Phil's Submission for the Design Max's Girlfriend Contest

I'm afraid mine is somewhat similar to Rob's in nature (great minds and all that), but I have harnessed the full might of Photoshop. Also, be sure to scroll down below the picture. I have supporting arguments.

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~peddy/maxgf.htm

I Heart Max (Max's girlfriend pic)

Check it out. MS Paint does NOT stink. Seriously. Even if Photoshop kills it.

Rob's Design Max's Girlfriend Contest Entry

Rob's Entry in the Design Max's Girlfriend Contest -- inspired by the Claire Archeaology studies and Rob's personal suspicion that someone named Claire might have or might once have had red hair.

Musical Brain Fart

Let's say, I need more music. Preferably a band whose members are all alive. So, yeah, all I have to ask is if you don't even TRY recomending Green Day (uuuuhhg I hate them).



-Miles Eddy, King of Penguins

MAX IS HAVING A CONTEST

Maybe I'm going too far ... or maybe others haven't gone far enough?!?

The Design Max's Girlfriend Contest

Dad's birthday

I am leaving for Mark's within the hour but just wanted you all to know how special his day was for me-and I firmly believe for him. Yeah, he saw you spitting out his manhattans and his youngest refusing to even taste it! As I woke from a nap in the late afternoon, my first thought was Dad's cooking sphagetti!
Thanks to Chris and Jamie for the idea, for all of you who helped out including grandchildren who raked and swept for me and for Max and Sarah who cooked their own since they couldn't be here!

Saturday Night Special

My sauce was completed at exactly midnight and consumed shortly thereafter.

The sauce was a variant of the traditional one - Mrk.II sauce we like to call it. It substitutes semi-shreded pieces of chicken breast for ground beef, and I also added some zuchini (just for the heck of it). It is delicious.



Isn't my apron fetching?

Donner Party Eddys?

I can't remember if we are related to these guys are not. Does any of the Eds around here have any ideas?
I simply have to know if I am really the The Hero of the Donner Party or not.

"I have been told that Mr. Eddy was not a truthful man, but he certainly was a kind-hearted man, and to his tender care I owe my life."

Yeah, that sounds like us. Right?

The cabinet project, update 1

Today I am able to declare the first of the cabinets I am building for my parents' garage substantially complete. Meet Tall Cabinet #1:
The carcass of Tall Cabinet #1 is comprised entirely of 3/4" plywood, sanded on one side with a 1/4" plywood backing. This was my first project with a router so I was able to do something other than plain old butt joints. The top piece is rabbetted and the bottom is dadoed. Also the tracks for the adjustables shelves are sitting in a routed out channel so they are flush with the surface of the cabinet.

The cabinet trim is clear pine 1x2s tacked on with trim nails.

The doors are 1x4s with a 1-inch deep channel cut to their inside that a piece of 1/4" plywood can be slid into and then locked into place by the glue/staples/screws holding the trim pieces in place.

This particular cabinet took about 6 days (which means six weeks because I only work on these things for one day every weekend). It could have gone a lot faster but one of the side walls was bowed and I wasted at least two weekends just trying to figure out how to resolve that problem. The only work that remains is installing door pulls, giving the whole thing a good sanding, and then a paint job of some kind (staining it won't do much since this is non-veneered plywood and essentially has no grain). I expect that Tall Cabinet #2 will go much faster.

Next update will probably be when Tall Cabinet #1 has been painted.

That PC Guy

Hey Mark, remember how you said you felt a certain affinity to the PC guy in those Mac commercials? Turns out he's a really awesome, well spoken gent. And, not only that, he has a pretty funny book.