Merry Christmas! Still doesn’t quite feel like Christmas without cold temperatures and some snow or frost. I think there are less public decorations than normal too. I haven’t noticed many street lamp signs or flags or trees or lights. Maybe I just need to get out more. I got to sleep a bunch today. I […]
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Tags: aunt leslie, batman, Christmas, cold, david, family, Kallie, LEGO, paint, uncle jay, video games, weather
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I’m being super proactive and structured while Kallie is out in California for a week. My default has been to do nothing, get mopey and grumpy, and sleep a lot. I’m going to try to have a very productive and also entertaining week while I’m by myself. The reality of this probably being one of […]
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Tags: 23, California, Christmas, home, Jim Carrey, Kallie, LEGO, move, Work
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This was part of a challenge this year to make something homemade for 5 people. Adam’s always been a big Who fan. Probably took 3 hours to design, build, and then glue.
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Tags: Adam, brick, gift, home made, LEGO, logo, mosaic, music, who
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I once set out to create a model of Pittsburgh out of bricks. It didn’t turn out well. Scale is a hard thing to maintain when constricted to the shapes of LEGO bricks. So, the mini-series was born. As I’m inspired, or as requested, I’ll set out to recreate individual buildings and landmarks. Here’s what […]
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Tags: arena, art, block, brick, bricks, buildings, cathedral, cathedral of learning, civic, creation, LEGO, mellon, mini, model, Pitt, pittsburgh, recreation, scale, series, tower, university, us steel tower
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I’ve had Ego Leonard in the hopper to blog about for a while now, but it seems current news has beaten me to the punch! Turns out, one of his extra large 8 foot tall LEGO sculptures has “washed up” on a Florida beach. How appropriate, seeing as LEGO opened up another Legoland theme park […]
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Tags: art, beach, ego, ego leonard, Florida, LEGO, legoland, leonard, netherlands, Orlando, theme park
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One of my long life goals is to create my own chess set. More than likely, it will be made of of LEGO bricks. Here’s a set based on LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandongriffith/sets/72157624770160743/with/4964655609/
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Tags: board, chess, empire strikes back, game, LEGO, set, star wars
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