Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII for Monday, July 11, 2005

Monday, July 11, 2005

Department Noodge

I particpated in Walk Texas, a program put on by the City of Austin to encourage people to increase their physical activity. It goes in 10wk rounds. Well now I am group leader for my department during this 10 week round. So I am noodging people to sign up and participate. Sign in to see full entry.

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LEGO CHURCH

A few quick facts: How long to build it? It was about a year and a half of planning, building and photographing. How many pieces of LEGO to build it? more than 75,000 How big is it? About 7 feet by 5 1/2 feet by 30 inches (2.2 m x 1.7 m x.76 m) How many LEGO people does it seat? 1372 How many... Sign in to see full entry.

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Garment Shrinkage

I really wish the garment industry would come up with a fabric such that the clothing would shrink uniformly. I went to the storage unit and got out some old clothes that I will be fitting into soon. There are a few items that I'm just going to toss because they are still the same width but have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Bulky Items Pickup

We just threw out a few things that were just taking up space here. There's a carcass to a PC, a blender, a coffee maker, a card table, and some other junk out at the curb now. It will be gone by sundown. The city does this every few weeks. It allows people to get rid of stuff that won't sell at the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Flag Burning Part II: Nose Cutting and Face Spiting

I am not writing this to rebutt what I said yesterday. I still think that a constitutional amendment banning flag desecration is a bad idea and for the reasons I stated in yesterday's post. I don't particularly care for the PATRIOT Act. But I guess that's mostly an unqualified emotional response. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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