Just Work Down, Thats Whats Up

As builders of our own sky, sometimes ironically, the sky IS the limit .. in less cryptic words, we cant go up any further. Zeniths might be higher than our ceilings, our shed roofs, or in my case, how high my original-yet-inept carpentry could take me (limiting factor, my ladders and my sense of equilibrium, neither which are too good)... So what to do .. when you cant work up anymore, try working down!

Lower the horizon .. the projector .. the chairs .. I havent dug into the ground yet but the thought has crossed my mind .. seen in the accompanying picture, I needed more sky due to my not high enough roof in my remodeled main theater .. so I napoleanized it (a new verb, you heard it hear first!) - I shortend everything. it should look good in the dark, and now Ive got more sky for the same price!

So keep looking up, but dont forget to look down too. For as they say, space really has no direction. Just ask the guys standing upside down in China !

Black Vinyl, YOURE FIRED!

Ive had it up to HERE (well maybe, here... ) with black vinyl. I have bought my FINAL VINYL. Ive finally gone spasstic over plastic, excuse me if thats a politically incorrect term nowadays. I have bought enough black vinyl plastic to cover Delaware . over my home planetarium years for all manner of purposes... and in two massive trips to the Sumner Landfill today, I swore off black vinyl! I used it to make rooms dark ... but it doesnt really unless you buy the 4 MIL .. the lower versions let light right through! And with my carpentry, the wind ALWAYS brings down the corners .. there arent enough staples in Staples to hold it .. I'll have star shows when it gets dark if I have to .. go back to nature! but BUT then my biggest folly - use it to fight roof leaks!! But what happens over and over is .. it merely amplifies and funnels leaks into a torrent of rainwater in some corner .. while HIDING the sources .. then it sits around outside and collects rainwater, which hidden in the folds grows rancid .. the wind blows it all over the yard .. its goes everywhere, disposing of it means taking a shower in said water .. and so

black vinyl .. YOURE FIRED!!!!

i feel better now