Another exciting day at work with very little to do, and so I'm surfing the web and playing games.

In an effort to perk up all your Fridays, here's a link to a site
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Here are pictures of the handkerchief vase (3 different views of the same vase) and a single candle bridge of the fire element glass.



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This is my new favorite commercial.  Worksafe and funny.

People who understand you

I am positive that at least two of the people on my f-list were like this.

Here are pictures of the finished glass for the air plate and the earth plate.

Air - finished 6" square sushi plate:


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Here are pictures of before, during and after of my fire and water plates that will be available for sale at the Golden Gate Renaissance Faire this weekend.  These are the first effort and they came out well (despite my poor photography skills).

Fire - before - 2 pieces of glass just after cutting:


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And here are two pics of the latest piece of glass
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I remembered late last night that Solstice was at 1:something yesterday afternoon in the PDT zone.  Happy belated Solstice to all.

I've just read an article about a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere that was buried on the grounds of the Tulsa, Oklahoma courthouse for the 50th anniversary of Oklahoma, and was just dug up for the 100th anniversary. That they buried a car was not what caught my attention.

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Ok, I can NOT be the only person on the face of the planet that does not give a rat's ass about Paris Hilton and her jail sentence.  The press coverage regarding her jail term has been ridiculous.  I am soon expecting to see "Paris Hilton - Hour 12 of Her Incarceration" headlines ( Read more... )