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Itʼs curtains for view!

Saturday, August 19th, 2023 Alive 19,107 days

Curtained blocks

The menʼs room at the Yale Street Diner features a set of homey curtains. If you part the curtains, you will find… more cinder blocks.

The entire wall is just cinder blocks. The curtain is a facade. The promise of a window is a lie.

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Isn't it too early for this sort of thing?

Sunday, September 25th, 2022 Alive 18,779 days

A jack-o-lantern and black cat-themed bubble nightlight

Halloween can be educational. In addition to teaching children about math (candy nutrition labels), geography (mapping out a trick-or-treat route), history (Halloween folklore), and extortion ("Trick or treat!"), it's also possible to learn about physics. The way to do that is with a Halloween bubble light.

I don't know why bubble lights went out of fashion, but showing a child that something that is boiling can still safe to touch is an opportunity to learn about the phases of matter, the elements, boiling points, and all kinds of happy physics and chemistry things.

Also, it's never too early to put up Halloween decorations — if they're educational.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

A weatherbeaten gallery

People pay Restoration Hardware big bucks to get this look.

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Saturday, January 12th, 2019 Alive 17,427 days

Framed bloomers

I once suggested we frame Darcieʼs underpants and hang them on the wall. But she didnʼt like the idea until she saw it just now. I guess Darcieʼs just a late bloomer.

She hates that joke.

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Thursday, December 27th, 2018 Alive 17,411 days

If youʼre not sure when itʼs OK to take down the Christmas decorations, choose from one of the following:

  • January 6: The Epiphany
  • January 13: Baptism of Jesus
  • February 2: Candlemas
  • Tomorrow: Close enough
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Sunday, November 25th, 2018 Alive 17,379 days

A decorated Mary garden

Itʼs Christmas at Our Lady of the Missing Hands Succulent Garden and Decorative Electrical Hazard.

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Sunday, November 25th, 2018 Alive 17,379 days

Many candles and one cat

Henri canʼt decide if Iʼm decorating for Christmas, or filming a Police music video.

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Monday, November 12th, 2018 Alive 17,366 days

The holly and the ivy

My dry cleaner has an entire wall of holly. Hopefully the H.O.A. doesnʼt nail her for decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving.

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Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 Alive 17,360 days

My desk

Christmas in the cubicle.

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Friday, September 7th, 2018 Alive 17,300 days

Thanksgiving decorations on offer

Thanksgiving decorations for sale on September 7. I guess the good part is that people can stop moaning about stores putting out Halloween stuff too soon.

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Friday, September 7th, 2018 Alive 17,300 days

Henri trying to understand the noises coming from the radio-shaped motion-activated Halloween decoration

Not exactly His Masterʼs Voice, but close enough.

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Friday, September 7th, 2018 Alive 17,300 days

This is a way better anniversary present than what I got Darcie. Oh, well. Better luck next year, Sweetie.

If you watch the video, wait till the very end to see the cat burp.

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Friday, July 13th, 2018 Alive 17,244 days

Stand-ins for exotic species

My backyard is full of flamingos and alligators. Itʼs like Florida in here.

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