Last week in July.


Not a lot to blog on this week. I’ve been finishing up the TV cabinet for Christy. This is the first time I used medium density fiberboard (MDF) for a project. It is the material of choice for all those” trading spaces” type of shows on TV. The stuff is very heavy! But it is easy to cut and does not splinter. I built the bottom cabinet and fixed and painted the upper unit. I painted it a color called “bark” per Christy’s specifications.
Here is the final product:



Now I’m finishing up on the coffee table for her.


I was reading an interview of Tom Hanks about his new movie “Ant Bully”. In it he was asked if he ever burned ants as a kid. I guess burning ants is common. Before I reached the enlightened conclusion that ants are living creatures and their life should be respected (like mosquitoes and cockroaches?) I used to play a game with the ants. I was a mean alien. When I found a bunch of ants feasting on some food I would use my parents magnifying glass to focus the Sun on them. It was my death ray. My goal was to leave no survivor to go warn the other ants. Eventually, after my enlightenment, I got to the point where I tried not to run over ants when I was riding my little tricycle or step on them when walking. The ants in Connecticut were basically 3 varieties; Red, Black and little. No fire ants like we have here in Florida. If you dropped a red ant in a black ant nest, or vice versa, a fight would ensue.