Tag: LEGO

Kallie in Cali – A lonely husband’s log – Day 6

26 December, 2011 (00:26) | Personal Update

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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Kallie in Cali – A lonely husband’s log – Day 1

20 December, 2011 (23:33) | Personal Update

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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The WHO – a LEGO brick mosaic

1 December, 2011 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

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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Pittsburgh in LEGO bricks – a “mini” series

3 November, 2011 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

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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No Real Than You Are LEGO Man

28 October, 2011 (18:07) | LEGO© Creations

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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LEGO Star Wars Chess Set

21 September, 2011 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

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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