Natural Forms and Functions
Can you guess what this is?If you said a honeycomb....you'd be wrong.For one thing, it's made of metal, and bees, strong tho they are... don't do metal.What it is, is an anilox. It's used to transfer ink from the ink reservoir to the printing plate in large printers of things like brochures, newspapers, and even cloth. It seems the shape of the cells is one of the more efficient ways to

People Watching
The hotel here has a free laundry room, with some washers and dryers. It shares an area just off the lobby with some gym equipment. Needless to say, I don't have much use for a stationary bike, and frankly, my upper body has been getting all the workout it needs. So, I waited outside in the lobby, watching the television in there.This also gave me some time to people watch. After not very

Coming Home?
The doctors gave us the news today that it might be possible for my mom to go home by the 21st. This is good news, as we'd like her home before Thanksgiving. Frankly, it would really suck to spend Thanksgiving here in the hotel room and long term care facility.Perhaps I've become a little tired, because one of the first things I thought of when the doctor said "3 or 4 days"... was that it was

Fix'er Up...
My sister is still working on getting her new house in a better condition. It's a solid house, but needed a lot of work, after having been neglected for the past 10 to 15 years.It was amazing how many of the original fixtures were still in the house. I think it must have been built as one of the "houses of the future" style homes from the 1960s. As such, it was high end for the time. Since then,

Dear Santa
Dear Santa,Knowing that you are going to have a lot of demands on your hands for Christmas things this year, I'll try to make my requests simple and few.Okay.. at least...not complicated and not very many.I'll work on it!First of all, I don't want you to spend too much money on me. Things are probably tight for you, too, so I know you'll be shopping for a sale with the same fervor and