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Framing Battlefield Texas

Brody — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:35:37 +0000

Speaking of iPhone, I used mine to snap a few process photos of a frame I built over the past couple of weekends. I already had the wood cut, assembled, and sanded before I thought about capturing any pictures, so these are mostly the complete frame laying around to dry. Most of my time is spent assembling pixels on a screen, so it’s nice to build something more tactile every now and then.

The framed poster is a print of artist Christopher Alan Smith’s “Battlefield Texas: Republic of Texas Map” (buy your own here).

Materials:
Wood: Reclaimed longleaf pine
Stain: Early American

Step aside 3D, the world was meant to be seen in @…

Brody — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:33:20 +0000

Step aside 3D, the world was meant to be seen @2x. — That’s code for “I got an iPhone 4S”

How Doctors Die

Brody — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:44:02 +0000

If I had my druthers I’d go out like Clint Eastwood at the end of Gran Torino, but I’d say doctors have things pretty well figured out, too.

[...] they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little. For all the time they spend fending off the deaths of others, they tend to be fairly serene when faced with death themselves. They know exactly what is going to happen, they know the choices, and they generally have access to any sort of medical care they could want. But they go gently.

This Is Me Getting Action

Brody — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:18:36 +0000

I’d like to get in the practice of writing again. Consider this your notice. And that TR quote in the previous entry, that’s my guide, a drill sergeant of sorts, to help accomplish the goals below in the new year.

“Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

Move Away from Client-Based Work
It’s not all bad. Some of it I enjoy, but then there’s the other kind; the kind that keeps a person on his ass in front of a computer screen, away from all these other things.

Be Healthier
Eating, running, lifting — whatever it takes. I joined a flag football team last fall and never felt so rickety. I’m 29.

Spend More Time with Family / Outdoors
Fishing. Hunting. Camping. Hiking. Even throwing a football. Movies. Live music. It don’t matter what it is, I just want more of it.

Learn Guitar
Playing the same three chords over and over and over and over for the past four years has gone stale.

Write a Song
It doesn’t have to be good, just good enough.

Take a Stab At Knife Making
After reading a lot about the process online, I pulled the metaphorical trigger and ordered a couple of books to get started.

Read At Least One Book a Month
I’d aim higher, but the rest of this list won’t do itself.

Annihilate Debt
Okay, too high. Let’s make this one a two to three year goal.

“Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter…

Brody — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:52:26 +0000

“Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”

- Theodore Roosevelt