Attention!

Got a really nice cabin here at Martin’s Access in Cherokee County, but we also have a lot of rain. So Steve’s already gone and I’m going to pack up this morning and head home early too.

Yup, very sore.

So, my crazy idea of the week day is this… If the trustees are talking about replacing the two west-facing lower (concession and box office) windows, or all four west-facing windows, maybe consider replacing them with single pane no-frame non-glare plexiglass instead of windows with frames/panes. Then we mount the lobby display in the concessions window (no obstructions) so it is easy to see when you drive or walk by.

I suppose the other windows could feature decorative displays of some kind? Maybe portraits of Ella and Philip in the upper pair of windows, the ones that are permanently dark because they are under the projection booth in the crawlspace below the balcony?

The unfortunate thing is that won’t match all the other framed multi-pane windows, but it would keep things somewhat balanced, and much more functional.

Or, I’ve thought about putting a digital display just inside the windows in the new foyer between theatre and community room. Not ideal but maybe easier to see when you drive or walk by?

My other longer-term idea was to put one, two, or three monitors, like the lobby display, inside the outdoor “sign”, but then we’d have to worry more about climate control and vandalism. However, three (probably?) properly sized and matched monitors could fill the sign “case” and you would never have to open it to change the sign again… ever!

Now coming to you from the basement where the hail can’t hit us, yet. And a second warning has just been issued.

My sister is home from the hospital!

Just in time to watch Artemis launch* in about 1.5 hours, and celebrate her birthday tomorrow.

*If the weather is clear she will be able to see and hear the rocket once it is about 10 seconds in altitude. If TSA wait times, skyrocketing air fare, and Spring Breakers had not been such a mess lately I really considered visiting her again to help get her home, and to see and hear the launch from 118 miles away.

Here to support Wes

…something my father-in-law used to say.

My sister is doing better, still in the hospital and hoping to go to a rehab center near her home soon. No telling how long her recovery and therapy will be.

Speaking of in-laws, my wife took her mother to the ER yesterday due to chest pain. She was admitted last night and is undergoing more tests this morning. She had stents placed in coronary arteries last Fall and I guess her doctor is looking at those, as well as the other side of her heart.

Time for dinner at Chili’s in Chicago O’Hare just down the way from gate B11

So far this leg of the trip is going much better.

Headed to Tampa Intl. for a 4:45 pm United flight to CID.