Paul's Journal

08/03/2009 23:50 #49450

Is showplace still open?

I wonder if showplace theatre on grant is still open. There was a for
lease sign on it when I drove by it on Sunday. I can't possibly count
the number of times I went to that place for music in my younger years
although I think the best time was 4/20/2002.

lilho - 08/12/09 01:23
2002! sooooooooooooooooo much fun!

metalpeter - 08/04/09 19:40
At one time I heard a Rumor that the guy who Owns Sportmens was thinking about buying it. The Showplace was awesome. The Last Band I saw there Was Hatebreed. The thing is that they only ran ads for there shows in like artvoice and it was like maybe twice a month so you had to look for who was going there. I have seen some amazing shows there. Yes it was easy to get to and home from and that was a factor also. But it was a great place to see a show from, I have to say my favorite place really. First you have the floor for the pitters and standers. then you have a few seats and then behind that the sitting standing area. Sometimes there where Tables and sometimes not. Then of course there are the two bars sometimes only one was open. The only bad part was the getting Merch and those crazy bathrooms glad I never went and there was a crowd. I would love to see it re open. With The Icon closed or did that reopen again it would be a great venue. Another interesting thing is that some times you would see the bands eating near bye say Burger King or the Pizza place plus there used to be a mighty taco (never trusted eating that before a concert though). I admit I miss the show place. And yes I went there as a kid to see movies don't remember what one, but I think at some point the older brother of someone I went to school owned it, but not sure.

hodown - 08/04/09 16:10
Was I there?

leetee - 08/04/09 01:06
No, it's not open anymore. The guy who owned it died and his daughter inherited it and is too busy with the other business she was left with to bother with this one. His other daughter owns Salon 806 on Elmwood.

08/03/2009 16:06 #49447

The plumber's house

The other night we visited a friend's friend for snacks and drinks.
The place was beautiful and had a giant inground swimming pool which
we got to swim around in. The swimming pool had a rock waterfall that
has hot water coming over it which was so freaking cool.

For snacks we had sushi and all kinds of cheese and olives. It was
the first time I ever had fish free sushi and it was blah. Not just
blah, but heavy. I really like the fish part. the thing about raw
fish is that it is light and compliments the other ingredients.
Cooked chicken in my opinion its too heavy.

Sadly, the only pic I managed to takeoff the evening was this one of
(e:terry) playing with his wind chime which was pretty awesome.

paul - 08/04/09 09:27
(e:lilho) , last I check you didn't own a pool or a house, your mom does, lol.

lilho - 08/03/09 23:31
lol pools are such a rarity in blo. i really kinda consider anyone who doesn't have a pool here somewhat trashy. (e:terry) looks cute with the buzz!

metalpeter - 08/03/09 19:30
The Pool sounds pretty awesome

tinypliny - 08/03/09 16:18
Was that your plumber's house? It would make sense why he had a pool right in the middle of his house. hahaha

08/01/2009 02:47 #49433

Basra Eating A Strawberry
Category: basra

The iphone does an amazing job with video. The quality is so much better in the orginal but its 40MB. Here is the 7MB compressed version.

Basra really likes strawberries. You could get him to follow you are the backyward all day if you had one on a string.

::Download Flash Video::

libertad - 08/03/09 22:56
That was freaking cute.

matthew - 08/01/09 16:03
Basra's jaws aren't strong enough to do any damage to flesh.

tinypliny - 08/01/09 15:15
I think he could bite if you stuck your hand too close. Or he could just withdraw into his own little house-shell. Heh

lauren - 08/01/09 15:14
this is desperately cute...but looks a little dangerous...has basra ever bitten anyone?

metalpeter - 08/01/09 11:18
I love strawberries also, don't think I have ever meet anyone who didn't like them

paul - 08/01/09 10:25
I think it is a lot better and having video is awesome.

lilho - 08/01/09 10:17
so cute!

jim - 08/01/09 10:02
Paul and I both have the new one, it's fast enough that we both switched to using the regular (e:strip) site instead of the mobile site.

I find it very very much faster then my original 2g iPhone (like 10x faster). I never had a 3g to compare it too, though.

jenks - 08/01/09 10:00
when did you get the new iphone? is it worth it? It would cost me like $600 or something absurd to upgrade right now, so I figure I can live without a compass until then. :/
Is it really noticeably faster?

08/01/2009 02:38 #49432

Pottery at Globe Market
Category: art

Today while eating crabcakes at globe market, I spotted some nice looking pottery. Its all set up around these local art displays, so I assumed it was local art.

The one brown vase and the aorta one both struck my fancy and both were reasonably priced. The brown one was really heavy. Both had a tag on them for some artist/dealer on hertel.

They both look pretty orginal and I was all set on buying both or either.

That was until I flipped them over and saw they were from Vietnam and China.

mike - 08/01/09 07:31
maybe they were made by artists there like those 1000 villages stores where the stuff is made by people in third world countries to get a living wage.

08/01/2009 02:37 #49431

Pear Leaf Blight, Fabrcea Maculata
Category: trees

Oh man, our pear trees which have like 1000+ pears are suffering from pear leaf blight

I think the wetness and windiness made it worse and we might lose the whole crop. It is probably too late to spray as the infection seems really severe.

I tried to trim back the highly affected areas and remove all the infected leaf bebris on the ground.