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It's always a given that a wedding captured by Jen Huang will indeed be gorgeous. But this nautical infused installment of a fellow wedding photographer Bride is blowing our minds. And really it leans more towards elegant and classic with a hint of modern but still has that seaside feel. From pastel blooms by ...
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Greenspan & Greenspan
White Plains, New York Personal Injury, DWI & Tax Attorneys(561) 391-0303
Greenspan & Greenspan is a personal injury, DWI defense, business and tax law firm which has offices in New York and Florida and has served clients in both states and elsewhere along the East Coast for more than fifty years. The father-and-son team of Greenspan & Greenspan...
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Chalik & Chalik Law Offices
Boca Raton Personal Injury Attorneys(954) 903-4199 or (855) 529-0269
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Drucker Law Offices
Boca Raton, Florida Personal Injury Attorney(561) 483-9199
At Drucker Law Offices, we are absolutely devoted to the service that we give to our personal injury clients. We will guide you though your case, from beginning to end. You will never have to face a large
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Law Offices of Russ E. Robbins, PA
Florida Personal Injury and Motor Vehicle Accidents Law Firm(561) 362-5215 or (888) 452-9352
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Shiner Law Group
Boca Raton, Florida Personal Injury and Accident Lawyers(561) 368-3363
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Law Offices of Russ E. Robbins, PA
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Arcadier & Associates, P.A.Boca Raton, FL 33142
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Brotman Nusbaum IbrahimBoca Raton, FL 33432
Personal Injury Lawyers In Boca Raton, Florida(561) 417-5656
The attorneys at Brotman Nusbaum Ibrahim have dedicated their practice to helping the injured. They go above and beyond to assist victims of auto accidents, personal injuries, medical malpractice, wrongful death and other injuries caused by the negligence of another.
Celler LawBoca Raton, FL 33431
Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents and Wrongful Death855.235.5375
Celler Law is a personal injury law firm providing legal services to all of Florida with main offices located in Boca Raton. The firm specializes in injury litigation that includes automobile accidents, wrongful death, slip and fall, premises liability injury, hospital PIP and nursing home abuse.
Ellis, Ged & Bodden, P.A.Boca Raton, FL 33487
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Greenberg, Stone & Alvarez, P.A.Boca Raton, FL 33431
Florida Personal Injury and Accident Attorneys(888) 499-9700
Greenberg, Stone & Alvarez, P.A. represents clients in personal injury, trucking, motorcycle, car crashes, wrongful death, product liability, boating accident cases and medical malpractice claims and cruise injury cases, as well as business litigation in Miami, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Broward,...
Grossman Attorneys at LawBoca Raton, FL 33432
International Personal Injury & Maritime Injury Law Firm in Florida(888) 744-7542
At Grossman Attorneys at Law, we are dedicated to the needs of our injured clients and their families. The Grossman difference is in the details. Our firm focuses only on injury law and insurance disputes, offering a total resource for injured people, covering all areas of injury law.; Our...
Law Offices of Corey Leifer, P.A.Boca Raton, FL 33432
Florida Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and DUI Lawyer(561) 395-8055
The Law Offices of Corey Leifer, PA is an experienced, dedicated law firm with offices all over Florida. We offer skilled and aggressive representation in all personal injury matters. Whether your case involves an auto accident, slip and fall, a dog bite, or a motorcycle crash, we can help. We also...
Law Offices of Steven N. Ainbinder, P.A.Boca Raton, FL 33432
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I am Steven N. Ainbinder, Attorney at Law. I have litigated over 4,000 cases and have personally tried all cases when the at-fault party refused to pay what was fair. I will utilize my knowledge and skill as a trial attorney to effectively represent you in personal injury cases which involve Motor...
Orner Law Firm, PLLCBoca Raton, FL 33431
South Florida Criminal Defense, Family Law, Personal Injury & Business Litigation Law Firm(561) 347-1336
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The Law Offices of Hoffman & HardingBoca Raton, FL 33434
Probate, Estate, Family and Personal Injury Attorneys in Boca Raton, Florida(561) 482-2000
The Law Office of Hoffman & Harding is dedicated to providing the very best legal representation for individuals who need assistance with personal injury, criminal law, family law, wills, trusts, probate, estates and real estate law in South Florida.; We are a Law Firm that handles a wide...
Trop & Ameen, P.A.Boca Raton, FL 33431
Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, & Medical Malpractice Lawyers(800) 555-4011
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Cytryn & Velazquez, PACoral Springs, FL - Law Firm near Boca Raton
Coral Springs, Florida Personal Injury Lawyers(954) 255-7000
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Freeman & Mallard, LLCMargate, FL - Law Firm near Boca Raton
Florida Personal Injury Lawyers(954) 979-1944
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Law Offices of Aronberg & AronbergDelray Beach, FL - Law Firm near Boca Raton
Personal Injury Law Firm in Delray Beach, FL(561) 266-9191
The Law Offices of Aronberg & Aronberg in Delray Beach, Florida welcomes the opportunity to work for and assist you on your personal injury case.
Law Offices of X.L. CruzCoral Springs, FL - Law Firm near Boca Raton
Personal Injury Lawyers in Coral Springs, Florida(954) 755-6647
The Law Office of XL Cruz in Coral Springs, FL offers a free initial consultation for personal injury cases and no attorney fee unless we recover a payment for you. If you are hurt and immobilized we can come to you at the hospital at your request. Attorney Cruz is also fluent in Spanish and has...
Leifert & LeifertDelray Beach, FL - Law Firm near Boca Raton
Criminal Defense, DUI, & Traffic Ticket Lawyers in Florida(561) 988-8000
Leifert & Leifert is an experienced, aggressive, professional and skilled Florida Criminal Defense, DUI and Traffic Ticket Law Firm. We serve the South Florida area including Fort Lauderdale (Broward County), West Palm Beach (Palm Beach County) and Miami (Miami-Dade County).
Miller & JacobsPompano Beach, FL - Law Firm near Boca Raton
Florida Personal Injury Lawyers(954) 465-8733
Miller & Jacobs is a boutique law firm dealing exclusively with all types of personal injury and wrongful death cases. Established in 2002 and now with offices in Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, Miller & Jacobs is committed to providing clients with the personal attention they deserve in the...
Orner Law Firm, PLLCCoral Springs, FL - Law Firm near Boca Raton
South Florida Criminal Defense, Family Law, Personal Injury & Business Litigation Law Firm(561) 347-1336
The Orner Law Firm, PLLC is a South Florida personal injury firm representing clients in cases involving medical malpractice, family law, violent crimes, and business litigation.
Shooster Kahn and KleinmanMargate, FL - Law Firm near Boca Raton
Margate, Florida Employment, Civil Rights and Personal Injury Attorneys(954) 969-3900


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After some thinking, I've decided to move the entries of a newer blog here instead, too many people have access to that one, that I don't want to access it, so here is better.
Another long walk home, following another transportation fuck up. This was after the coach eventually turned up at 1:10am, but took a "shorter" route, ie, nowhere near home. I don't mind working shifts, but I can't wait to get off evening shifts, so I can rely on public transport again!I'm going to eat toasted PB&J sandwiches, and watch the last, ever, 3 episodes of Charmed to calm down.
In honour of my new Frappr map (stick a pin in it, you know you want to! http://www.frappr.com/?a=myfrappr&id=1114152) I figured I'd write a mini update :)Tis the weekend, so me and Rach are trying to decide whether to go to Paris and stock up on the Lush essentials, or go to Plaisir, and get borings things like new sheets, and a measuring jug. Domestic bliss eh? I guess if we were less lazy, we could even do both, but I'm not even going to kid myself that that could happen. We are however planning on some sun worshipping in Versailles gardens on Sunday, should make the most of the weather really!I've been scouting round internet sites today, looking for a decent mobile phone contract here in France. Back home I had a Nokia 6680 on three, and had a great deal with them, I only had 1 hour of calls a month, but 180 texts, and for an extra £5 a month I got unlimited emails. Because the phone has a fantastic camera, I used to take lots of pictures, and email them to my MoBlog (see links). Now the phone is basically useless, it's locked to three, and I have to pay something like £250 to get it unlocked so I can use it on another network (that and there's the small matter of not having paid my current bill with them since I moved here hehe) so it just sits around and I use an old phone and a pay as you go French sim. I really like the phone, it's incredibly useful, and the software lets me download all the pics I take to my PC, dead handy. What I either want, is a contract that's similar to the one I had, with the phone (and I guess I could then sell mine) or mine unlocked. So far, no luck, but I shall keep searching!Anyways, I'm off to level my Shaman/Warlock/Priest/Rogue .. I don't have too many characters on the go, honest!Leoxxx
My first entry in ages, have been so naughty, got sucked into lots of guild drama, and life drama and have been on the evil shift so not exactly the most sociable of bunnies anyway.But, since I've managed to get myself sick (again I might add) I figured I'd spend some quality time at the keyboard. On the subject of being sick, I don't know what's wrong. We had people round on Saturday, mostly just friends from work and their respective partners, about 13 in all I think. Made fajitas and drank tequila slammers and had a mighty good time. Woke up feeling a little dodgy on Sunday, but figured that was to be expected, but yesterday, was violently sick trying to get ready for work. Now, no-one else is ill, so everything was cooked just fine ;) so either I'm allergic to tequila, or something else is off.I've been wondering about the water. I know most Parisians drink bottled water, in fact, I think most of France do, however I thought this was just preference. Mostly we drink the bottled stuff, but on occasion we run out and drink tap water. Never really thought it a problem until now, but it seems to coincide with both times that I have been sick over here. Have a docs appointment for tomorrow anyway, so I might ask.Rach is still here. I'm starting to think I should probably get her a social security number and so on, but, as a same-sex couple, not sure how she'd be officially recognised over here. Obviously she's my dependent, and has no income herself, and to be honest, I wouldn't have the first clue about how to register her over here either. I understand it has something to do with a translated birth certificate (not actually done my own yet :O ) but where to send it is another matter. I shall start browsing some websites and see what crops up.I've also signed up for French lessons, my first being tomorrow (assuming I'm back from the doctors in time). Glad that I've done it, I can get by with no problems at all, but when caught off guard still hear pardon, je ne parle pas francais trotting out of my mouth on instinct, when actually, I have understood most of what was said to me. There are occasions where France still wins, such as the evil courier company that is holding my Easter Eggs, and refusing to answer to my attempt at trying to get them redelivered. However, being able to answer people that ask about my hair dye when I'm shopping would be nice!Ok, I need to go and try to eat something, to be sure I'm not going to be sick again, or know that I am ... Either way, I need to determine what the ominous gurgling sounds mean.Leoxxx
No, really ... Colds suck. Especially when you are sat at work, attempting to concentrate on answering people's problems, and you have to redo everything four times coz your head just really can't concentrate. Still, at least I am at work, and not being all feeb and off sick, even if my call stats are suffering a little as I sniff and cough my way through my shift. Yay for the weekend tomorrow, I can sleep all... Well actually I'm going shopping and then out to a big company party (looking forward to that, might even take pictures!) but I can sleep on Friday!As Bryony so rightly put it:Children get colds;Men get 'flu;Women get on with it!Rach made a major achievement today, went into the bank and paid in a cheque for me. Apparently it took her 40 minutes of hanging around outside to pluck up the courage. But good on her for getting over it! Apparently her next challenge is figuring out the washing machines in the laundrette! I'm sending her home for a hospital appointment soon, and so that she can stock up on english essentials - parma violets, buttercup syrup, horseradish sauce and pink hair dye. Will probably retrieve some other stuff from the parents' garage while she's there ... Which is where all our stuff ended up when she moved out of our house. She's still no closer to work in France, but we're coping so far so maybe it won't be a problem.Right ... Back to my customers, they're always right you know ... Even when they're very *very* wrong!PS Thanks for the nudge Erin ;)
The temptation to stay in and be lazy and play WoW is too great ... I must go out into the world and *do stuff*YussNo idea what tho. Bit skint atm ... *giggles* understatement. Only got paid the other week and already only have about 100€ left ...
Totally addictedYou are 93% Addicted!When the server's down, its like the end of the world. You check yourauctions before going to work, you love the game and everything itinvolves. Remember that other game called real life? Its not any fun,anyway! Keep it up! And remember, its just a game, but its the bestgame ever!
Forgot to mention, went to see that today (erh, Tuesday .. so yesterday .. technically) with Rach, Adam and Alex. Was a good film, tho the outing was a little badly timed and somewhat stressful (I'm on nights, couldn't get to sleep till gone 1 thanks to my stuffed up sleeping pattern and the "darling" enfants upstairs, Rach is really ill and tired, and I had 1001 other things to do!) and of course, then the car got an oil leak, we had to get a train home, and that nap I'd planned prior to going to work became 20 minutes to grab some bread and cheese before walking back out of the door!Great film though, I'd always felt a little disappointed with the others, at the amount of "story" that had been left out, and even though this was from a much bigger book than any of the others, there were no strange parts that weren't explained or cut too strangely.Of course, since I went with work people, Erin's O RLY owl had us all in fits before the film even started .. And everyone (naturellement) had to say it at the owl scene *rolls eyes*
This year has been very strange, well, the end of it anyway. Moving out to France, setting up home on my own (not lived on my own for about 3 years now) and trying to juggle new stuff costs out here vs paying off the old stuff costs back home, have meant that Christmas actually doesn't exist at my apartment this year at all.No, really.I have no tree (not even the mini one my mum gave me, it's sat in Rach's parents' garage somewhere) and no decorations (ditto the mini tree). For me, Christmas never really feels like Christmas, until I sit down one evening with metres of wrapping paper and wrap everyone's presents up and put them under the tree. Of course, having no money, I can't afford to buy presents, and so there is nothing to wrap. Christmas is, apparently, like 4 days away, and it's not even hit me yet.My brother is arriving tomorrow (well, I guess it's today now, but it's after sleep, so that makes it tomorrow :p) so I have to get home quite speedily, and actually go to bed. As opposed to sitting up until 12/1/2 playing WoW that is hehe. Ooooh, tell a lie about Christmas presents, I have bought one *nods smugly* I bought my brother a jar of Tiptree Little Scarlet jam from Monoprix. He's nutty about the stuff (as am I it has to be said) but can never find it in the UK. And now I know why. All the Chaville-ian expats get it shipped over here!! I have no wrapping paper tho, (and really can't afford/be assed to get some for one jam jar!) so ... Interesting Christmas morning for Fergus! Hehe.There's a few people from work coming over on Christmas day. I figured since everyone was in the same boat - working, no family etc; it would be nice to gather in one place ... And having seen some of their places, I volunteered to host ;) Guess I should buy food for that at some point this week too huh?This is so unlike me, I'm usually totally organised, lists prepared weeks in advance, freezer stocked with freezables and a list of perishables to get on Christmas eve ... It all feels wrong. I want to go back a few months and do it properly.
Big decisions to be made at home, do I get kittens now, or wait till the new year?The sensible, wait till the new year head, has these reasons:1. I still need some furniture for my apartment, can't really afford to kit my kitties out with stuff and buy furniture;2. The windows in the apartment are being replaced between now and the new year (allegedly, I won't hold my breath), don't really want kittie kamikaze out of the window holes whilst they're being done;3. Mum's coming to visit at some point over Christmas and New Year and will likely have a fit about it being impractical/too expensive/whatever else she can think of.The "I want kitties NOW!" head says:1. Obviously, I want kitties now! Having helped Mark pick his out, and spent evenings playing with Dave-the-kitten, I miss having cats around. I've been cat-less for too long.2. With Rach over for a while she can kittie-sit while I'm at work until they have settled in properly.3. I do have the money, and after I've bought a sofa the other furniture isn't too important, stacks of clothes on the floor instead of a wardrobe is all the rage these days, isn't it?So ... Who will win in this battle of conscience... It could go either way if you ask me!
Finally got a senior at work. A team and a senior. Sounds very silly, but Mark and I have both been "floating", the way work is it's not really been an issue, there have been always people we can ask for help and so on, but it's nice to know we've finally been accepted into the actual gang :DWon't meet most of them till I move onto evenings next week mind, and then of course 4 days later I move onto nights for a month , but it's a start, right?
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I like a new blog ... All that potential for wise and insightful outpourings of the soul. In truth, I start blogs, people find the links, and then I don't want those people to read about me anymore, so I stop writing in the blog. I shall learn to use "private posts" from here on in.So, readers of the MoBlog will know that I recently moved, my last post was of the car loaded up and ready to leave. That was about 9 weeks ago (pretty much to the day I believe!) When I moved my Three mobile decided it wasn't going to work at all, so no moblog updates. Then of course it took at age to get my phoneline and internet access working. You wouldn't think it was so hard to enable a line for ADSL, who knows, maybe it's really complicated. But finally ... Yesterday evening, I was back in the real world :DOf course the first thing I did was patch WoW and do a LBRS run, followed swiftly by a tribute in Dire Maul. My guild missed me :D But net access at home means I can finally start to contact all those people I promised to keep in touch with when I left.In other news, Rach is due over to visit tomorrow. *bounces* So much has changed at home that she now has some time to spend over here which will be cool. It's nice to have her around again. When I left the UK the plan was that she would keep on the house so that I had *home* to go to if this all didn't work out. Unfortunately thanks to Greggs and their BS, that hasn't really worked out, so she's quit work and moved back in with the folks. This means that my little apartment in Chaville really is my *home* now ... Scary! She's still no closer to finding a job out here, maybe one day but for now I guess she's just keep clocking up the airmiles :)She has offered to re-paint my apartment while she's here tho. Bye bye evil peach walls of doom! Mwahahahaha Then all I need is a few more bits of furniture and it will be home properly. Obviously it's fine for me, I just sit at my computer desk in my big squishy chair, everyone else has to make do with the floor tho *grin*
Hehe, two weeks holiday from the evil office! This week I have been mostly: doing all the washing up (I *have* a kitchen once more!) cleaning the kitchen top to bottom, washing the clothes that don't get washed if I'm at work, tidied "the office", browsing round Leeds, and of course... playing WoW!Well it had to figure somewhere right? lolSeriously, it is the most addictive game I have ever played. More so that the Sims (if you know how much of a Sims addict I was...) I think it's the competitive side of me coming out, trying to be a higher level than everyone else, trying to get the best weapons, the cool drops, the most kills :D Who knows...Right, I'm off to play heheMonkey -x-
Did I mention I hate working nights?
Work blows. Yet another out of hours week and I was pissed off with the idiots by about 9pm on Friday. This is not a good thing, considering OOH lasts until 8am on Friday *cries*Have been thinking a lot recently about what I want to "do"... IT just bores me these days. Yes it makes me use my brain, but not in a way I like, and to be honest most of the time it's a case of telling people the same thing over and over again. I want to do something interesting, but I also want a life. I WANT MY LIFE BACK! I don't want any particularly weird hours (I'm semi-flexible but nights are a no-no!), some responsibility, but nothing that gives me these awful chest pains and has me stressing at home when I should be chilling.I've semi considered things like: driving a taxi, becoming a check-out chick and going on the dole :D None of these are really me tho.It is definitely time for a change. This job takes up too much of my life and I barely see Rach as it is with her new weird shifts.So, if anyone has any career ideas for me... Feel free to let me know! I need all the inspiration I can get at the moment!!!Monkey-x-
Life is good. We wrote to the evil landlord types about our beardie, Freddie, to get permission for having him (bit late really, we got him in March but hey!) we had also been seen recently lurking around the bunny pens at Paws for Thought, so figured we'd chuck in a request to add a couple of bunnies to the menagerie at the same time. They could only say no and there would be nothing lost!But they said yes, surprise of surprises. So we are now the proud new mums of Fleur and Flic (we didn't realise about all the F names until we'd already named them!!!) Very beautiful little girls. I've seen differing reports on what their colour is "officially" called, but I'd say that Flic was a light orange, and Fleur is white with orange markings. They are outdoor hutch bunnies, but they come indoors most evenings for cuddles and tv watching, and are generally to be found hopping around the living room at weekends too!Hmmm, child substitutes I hear you say? More than likely! They will all (Freddie included) have Christmas stockings and presents. After losing our kittens so close to Christmas last year, we want to do it properly this year!!!We had a very interesting housewarming party at the end of last month. We decided to go for a Halloween theme, seeing as it was on 30th October. A lot of people dressed up and we had a very interesting evening of drinking and fireworks (safety first!). I guess I'm going to have to sign up for one of those image station or similar things, so I can post some photos...*toddles off to research photo hosting*Monkey xxx
Things are coasting along a bit at the moment. You know how you go through patches of major *everything* and then life just kinda plateau's for a few weeks/months? But this is a good thing :) After all the upheaval and stress of "the move" it's nice just to chill for a while.I was having another few "hate my job days" at the beginning of this week, but the boss has been reasonable since I've started telling him my every movement so maybe that's the trick I've been missing all this time! Tell him that I've left early and he doesn't moan about it, tell him I've been too busy and that's why my stats are shite and he doesn't mention it again. I like this!!! So tonite I'm much more chilled, I've done some work, I've dome some surfing. Everyone's happy!Still waiting for the phoneline to be installed at home so we're still broadbandless *cries* Can you believe I've been offline for nearly a month now? A self-confessed nethead and total internet-nut with no 'net access at home. Work access doesn't count coz it's monitored so I can't surf all the sites I want *WEG* But it's all go for Friday. Phoneline gets installed and as soon as it is done and we have our number we're rushing to the office to use t'internet to check the broadband availability and get it ordered, and sort out our sky+ subscription too :DAnyways, I'm surfing Rashida Jones sites *drools* so laterz all :)Monkey -x-
Why do moves never quite go to plan???? Lets be honest here, the packing didn't really get... well... packed!!! That's not quite true, we did get a lot of our combined shite into boxes, but it's all the little things that you don't notice that catch you out! Hired a van for Saturday (the one just gone) and bribed dad-of-Rach and brothers-of-Rach to come help with the lifting and the manly stuff. Of course we didn't get everything moved on Saturday. So we also spent Tuesday with one-brother-of-Rach helping us to move the rest of our shit and clean up the flat.*phew*Well, anyway, we finally get finished up in the flat at about 11:30 or so (pm that is), I scrubbed and polished, mopped and cleaned the whole place and hoovered and cleaned windows etc etc etc. I was knackered by the end of it all. Of course, you can see what's coming next right? I forgot to take the electrickery meter readings before we handed the keys back (ooops!) so I called the agency coz they write them down during their inspection. Anyways, the lovely Marie tells me that the landlord wasn't happy with the state of the flat when he went to have a look. Uhm, I'm sorry? Run that past me again? Apparently, and this isn't an exhaustive list, there were "issues" with, the skirting boards, the windows frames and ledges, the internal doors, the kitchen - in particular the tiles, the bathroom - in particular the tiles, the intercom, some of the carpets... Rach and I can't believe they were actually looking at the same flat. It was cleaner when we left than when we moved in! Anyways, as we're having to move out so fast coz their new tenant wants to move in over bank holiday, they "tried" to call me yesterday morning to see if I could correct these "issues". Hmmm... no phonecall received here love. So, because they "couldn't get hold of me" they have instructed a cleaning company to go in!!!! At a cost to us of potentially £160 or more! They can't tell me how much as they didn't actually get a quote! GRRRRRRRRRRRSeems their standards only work one way however, the new house was filthy when we moved in, and alledgedly, the delay was due to the fact that they had professional cleaners in to clean it up? Hmmmm, I think you were robbed love. We pulled the fridge out to plug it in and found cat hair, piles of dust and bits of rubbish. We swept the kitchen floor and amassed quite a sizeable pile of dust and other stuff. Not to mention that the house is infested with fleas *eugh* Seems the brilliant minds at the lovely Fleming Property Rentals had noticed "evidence of cats" after the previous tenants moved out, and thought that having the carpets cleaned would do the trick. Hmmmm... So now we are awaiting a pest control company to come and rid of us of the little bastards.There have been plenty of other problems too but I'm trying to focus on the positives of the house now! The garden is great and since I've moved in some plants and flowers it's looking even better. I've bought literally hundreds of bulbs to plant into the lawn ready for next spring. It's going to look gorgeous! We're getting there with the unpacking and sorting too, the charity shops of Pudsey are going to awash with some great items next week. Think we've got about 10 bags of charity stuff so far, and still more boxes to unpack!Today I could do without being at work - I feel a bit wasted here knowing that I have so much to do at home. Came in early tho so I can bugger off early and get all the cardboard to the dump before it shuts. Should give us more room to walk around at home and get to stuff!Right... Enough rantering for now.Monkey -x-
Finally the rental agency from hell have got back to us about the house! Woooo hooooo! However, they are rushing us out of the flat because the new person wants to move in over bank holiday weekend. So we have 7 days to pack and move! Should be interesting to say the least!Went over to the house last night, let ourselves into the garden (don't have keys yet!) and peered in through the windows. Why is it that these houses always seem bigger when you look round them, then when the deal is actually done? *chuckles* ah well... The furniture might be a bit of a squeeze... But we'll fit it in somehow! So excited about moving now tho. We're having a mass, emotionless clear out of old stuff. I think the charity pile is currently bigger than the pile of things to pack. Which is great news to me, less to unpack at the other end!I have a constant "To Do" list in front of me now... Every day planned out to the minute so that everything gets done in time. It's proper crazy.Right, must go and sort out van rental for the weekend before it is too late!Anyone fancy lifting a sofa or two for us?Monkey


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NEW ORLEANS – The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced their academic awards for the 2012 season, and the Wilmington College women' cross country team was well represented.
"One of the goals the team sets each year is to make All-Academic as a team," said head coach Ron Combs. "We have an outstanding group of student athletes on the women's team and I am really proud of the work that they put in this past season on the course and in the classroom."
Sophomore Jenna Parlette (Miamisburg, OH/Miamisburg) was one of 201 runners to earn All-Academic status through the organization. To qualify, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher and placed in the Top 35 at the NCAA Regional Championships.
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Heading up Krakatau is like trekking over Mars and as the guides tell you once you get half way: "No further or our boots melt". The basic nature of camping out on the island is outshone by the fact you will probably be the only people staying overnight and will be sleeping just metres from the ocean in the shadow of a volcano. A beautiful coral reef around one side of the island offers excellent snorkelling and the views over to the peak of the smoking Anak Krakatau are superb.
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BioOhio BioBulletin, October 2014Posted by BioOhio on Oct. 30, 2014
Welcome to the October BioBulletin,
Trivia this month, in the spirit of Halloween: Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven, the American film director, writer, producer, and actor known for his work on horror/slasher films, is from where? Cleveland, Ohio! Furthermore, Craven's film, A Nightmare on Elm Street, was set in fictional Springwood, Ohio. The actual house and filming took place at a private home located in Los Angeles.
Now to the "creepy" world of bioscience…
BioOhio Annual Conference Road Show
Join us Nov. 12 in Columbus for the powerful finale of three annual conferences we've hosted this fall.
Highlights include panels on Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing; Transforming Healthcare via Healthcare IT; Ohio Clinical Trials Collaborative; Integrating Veterinary Applications to accelerate your pharma/device company; Success Stories; and much more.
The networking reception will feature live music from bioscience community friends!
Click here for event details, including agenda, registration ($195 for members/$345 for non-members), location and more
BioOhio remembers Frank Samuel, President of VentureOhioPosted by BioOhio on Oct. 21, 2014
All of us at BioOhio are saddened to share the news that Frank Samuel, President of VentureOhio, was killed yesterday afternoon in a single car accident in Northeast Ohio. Frank was one of Ohio's most vibrant leaders, including serving as BioOhio's second President.
Update: The Samuel family has announced that a public memorial service will be held for Frank on Sunday, November 2nd, 2:00pm at the Kent State University – Geauga campus, 14111 Claridon Troy Road, Burton, Ohio. For those wishing to send cards of condolence, they can be mailed to Jacqueline Samuel at 14219 Claridon Troy Road, P.O. Box 283, Burton, OH 44021.
"Frank was a good man and a good friend to many, and he will be sorely missed," said John Rice, Managing Partner at Triathlon Medical Ventures & BioOhio Board Member, "Please keep him, his wife Jacqueline and his family in your thoughts and prayers."
BioOhio was fortunate to have Frank join us just weeks ago as a speaker at our Annual Conference in Cincinnati. He spoke with great passion about his newest endeavor, VentureOhio. Frank highlighted the need to build infrastructure around the investment community to support entrepreneurial efforts in Ohio.
"I am often asked, why create VentureOhio? Because the time had come. We need three things to succeed; capital managed in Ohio, from early stage through maturity; a robust ecosystem to support entrepreneurship; and effective storytelling about all the successes that happen in Ohio."
A message from John McIlwraith, VentureOhio Chairman has been posted on the organization's website, you can read it here, and we've copied the full message below. More information in the media is available from these sources: Geauga County Maple Leaf, Crain's Cleveland Business, WKYC3.
National advocacy group AdvaMed issued this tribute (pdf) in an upcoming issue of the Gray Sheet.
Our thoughts and sympathies go out to his family and everyone that knew him.
Frank Samuel was President of VentureOhio, Inc. an organization founded in 2013 to advance entrepreneurial business growth in Ohio. Prior to this position, he was founding President of the Geauga Growth Partnership, Inc., a business-led economic development organization in Geauga County (Northeast Ohio). He was Science and Technology Advisor to the Governor of Ohio from 2000 – 2007, when he was a principal architect of Ohio's Third Frontier program. Frank worked to advance Ohio's bioscience community as BioOhio's second President. Samuel served on the National Advisory Council of the California Health Benefits Review Program and the Board of Directors of the Global Cardiology Innovation Center of the Cleveland Clinic. He served as Chair and Board member for Providence Hospital (Washington, D.C.), a member of Institute of Medicine advisory bodies on biomedical technology issues, a member of several biomedical company boards of directors, and President of the Health Industry Manufacturers Association (now AdvaMed). A graduate of Hiram College and Harvard Law School, his paper recommending a venture capital strategy for the Great Lakes region was published in 2010 by The Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C.).
To VentureOhio Members and the Entrepreneurial Community:
It is with tremendous sadness that we learned of Frank Samuel's passing on October 20, 2014. Among his many accomplishments and titles, he was the first and active president of VentureOhio and undeniably essential in its founding. He served as colleague, mentor, and friend to all of us.
Frank's unique talents brought together Ohio's diverse venture community into the first statewide organization dedicated to advocating for entrepreneurial businesses and sources of capital, building the association to over 90 members in just its first year of operations. Under his guidance the group advocated for public policy initiatives and conducted two important surveys; a capital needs survey and an investment activity survey, both of which were the first of their kind for Ohio.
Frank was a champion of Ohio's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem and his tireless and unyielding commitment to the entrepreneurial community will leave a lasting legacy.
He respected those who helped create the venture capital industry in Ohio and honored that heritage by establishing the VentureOhio David T. Morgenthaler Lifetime Achievement Award and recognition for those who are creating and supporting Ohio's start-up companies.
At the time of Frank's passing, he was working with VentureOhio's Board of Directors on a succession plan for the organization's day-to-day leadership. That plan will now be completed and announced to the membership in the coming months.
The Board of Directors is committed to continuing and building on the momentum created by Frank in VentureOhio's first year, including the highly successful VentureDinner attended by over 250 in September and the recently published 2013 VentureReport, and will seek to honor Frank and his efforts as it carries VentureOhio's important mission forward.
On behalf of Ohio's entrepreneurial community, VentureOhio expresses our deepest condolences to Frank's wife, Jacqueline, and the entire Samuel family. Frank's talents and energy will be deeply missed by everyone at VentureOhio and in the entrepreneurial community.
John McIlwraith, VentureOhio Chairman
Two great events in Northeast Ohio!Posted by BioOhio on Oct. 10, 2014
BioOhio is excited to host two events in Northern Ohio this Thursday! We hope to see everyone from the bioscience community represented at one or both of these excellent functions on October 16th!
BioOhio Annual Conference Road Show
BioOhio Regulatory Forum
The Annual Conference focuses on innovation and growth in Ohio's bioscience community, and the Regulatory Forum features presentations by FDA and industry experts, as well as panel discussions for you to ask the experts your unanswered regulatory questions.
Both events offer content from dynamic speakers, excellent networking, and will bring Ohio's bioscience community together to explore new opportunities and discoveries in research, innovation, tech licensing, financing, business development, partnerships, workforce & education, regulatory, advocacy and membership benefits.
The location is The Bertram Inn & Conference Center in Aurora. This beautiful venue will allow you to escape from routine surroundings for a day and focus on the root of your bioscience pathway, career, goals and challenges.
Visit the event pages on our website to view agenda and registration details: Annual Conference / Regulatory Forum
Higher Risk, Higher Reward Innovations are the FuturePosted by BioOhio on Oct. 06, 2014
BioOhio is glad to introduce a new contributor to micrOHscope, Andrew Cothrel, CEO of BioOhio member company NovoSource. Andrew has had a long career as a medtech/biotech executive, advisor, and consultant, covering diagnostics & patient monitoring, life science research tools, and medical devices including orthopedics, cardiovascular, and surgical tools.
Thanks again to BioOhio for inviting me to be part of its September 18th conference. I wanted to provide some follow-up to my comments during the panel discussion on innovation, because I received a number of questions after the panel adjourned that we ran out of time to answer.
In the panel, I spoke of how innovation is changing, and opportunities are moving in the venture model from reimbursement-driven incremental product innovation to business model innovation and step-change product innovation. To illustrate, I used some examples from orthopedics, although the comments apply to many other fields as well.
To clarify, I am definitely not saying that incremental innovation in orthopedics, even in areas as staid as total knees and total hips, is dead – far from it. What I wanted to communicate is that incremental innovation – whether it is an improved coating that better promotes bony ingrowth, or a design feature that makes future revisions easier, or whatever it may be – is no longer the province of the venture model. Those types of innovations will come exclusively from the large, established players, because the amount of clinical improvement those incremental innovations create does not justify the costs and risks (relative to the reward) associated with pursuing them in a venture model.
Where the venture model will turn (has turned) in orthopedics is to the higher risk, higher reward innovations that have the potential to make step-change improvements in patient outcomes. Whether it is in biologics, nano-materials, or other areas of innovation, this is the future of the venture model in orthopedics. To be blunt, the days of cranking up yet another set of (more or less functionally equivalent) designs for a spine product line (or knee, or hip…), pretending that is product innovation, and raising private capital around it are over.
What is really ripe for innovation is the non-product side of the orthopedic business. Risk sharing, pricing models, asset ownership, "repless" models, servicing of instruments, and more are beginning to experience disruptive approaches that can come from either venture-backed models or existing industry players. We are seeing signs that this is increasingly being recognized in the industry, and being part of this change as it plays out will be an exciting journey.
I hope that helps to address many of the questions I did not have time to address on the 18th. If anyone has additional questions on this topic, I can be contacted at email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
And while I'm at it, I hope to see everyone at BioOhio's Central Ohio Annual Conference Road Show on November 12th. I'll be on a panel for a different topic this time – focusing on successful business strategies, including David Blauer of Bjond Health, Joseph Gardner of Aerpio Therapeutics and Neill Lane of Stirling Ultracold.
BIO Washington Update, October 2014Posted by BioOhio on Oct. 06, 2014
October 6, 2014
Legislators worked efficiently to address key legislation in September before adjourning for the mid-term elections. Congress approved a continuing resolution (CR) to extend federal funding of government agencies through December 11, 2014. Both the Administration and Congress moved forward on some tax and transportation issues, while continuing to defer action on the expired tax extenders and a possible executive order on immigration. Much of the month was defined by events transpiring outside of the U.S., including the deteriorating situation in Iraq and Syria and the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa. Many of these issues will require additional consideration when Congress returns in November for the Lame Duck session.
With the clock ticking down, Congress agreed to extend funding for the federal government at existing funding levels before leaving for election season. The government had been operating on funding from a previous CR that was set to expire at the end of Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) on September 30, 2014. The new CR will fund the government through December 11, 2014.


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Visited Aix and Cassis. wonderful
Second port was Cannes. Arranged a private tour again with Catherine Copex.
Visited Fragonard (Grasse),Gourdon,Tourette sur Loup,St Paul de Vence,Cap d'Antibes, marina yachts and Cannes.
Be advised, Driver in Rome provides a driver who will share info while driving but not allowed to accompany tours into any cities. Also went to Piazza del Duomo and the site of the palio horse race.
Naples, Amalfi coast, Sorrento, Positano. Just overrun with tourists. How bad this would be if it were in the height of the season. Loved the guide, though.
Catania, Taormina, lunch at a small restaurant (Gallo Cedrone, Castelmola) at the top of a mountain arranged by Fabio plus a walk around tour of this small city. This was also really special.


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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Will We See A 2E Retro-Clone?
Now, some of the main criticisms of 2E were:
-The "softening" of D&D by removing mentions of such things as demons and devils
-Removal of bards, monks, and half-orcs
-Removal of dungeon generation tables from the 2e DMG
-The way Non-Weapon Proficiencies worked (or didn't)
I think a lot of the strengths of 2e were in the "fluff", settings, boxed sets, and the Complete _______ line of books--all things that wouldn't or couldn't translate to a retro-clone as well as mechanics.
Let's be honest--in a lot of ways, AD&D2e is the "Silent Years" between the Old & New Testaments of D&D for people. I think if we see a completed 2E retro-clone, it may well come from outside the current retro-clone community. The closest thing I've seen thus far was the 1e/2e mix of Hackmaster, and that's also now out of print (the next edition will be a completely new game). I think it is has been stated as a clear point of delineation by many old-schoolers, and I won't argue with that. I think the game may even stand for a different style of play then the retro-clones we've seen up to this point. But it is still a part of D&D's history with it's own charms, and it would be at least interesting to see such an effort.
24 comments:
- AnthonyRoberson said...
There actually has been some talk of a 2E retro clone on ENWorld. I can't remember who is pursuing the idea though. I came up with a name for it - SERF (Second Edition Roleplaying Format). We'll see if it happens....
- April 9, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Ryan said...
I played nothing but 2e and frankly never got the criticisms, but I never played any older editions so there.
And Bards? They were in there.
Thaco: Didn't it just formulize the to hit table from AD&D?
- April 9, 2009 at 8:34 AM
- Ryan said...
Er, I mean growing up, I played nothing but 2nd edition. I still have a great deal of nostalgia for it.
- April 9, 2009 at 8:36 AM
- sycarion said...
2E had a ton of settings, including my favorite, SpellJammer. Who can forget that?
I played 1e and 'basic' D&D, but always bought the settings from 2e. Now, there's only two settings, but I miss the days when there were several.
- April 9, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- Zachary The First said...
Yes, bards were in there. That's a boo-boo on my part--I'll scratch it out when I get home. :)
- April 9, 2009 at 8:53 AM
- Ryan said...
(Different Ryan, here)
I played 2nd edition all through junior high and high school, and haven't played it since just before my senior year. (So about ten years) I agree that 2nd edition had some great campaign settings. Honestly, I don't see a huge difference in the rules. Initiative works differently and I think surprise is rolled with a d10 instead of a d6, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.
As for the Complete ____ series, I thought the Complete Priest was one of the best books of the 2e era. I think the 2nd edition supplements were somewhat uneven, however... I remember hating the Complete Wizard, and nobody will argue that some kits were totally off kilter.
Still, if someone put out a 2e retro-clone, I'd read it, if only for posterity.
- April 9, 2009 at 8:56 AM
- Joseph said...
I must confess I transitioned to 2E when it came out and loved it. I thought THAC0 made combat go a little easier, didn't mind the non-weapon proficiencies at all, and my dark secret-- I *liked* kits. In fact, at one point I contemplated making kits for every class and every nation in Greyhawk. There would be a Keolander thief, a Tenha fighter, etc. When I came back to D&D, it was 1E, but I still don't understand the hate for 2E.
- April 9, 2009 at 8:59 AM
- Jeff Rients said...
I think a 2e clone is inevitable. At its core is a functional ruleset that was marred by presentation by a company more concerned with public image than its own customer base.
- April 9, 2009 at 9:04 AM
- taichara said...
I keep contemplating a 2e clone, but haven't the fortitude to manage to start one.
Or at least not yet. Time will tell, I suppose *grins*
- April 9, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Edsan said...
I would like to see, if not a clone, at least "conversion document" to help a 1st Ed retro-clone GM adapt stuff from AD&D2.
- April 9, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Ryan said...
(first Ryan again)
Ah kits. They breathed new life into our games. I really loved me some AD&D2E, but looking at it again recently, I realized I can have all the fun with a system I like much better (nostalgia aside).
- April 9, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Zachary The First said...
@Edsan: Are you thinking of something along the lines of a conversion pdf to complement OSRIC, for example? With how to make the needed changes, ports, etc.?
- April 9, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- Edsan said...
Tep, that's pretty much it. Both editions are remarkabely similar AFAIK but there are a couple of differences which can cause snags (the different XP tables for monsters for example).
- April 9, 2009 at 10:53 AM
- Chgowiz said...
@Zach - I wonder if the 'need' of a retroclone for 2E would be similar to the preservationist project of OSRIC - not because there's a lack of materials (there are far more 2E books for sale than 1E by my anecdotal experience) but to keep the rule system in "play" via the OGL? It could be the prevalence of 2E materials still out there (it's only been 10 years since it went OOP) that has kept anyone from moving on with it.
@Edsan - it was my understanding that going back/forth between 1E and 2E was pretty easy.
- April 9, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- The Recursion King said...
I don't actually think its necessary.
I run a Labyrinth Lord campaign and bolster the spell list with the second edition spell cards; monster lists with the 2nd edition TSR trading cards and house rule lots of things as well as some extra classes; its very, very easy to mix and match. I even have 2nd edition NPC's in my Labyrinth Lord campaign in the party!
I'd recommend this approach to anyone.
- April 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- Kiashu said...
I doubt it. I think someone might be doing a retro-clone of Advanced Fighting Fantasy, though.
- April 9, 2009 at 9:59 PM
- kelvingreen said...
An AFF clone? Really? Any ideas on who's behind that?
- April 12, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- rpgcharacters said...
While the settings for 2e were sweet, the mechanics just seemed to be a patch-kit to 1e and overall I stuck to 1e games with 2e campaign settings for most of the 2e era.
- April 12, 2009 at 6:34 PM
- satyre said...
Played 2E extensively, found I kept the 1E DMG on standby for the tables and setting stuff which 2E books stripped out and put into the softbacks. Really took to kits but a lack of balance between them became more obvious with time.
2E was a setting utopia - Realms, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Spelljammer, Birthright, Mystara, Red Steel and it's IMHO where the future lies, not drip-feeding core books one after another (which was the big kill for 3E and which 4E seems doomed to continue
(Draconomicon volume 1 for 4E? At what point do we get to have a balanced game with options for all the power groups - 2012?)
A retroclone 2E wouldn't be as big a draw for me. Sure it would be nostalgia but I'm looking more at D&D Cyclopedia and thinking... hmm.
- April 12, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- Lurkinggherkin said...
Settings were definitely 2e's strong point, and what it did best. And 2e expanded on the 'story-driven roleplay' theme of Dragonlance, which I think in many ways was the prototype for the 2e playing style.
Unfortunately this contained the seeds of its own destruction - the dreaded railroad. I have read so many 2e modules that go into wonderful detail about background setting and NPC personalities and motivations, but the plot is just so damn linear (and often poorly thought out). Worst example ever was Vecna Lives!.
Not too long ago I ran the 2nd-edition WGA1-3 series converted for 3.5e as an exercise. One of the biggest challenges was de-linearising the plot and making some sense out of the more contrived incidents that are supposed to happen.
Then again, having said this I've found that some players are actually happy with linear plot, and they tend to flounder when there are no clear signposts to their next destination.
- April 13, 2009 at 10:20 AM
- DM4Hire said...
Just played 2e Friday and we were talking about different clones for the other editions. Just thought I'd do a look see and found your blog. 2e is very much still being played so a clone would work.
- April 19, 2009 at 2:09 AM
- pauljessup said...
2nd ed was always my favorite- mostly for the campaign settings and the idea that you could push it towards more interesting places.
You didn't see all the crazy settings in 1st ed, OD&D, or even some of 3/3.5 and 4ed. I mean, Planescape, Forgotten Realms, Dragon Lance, Dark Sun...some where completely unique, others were just fun.
Sure, the grogs bash on 2ed, but to me, 2ed opened up a world of opportunity for creating your own world. It was world building rather than dungeon crawling.
2ed is still what I pull out in a pinch for fantasy gaming (even though I really did like 3/3.5). ANd I'm even working on my own FRPG that I hope will inspire that kind of campaign world building insanity-
- April 19, 2009 at 9:29 PM
- d7 said...
A 2e clone would be useful for some things. In particular, I just went looking for an OSRIC-like version of 2e (and this is one of the links that turned up) because I just started in a 2e game on Google Wave. I have the books, but some of the players are returning to this edition for the first time in years and don't have the books.
A copy of "SERF" or something like that would be excellent as a table reference for virtual-table games like those on Wave. (I do have a 2e PHB in PDF, but I'm not sanguine about file sharing it, especially in a medium were everything is on permanent record.)
- October 30, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Although their trying hard to say nothing, this just leaked: www.newhavengames.com
A retro-clone or remake for 2E and it seems both professional and commercial. Someone said they felt a 2E clone would come from outside the retro-clone circle and, apparently, they were right.
I watching this one. The cover is sick, although I'd love some more info.
- July 2, 2010 at 1:38 PM


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13 Responses to "Wood Casting by Hilla Shamia"
J. Boehner on 16 Apr 2012 at 6:47 am #
shane on 16 Apr 2012 at 10:27 am #
hm, interesting. Very similar to what MTH is doing with resin. What happens when the wood expands/contracts?
MyDS on 16 Apr 2012 at 12:50 pm #
Sean on 16 Apr 2012 at 8:32 pm #
While I am not sure this is entirely practical in the long run(don't get me wrong, I am no expert in the area of physics e.g. expansion/contraction, nor biology(how the wood fibers behave at the connection with the firey-hot aluminum); will this hold together after a month?, but this certainly is quite stunning.
doroodgar on 16 Apr 2012 at 9:24 pm #
so niceeeeee
tylermckenzie on 17 Apr 2012 at 9:03 am #
@shane I'd also have a major concern with the wood movement on these. We see it a lot here, designers not understanding wood's properties. They design an object to beautiful now, but not in 5 years.
Olgi on 17 Apr 2012 at 9:34 am #
I never see better design ever.
I'm absolutely in loved in this artworks.
I hope I will have one… once
Justin P on 18 Apr 2012 at 9:01 am #
Really fantastic work! I also question the longevity of the wood, but if there was some way to remedy this I would love purchase one in a heartbeat.
Eva on 19 Apr 2012 at 7:02 am #
Wow! So nice, respect ambient
John on 23 Apr 2012 at 8:15 pm #
Awesome design, awesome coupling of such oposite materials. No worries about wood or metal, or both staying together. There are channels of metal bridging sides in some designs.
Just so pretty! Love it.
Chúcara on 23 Apr 2012 at 10:09 pm #
So beautiful !!, thanks for share.
Yvette on 26 Apr 2012 at 11:07 am #
ian on 27 Apr 2012 at 1:27 pm #
Renzo Piano used cast aluminium and wood on a restoration project many years ago. Great combination of materials. V