters, they immediately commandeered them for use with their modeling clay.
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yc920 & Izzyboo811 - I have to say, once again, that the people who read these columns are the BEST. Thank you for reading, adding suggestions, and being inspired. It makes what we do here so worthwhile. (I'm going to try that stackable shapes idea, too--thanks!)
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This article brings back fond memories of my mother's lunches. She would use cookie cutters to cut my carrot slices into little flower shapes to entice me to eat them. It worked. I now do the same for my 3 children. I found some really cute dinosaur and heart sandwich cutters online that are great. To expand on the cheese & lunch meat idea in the article, use a small round cutter, cut several pieces, stack the meat & cheese alternating layers and secure with a party toothpick.
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Raise your holiday spirits to the rooftop. Join First Presbyterian Church, 35 Church St. in Rockaway, for a holiday celebration with musical styles from pop to opera on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. to support the repair of the roof.
When Hurricane Sandy hit, it blew off most of the four spires on the steeple of the church. One of them pierced the slate roof, seriously damaging one of Rockaway's historic landmarks.
Donations for roof repairs will be accepted during the concert, but admission is free.
Performers will include: Jeremy Galyon, baritone opera singer who has recently performed at the Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall; the Denville Dance Academy; the Church Street Ringers and Genesis Ringers handbell choirs; as well as a variety of other vocalists and more.
In addition to its traditional church activities, First Presbyterian Church is home of many community organizations such as the Boy and Girl Scouts, AA, Families Anonymous and the Rockaway Food Pantry.
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - Firefighters in Lubbock received a hot breakfast from a local convenient store as they celebrate National Hot Breakfast Month.
Tuesday morning, a team from Stripes Convenient Store dropped off piping hot breakfast tacos to stations in and around the city as part of the Second Annual Breakfast Delivery. The team members from Stripes, served up the hot breakfast as a way of saying 'thank you' to the men and women who keep our community safe.
Stripes had success with last year's program, so they wanted to continue the tradition but find a way to add a twist this year. So Stripes chose to present a check for $1,000 to the fire department for its Fire Pals Program, which teaches fire and other types of safety through short plays.
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