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Cartouche... now that's a word that sounds vulgar, doesn't it? Maybe something Freddy Mercury would have shouted to the audience. For the Egyptians, it was an artistic impression or a plaque and not to be confused with dental plaque. In architecture, it's often a medallion with a bunch of scrolly shit surrounding it.
Why the blog?
I'm doing cabinets for a 7 bedroom house that consists of kitchen rework, bar, butlers pantry, laundry, closets and bathrooms. They want to salvage an old wall unit that's floor to ceiling and bout 20 feet long. It's adorned with lots of carvings and cartouches on the doors and panels. Personally, I think it's hideous, grossly outdated and needs to be torn out and replaced.
I wasn't asked to price a replacement. I was asked to remove the cartouches, modify doors and panels and overlap a panel to front mount a 55 inch TV that was designed for 42 inches. No can do. I graciously declined as I have no manpower talented enough to do a miracle.
In a former life, I've transformed basic square niches into 'dome style' cartouche units for statues or waterfalls. Those scrolly things were made from fiberglass and purchased in the right size to fit the openings. The end result would have been called 'timeless' but they had no idea that two generations later, everything would be contemporary.



I'm not expecting that style to come back any time soon.

Doing love brings blessing.
Doing hate brings sickness and bad.
Doing good brings blessings and happiness.
Doing bad brings condemning and suffer.

it is written in bible: love God with all heart..., and love your neighbours as yourself.(love all people).
Doing this brings you life everlasting and blessing.
God bless.

Charities are crying, donations are down. I may give food when the mailmen pick up for food bank. Otherwise, only send a check to the local sheriff for K-9 unit. Beyond that..nope. When only 1-3% actually gets to the recipients...the rest goes for salaries for the board, convention trips, offices.
I also get angry at their greed. Long ago I sent money to the NPR public radio. It was $10 a month to 40 total. And then they flooded my mail with fancy mailings for more. Every week or more, there was the letter. Envelope, nice inserts, postage paid envelope. After it was done, I sent them a letter back. You are not happy with a donation but want more. And spent half of what I gave on postage and letters asking for more. So now..you get nothing.
I got a mailing from a good charity last month. Calendars, note papers, and...2 pr 3 pairs of socks! OK...far enough. So I sent a check for $10 cause figured I got the socks. Yesterday I got a big envelope from them. More calendars, note book, planner! Oh..so now I am on your sucker list? Lesson learned. If one gives to a charity, they will spend the money hounding you for more, more, MORE!
At least when I give to the sheriff, I sometimes get a nice thank you card back and nothing more. And one time, one cop stopped by so I could meet one of the dogs. Now that is the way it should be.

*Mother Father Holy Spiri, Christ and the Disciples are not an answer
* All beings are not an answer.
*What art is there?

I will start, The Mist is Real and is available to all Children with this sight.

As a musician, it was often requested for the band to announce song dedications for people in the audience. Those are the happy dedications for birthdays or anniversaries. Once I attended a concert where the singer announced a dedication to the women for 'All the kisses we snatched' and his guitarist added 'and vice versa'
I've been to concerts where the band dedicated a song to former bandmates or other famous musicians who have passed on. The heavy metal band, Quiet Riot always dedicates a song on every performance to the guitarist and co-founder Randy Rhoads who was killed in a plane crash. QR singer Kevin DuBrow who died of a drug overdose and drummer Frankie Banali who died of pancreatic cancer have been added to the dedications as the band continues to tour.
The show must go on... Quiet Riot will be performing in South Florida in January 2024.

Most people, even certain intelligent ones, seem to think CO2 is a harmless transparent gas that is not a pollutant.

Well, that is sort of true, it is a colourless transparent gas and not an air pollutant, without CO2 all life on earth would die.

HOWEVER, It has a major effect on keeping the Earth's surface temperature at an even level, no CO2 would create a planet of ice.
Too much CO2 creates the opposite, warming the Earth's surface and that is what is called Global Climate Change.

Excessive CO2 heats up the air which in turn affects the sea temp, weather formations and the overall climate across the entire world.

Do not be deceived by those who say CO2 is harmless, it is not, it will affect every single living being on Earth.

Global warming is a real fact, as can be seen, and felt by the weather pattern changes we have all experienced over the last 2-3 decades.

The last time I was someone's type I gave blood lol

I have never thought that a glitch can be so laughable yet ugly that need to avoid or even to fix once for all if necessary, until recently. The thing is how to avoid a glitch that keeps coming in this widely open world?

But hey, don't call me Kalpataru if I cannot handle it.









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I gotta go now. I will allow comment when I return.

On Wednesday, I was informed that my employer would provide champagne for us on Friday, because the company is doing well. Friday came, and the champagne was poured.

It was awful. In fact, it was so bad, that it left my throat feeling VERY dry, which is not how I like my champagne. But still - drinking a glass of champagne on company time, whilst getting paid for it, is not as bad way to end a miserable week, because oh BOY was yesterday bad.

But it was a nice treat for us, and even though the champagne was terrible, it was quite nice to have 15 minutes where I didn't have to think about work.

Where I didn't have to think about deadlines. About drivers who mess up. About anything other than the quiet and the taste of the champagne.

Would I buy it for myself? Absolutely not. Was it expensive? I think it was. I am employed at a billion kroner company, after all, so they can afford to splurge on champagne.

But now - well, now is the weekend, and boy is it gonna be good! I plan to do my laundry tomorrow, and get some well earned rest!

I'm on both sides of the fence when it comes to shoes on or off in the house. It wasn't an issue growing up in the 50's and 60's, I remember tile floors and shoes were optional. In the 70's most of the house had carpet. Vacuumed weekly and shampooed a few times a year. I was known to wear flip-flops or running shoes.

In the 80's I developed toenail fungus and a few treatments of Lamisil (at $200 each) reduced the severity, but never eradicated the fungus. Hint: The podiatrist said it was contacted from the many years I went without shoes.
Somewhere in the 90's I started wearing (light-weight) construction boots as I was a project manager and often I had to be on jobsites. I'd wear them all day, in or out.

One day while in the waiting room to see my doctor, an advertisement for Jublia came on the TV. It's a prescription strength anti-fungal liquid. I told my doctor, got the prescription and it actually worked. So 20+ years of chasing a cure for fungus was gone! I'm more careful about going without shoes, especially in areas of wet grass.

A girlfriend asked why I wore shoes in the house and my answer was simple. "FIRE... everybody out... FIRE!

Most of the people I know leave their shoes at the front door and walk around barefoot.

As a worker in clients houses, many insist my people remove their shoes. I have to remind them it's against OSHA safety regulations. If they were to get injured without safety shoes on, insurance would not cover the claim. I've asked if they want to sign a waiver to accept the cost of medical in the event someone would get hurt and not be wearing proper shoes.
Disposable booties/shoe covers were provided by the company.

Prior to booties becoming readily available, I've gone into clients houses and removed my shoes because they insisted. One family who professed their cleanliness had a dog. When I was done with the minimal visit of measuring and discussing the design, my socks were dirty AND collected dog hairs. Foolishly, I put my shoes on and right after, the bacteria contaminated my shoes that required me to dispose of them.

Fast forward... I come up the stairs, into my apartment, wipe my shoes on the mat, head to my studio and put my bag with job folders on the side table. If I plan to be in for a while, I'll remove my shoes and get into leather slippers.

There's a shoe storage box on the wall by the door that doesn't get used. When I go to my daughter's house they have a pile of shoes at the door and usually family/friends go barefoot or change to slippers as the upstairs rooms are carpeted. I keep my shoes on. If it's an issue, I'll wear booties.



Yahoo ran a story about shoes in the house and the opinions/experiences varied wildly.
The fear factor of lead based paint, bacteria and E. coli was over hyped.





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