this and that

OK, so I have quite a bit of catching up to do. First let me say that I will address that whole 'belief issue' in due course. As to being gone and not keeping up on my blog...late Saturday night I gave my avatar an office chair to spin around in, so that's something. I don't know if the chair passes the rigorous ergonomic standards set out by our beloved institution, but it swivels nicely and that's the main thing you want from an office chair anyway. I want my office chair to be as much like a ride at Disneyland as possible.
I don't have much to report on the cardboard front. My creative time recently has involved a wood burning tool, a bag of cement, some ribbon, and an old table. The bag of cement was hands-down the most satisfying. I used it to add a step to the bottom of the rock steps in my backyard. Pinch me! There is nothing quite like a bag of cement to really get the creative juices flowing. If I remember I'll post a picture. I cut the table in half and mounted one side to the wall of my art room...very shabby French-country. I used the wood burning tool to make holes in a plastic Adirondack chair that needed repairing...it's too complicated to explain here.
Believing...why is it that most conversations about belief begin with the whole higher-power thing? That vein makes most people uncomfortable.
What about believing in the inherent goodness of man? (Joe doesn't). Or what about believing in Bigfoot? (Ditto). Those who know me best know that I love believing in Bigfoot. I figure, why not? I want to believe that there are things on this planet that remain a mystery. If we already know all there is to know then it could get pretty boring from here on out. Joe says he doesn't believe in anything; but his belief in superheros (and their endless list of totally believable skills and abilities) is hard to ignore.

my avatar

First of all, everyone who sees me on a daily basis will recognize that the only thing about my avatar that even remotely resembles me is the gray hair and dark eyes. Having said that, I did find creating my avatar to be interesting and maybe a bit disturbing. The choice of attire was a trip through fantasy land...though I'm not sure whose fantasy I was tripping though! I know it's about creating a fun looks-like-me (sort of) alter ego, but most of the choices made me feel like I was creating an ava-tart. And let's face it, at my age the whole tart wannabe thing is a distant, albeit pleasant memory.

cardboardqueen

Tools Galore

I can think of many ways to use Google Doc. What a great tool to share the load when working on a project with other people. This would be a useful tool in my personal life to access the balance sheet that my husband and I keep on our joint checking account. And Zoho has lots of potential. The best thing about both of these (from my perspective) is that they are very user-friendly.

pedal to the metal

I enjoyed cruising around with the different search engines and found some interesting sites.
I'm interested in Rollyo, but as usual my attention span for figuring out how to use it was pretty short.

pods for everyone

I have used iTunes pretty extensively in the past; but that's my only brush with podcasts to date. I think the opportunity to capture first person-accounts of past events is an exciting use of podcasts...especially local history.

last week

This lesson was more about seeing what you could do rather than learning how to do it. I made a monopoly card; but I didn't feel I had the luxury of time to figure out how to put my head on a different body. Too bad, because that has been a life-long dream of mine.