I had attended a state sponsored “Town Hall” about the swine flu a few weeks ago. Being one of the maybe two dissenters I was immediately swarmed by the media wanting more comments. I said yes and was on YNN Rochester and News 8.

Today Casey Bortnick from YNN showed up on my doorstep saying he could not find anybody willing to go on camera on the anti-vaccine side. So sure I helped him out. Hopefully the editing will be kind.

Below is a follow up email I sent to him with links to articles.

Hi Casey,
Definitely was a surprise to have you knocking on my door. I hope this story goes well. I gave myself 30 minutes to look up the info I have used as the initial jumping off points and here they are.

GBS Link known in UK
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206807/Swine-flu-jab-link-killer-nerve-disease-Leaked-letter-reveals-concern-neurologists-25-deaths-America.html

Health workers: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/17/Many-Health-Workers-Wont-Take-Swine-Flu-Vaccine.aspx
From the article:

Further, senior neurologists sent a confidential letter to the UK government warning that the swine flu vaccine has been linked to a deadly nerve disease known as Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). GBS attacks the lining of your nerves, causing paralysis and inability to breathe, and can be fatal.

German lung specialist Wolfgang Wodarg has also come out about even more potential health risks associated with the swine flu vaccine. According to Dr. Wodarg, the swine flu vaccine contains animal cancer cells, and there’s no data indicating whether or not this may cause an allergic reaction when injected.

The Challenge to Doctors for $215,000 http://www.vaclib.org/links/jockslinks.htm#press

Vaccination info from the 1920’s: PDF  http://www.drcarley.com/Horrors_of_Vaccination_Exposed.pdf

WHO Admits Releasing Pandemic
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/03/WHO-Admits-to-Releasing-Pandemic-Virus-into-Population-via-MockUp-Vaccines.aspx

H1N1 Engineered? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNS0Q-uxycA&feature=player_embedded

CDC H1N1 forced quarantine docs leak

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/cdc-h1n1-forced-quarantine-docs-leak

Swine flu jab link to killer nerve disease: Leaked letter reveals concern of neurologists over 25 deaths in America

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206807/Swine-flu-jab-link-killer-nerve-disease-Leaked-letter-reveals-concern-neurologists-25-deaths-America.html
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/01/Swine-Flu-Shot-Linked-to-Killer-Nerve-Disease.aspx
A warning that the new swine flu jab is linked to a deadly nerve disease has been sent by the Government to senior neurologists in a confidential letter.
The letter from the Health Protection Agency, the official body that oversees public health, has been leaked to The Mail on Sunday, leading to demands to know why the information has not been given to the public before the vaccination of millions of people, including children, begins.

Massachusetts Senate Passes Draconian Flu Pandemic Bill

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/health-care/1797

http://www.infowars.com/massachusetts-senate-passes-draconian-flu-pandemic-bill/

The corporate media is ignoring S. 2028, the flu pandemic bill that was unanimously passed by the Massachusetts Senate. The draconian bill was covered extensively by the alternative news sites, but not a word from the New York Times or the Washington Post.
S. 2028 will be used as a template for legislation in other states. The bill imposes a virtual police state and martial law on Massachusetts at the behest of the governor in the event of a flu pandemic this autumn.

1976 Swine Flu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5-Y08qbjo

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/03/swine.flu.react/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

Again, all I can say is to do the research for yourself.

Thanks
Chris Monahan

What is it? It can be different things at different times.

Right now I want it to be a job I love.  I do like timberframing. There a few things I don’t like and they are beyond my power to change. I need to adapt where I am, what I am doing and how I am doing it. This has meant a job search, what I was doing this time last year. With doing this job search there is always a little soul search in the process. What I want, what is important, what the ideal job would be. I want to care deeply about my work. I want to have fun with it. I want there to be an exchange of ideas. I want it to be stimulating to be there. I know I have had the Steve Martin moment where I realized “I get paid for doing this”, but it has not lasted.

I’m not sure what is next.

Almost there. Some rafters and then the hanging deck and stairs and the structure is complete. And what a beautiful day to work today, even though it was minus 15 C this morning. double it and add 32.

92 percent

We also had our graduation ceremony today. I guess the end is near. back to responsibility.

For only the second time in the 90 days I’ve been here it snowed.
Today raising took on a more rushed, attitude. Good or bad, a good chunk of the frame is raised now.

Raising Day 2

Pre-lunch snowfall

It’s going to be sometime before this old dog is comfortable walking upright on a snow covered frame…

Today we finished placing the floor joists and were able to get the first wall up.

First wall

It has begun.

1st floor

This is the beginning of the first floor. We have more floor joists to put in but the hard ones are done.
We begin raising the building in earnest on Monday. Hopefully I will have more pics available then.

In the meantime I have been working on animating the pics from the semester.
Here is a trailer like clip:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monahan/3069397558/

In the time that has passed since my last post, we have gotten 98% of the timbers cut for our project. The roof rafters remain as the biggest job yet to do. I expect us to burn the bottom of the sills, literally burn them, to prevent rot, and at that time we will assemble the sills on the concrete pads we have for a foundation.

Just under 2 weeks to go.

And I will leave you with this: What to do next after reading this article?

http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/richricher/124339

Yeah I know, I’ve been a slacker in regards to the updates. Sorry.

Spent 3 days learning a second 3D program called Deitrich’s. Just as expensive, but more user friendly. More but not entirely friendly. It was enough so that I purchased the student version. With this purchase I have been working on our class project and am thinking about the deck for the house.

IN the shop we have been laying out all the timbers. Our first cuts have been making scarf joints.

Scarf Joint

Over the weekend I began to hand hew another log for practice. It goes slow and has been quite a learning process, but well worth it. Maybe I can get back on it this weekend.

Less than a month left. It will be nice to get home and see everybody. It will be nice to get back to a normal routine… or to set one up…..It’s been a busy unsettled year. Starting to prep the house for sale in March, moving, changing jobs and then coming to Cranbrook.

I have been doing graphic design related stuff for 12 plus years now and I think I understand what makes a good user experience. Cadwork, not to be confuesd with Cadworks, is terrible for user experience. Nothing about how one navigates space and uses tools is easy to use. Elwin, who has been workign with software for 25 years creating things for the Canadian Armed Forces feels the same way. I guess we both share the Ass Hole crown for this part of the course. Don’t get me wrong, there are many things that Cadwork does that are extremely powerful and useful, naming timbers, putting dimensions on drawings and a few others. The usability has got to improve. Oh and it is $12,900…. for one license, AND you have to pay $1200 every year to “renew” and get teh upgrades and fixes…. Not sold.

After much venting and frustration I did manage to get a structure built. Here it is:

Cadwork version of the Electricians Project

Monday we start 3 days using Deitrich’s Cad software for timberframing….. hopefully things work better….