Will Chatham

Yay. I have found enough time to sit down and slap together a lit­tle photo gallery of our Thanks­giv­ing 2004 Extrav­a­ganza. This year, my brother and his wife had baby Scar­let to bring along in addi­tion to her mater­nal grand­mother Wilma. They came all the way from Dal­las and Okla­homa respec­tively, and it was great to have them.

We had a lit­tle bit of a nail biter, com­ing down to the wire with our kitchen/study/bath addi­tion to the house. Things got com­pleted just in the nick of time though, save for the glass stove­top that I cracked by mis­take. We were still able to cook food, and it all came out great in the end. I’m still eat­ing left­over stuffing.

More updates soon to fol­low. Trust me: they shall rock.

If Archi­tects Had To Work Like Web Design­ers.

So true, so true.

My RSIS team­mate, Chris, recently dropped his iPod and ruined it. He took the oppor­tu­nity to open it up and check out the inner work­ings. The tech­nol­ogy was remark­ably small, and adds an amount of awe to the engi­neer­ing that goes into these things.

Here are a few shots of the inside of his 10GB iPod.

The Uni­ver­sity of Louisville Car­di­nals haven’t got­ten off to a great start with the first two games this bas­ket­ball sea­son. They beat the first team they played by a not-so-emphatic 10 points (and it was a divi­sion II team), and they lost to Iowa tonight. They seem to have a prob­lem with Iowa, as they lost to them last year at the same time.

The con­sol­ing fac­tor is that after last year’s Iowa loss, they won 16 straight, pro­pelling to #2 in the nation. Then injuries plagued them for a fizzled-out NCAA tour­na­ment appearance.

The sea­son is young, and things will get bet­ter, I am sure.

I have posted some new pic­tures of the con­struc­tion going on in our house, which is almost done. Just in time for Thanskgiving!

Just a quick update about life around here lately. Our house addi­tion is finally in the home stretch. We spent all week­end paint­ing, fin­ish­ing up the hard­wood floors, installing the bead­board ceil­ing in the kitchen, and adding a lit­tle mold­ing. We are hop­ing that this effort gives the con­trac­tors a jump on what remains: installing the cab­i­nets and appli­ances, fin­ish­ing the deck, and doing the trim. Oh, and the plumbers need to set the bath­room fix­tures and sink, and the elec­tri­cians need to fin­ish the lights and switches.

Our hope is that the bulk of this will be done by the end of the week so that we can pre­pare a nice turkey din­ner for the dozen or so fam­ily mem­bers descend­ing upon us for Thanksgiving.

Keep your fin­gers crossed for us!

Pic­tures of the progress will be up soon.