Pittsburgh

The Dark Knight Rises in Pittsburgh!

5 April, 2011 (13:38) | Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is confirmed as the filming location for the new batman movie!  I’m stoked.  This is one of the biggest movies to be filmed in Pittsburgh for a long time.  I’m also noticing that Anne Hathaway is slated to be in the movie…I wonder what that means for Kallie…people are going to be extra jumpy about sightings.

 

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11095/1137149-348.stm

Hall's Rules of Social Order

Hall’s Rule of Social Order #108

4 April, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

You don’t tuck in tshirts or polo shirts.  They’re not designed to be tucked in, they’re designed to be a little more comfortable.  This is especially true if you have a big ol beer gut.  Why the eff would you tuck in your shirt to accentuate your belly?  That’s just disgusting.

House Ideas

Chocolate Salty Balls

1 April, 2011 (12:00) | House Ideas

Ball pits are awesome.  Maybe I could tie in a play room that would have the ball pit and the soft cushy surface there.  Surprisingly, I think the balls for ball pits are pretty cheap, and I don’t think a room would be all that difficult to make  The only thing I would see is them getting dirty and having to somehow wash them all eventually.  Kids would love it, and I would too.

related:  http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/02/27/ballpit-phase-ii/

Geeked Out

Pardon me, your epidermis is showing

30 March, 2011 (12:00) | Geeked Out

http://gawker.com/5750105/spray+on-skin-a-demonstration

We have skin in a can now.  some guy gets 2nd degree burns on a Friday, they scrape some stem cells from him, spray them on his wounds, and he’s all healed up with barely any scars by Monday.  It’s like the coolest use of an air spray gun.  Reminds me of an old kids toy with a airbrush station, where you loaded up the paint, pumped it a few times, and airbrushed on some paper.  If you still have one, you can just heal yourself at home!

Yeah, I know, it’s called a “skin gun” – now get your minds out of the gutter.

LEGO© Creations

LEGO Easter basket

29 March, 2011 (18:40) | LEGO© Creations

For Kallie’s spring break, we went to Christiana Mall while visiting the Pesces in Delaware, and to Disney’s citywalk in Orlando while visiting the Olivieris. Both locations conveniently have LEGO stores, where I stocked up a little 🙂 I got all these “skin tone” pieces, that I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with them, I just know I didn’t have any. Since Easter was around the corner, I made an easter basket and filled it with color eggs. The little bunny face was from an Easter bunny character set I got when I was a kid. I meant to look up the original build instructions for it, but I figured my bunny was good enough.

Hall's Rules of Social Order

Hall’s Rule of Social Order #107

28 March, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

You’re only as dressed up as your least formal article of clothing.  More specifically, you can’t dress up sports gear.  A football jersey with a sports coat and tie underneath is still a football jersey.  A sweater vest with warm up pants is still warm up pants.  You’re basically a walking contradiction.  That, or you’re just too clueless to commit to one or the other.