Asher’s Exchange of the Day

Asher to me: “Is it a stay at home work day today?”

Me: “No.  It’s a church day.”

Asher: “Awesome!”

(I did feel a little guilty saying it’s a church day since I will be working most of the day today, like everyday lately.)

Building the Lego Death Star

Jessica’s parents bought me (Andy) a Lego Death Star for Christmas. The boys and I built it over the span of six days.

Building the Lego Death Star from Andy Olson on Vimeo.

One second of video is 30 seconds of build time. Video of the first day goes by slowly as I was figuring out the time lapse software, it moves much quicker through the rest of the video (the the entire video represents a 30:1 ratio of video time to build time.)

In the second day of building, we discovered that we were missing four pieces. This required a hiatus as we waited for Lego to ship us replacements. They were free, but it took nearly three weeks for them to arrive.

Day five is Superbowl Sunday. We got a lot done while watching the game. It looks like we’re looking at the camera, but the camera is mounted above the TV; it’s the TV we’re looking at.

Based on the length of the video and the 30:1 ratio, I estimate it took us 13 hours to complete it all.

Jude the Jeweler

Imagine my delight when Jude adorned me with a beaded necklace (New Orleans style), with a red paper heart that he had cut out and taped on.  I was in the process of telling him how sweet he was when he blurted out, “I’m running a jewelry shop and that one’s for $5.”  (Reminded me a similar scams I have encountered abroad.)