Frank Gehry’s design of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, has launched a new age of stunning architecture. Other examples include the Burj al-Arab hotel tower in Dubai (sailboat appearance), the new Milwaukee Art Museum (resembling a bird in flight) and the addition to the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto (on […]
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TYBA Projects
January 5th, 2009 · Comments Off on TYBA Projects · Architecture, Art History, Celebrities, Construction, Economics, General Interest, Lifestyle
Tags:Burj-al-Arab hotel·Daniel Liebeskind·Frank Gehry·Guggenheim Museum·Milwaukee Art Museum·Norman Foster·Ontario College of Art and Design·philanthropic efforts·Santiago Calatrava·tourism magnets
To Whom it June Concern
October 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Construction, Construction Humor, Crossed Wires, Cute, Economic Humor, Economics, Entertainment, Farce, Funny Construction, Funny Economy, Funny Office, Funny Technology, Funny Workplace, Lifestyle, Puns, Screwball, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Technology Advances, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty
I have a story from my workplace I think encapsulates an awful lot of what is so crazy about the modern business world. It involves computers and automatic updating processes and the vast potential that exists for things to go sadly and sometimes hilariously wrong, despite our best intentions.
Tags:escalation contract·funny COLA story·funny construction costs story·funny crossed wires story·funny high-tech story·funny key-punching story·funny modern business world story·funny office blunder story·funny office snafu·funny office story·funny screw-ups·ridiculous office mistake story·search and replace function·To Whom it May Concern
What’s Red, Pretty and Prickly?
August 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on What’s Red, Pretty and Prickly? · Canada Humor, Construction, Construction Humor, Entertainment, Family Humor, General Humor, Jokes, Lifestyle, Medical Humor
The post-WWII baby boom generation is getting older and this means looming health problems. It is a prime reason for expecting strong medical-care and nursing home construction in the years ahead.
Tags:baby boomers·cataract surgery·comedy·floral gifts·funny·hip replacement·humor·joke·knee replacement·memory loss·roses
Geezer TV
February 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Geezer TV · Construction, Family Humor, General Humor, Lifestyle, Sports and Recreation
If you have any doubt about the dominant demographic feature of the population in the U.S. and Canada, just turn on your television set and flip through the channels. The population is aging. The baby boom generation is passing through middle age and beyond. Much of the programming is now aimed at the older generation. […]
Phrase of the Day: Green Collar Jobs
February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Phrase of the Day: Green Collar Jobs · Construction, Construction Humor, Economics, Lifestyle
You’ve heard the terms blue collar jobs and white collar jobs. Now, somebody has coined the phrase “green collar jobs”. I wish I’d thought of it. This is in relation to employment on projects that have an energy-saving and/or public safety component. It also includes jobs servicing those projects or making parts for them.
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