One Good Chair (just not mine)

Found out today that the 'Quartered Chair' didn't get selected in the One Good Chair competition. The following is a link to the winning entries - some good stuff.

http://www.onegoodchair.com/competition/winners/

On a positive note I found out that an abstract that I submitted to the 'Material Matters' regional Fall conference was selected for presentation. I need at least two of these a year to be on par. The paper is about the evolution of cultural registers from the material to the immaterial.

Barack Obama

The following is a great op-ed piece written by Barack Obama.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/opinion/14obama.html

I hope the American people make a better, more informed, choice in the coming general election and don't fall for the 'McCain is more centrist than Bush' rhetoric.