What was the best compliment you’ve received?

When I first met TS and her friends, I was described as a kind man. I consider kindness as a different character than “being nice”. A nice guy. Yuck. Nice people are right up there with being called polite. Polite company. I still remember a Korean-Canadian student TS tutored back in Vancouver. PK observed born-in-Canada citizens as being Korean polite… he had no clue what ulterior motives or emotions where hiding behind their pursed lips. PK was an interesting cat. His family grew orchids in east Delta. He called the plants weeds and found them a pain-in-the-ass (but lucrative) thing to be around. I remember going to dinner at their home. I was still learning about different etiquettes around the dinner table. In a Korean household, you must leave a bit of food on your plate and a bit of wine in your cup when you’ve had your fill. I did not do that. PK’s dad kept gleefully refilling my wine glass and his mum went back into the kitchen to keep piling on the food. I was stuffed with delicious Korean food and hammered out of my gourd before I left their home.

So, coming back to the original writing prompt. I will wear my kindness on my lapel (unfortunately, I sometimes wear my heart on my shoulder and it occasionally stomped on by the assholes of the world). I won’t quote that Lynrd Skynyrd song about being “a simple man”, as I’m uninterested in dragging out the Christian hoodoo. I’ll stick with being kind and avoid breaking the No Asshole Rule (this is another excellent 2010 book by Robert I. Sutton about promoting a healthy-productive worksite).

MARCH 26-27TH = PAVILION PANELS ARE UP.

I’ve been carefully applying outdoor acrylic paint to panels in our climate-controlled e-shed for several weeks now. I’ve tried my damndest to ensure the paint had a good adhesion to the pre-warmed, pre-measured/cut panels. TS led the edge and end painting as I don’t have the knack for that type of finesse-work.

The panels were hoisted into place. They extend to BUT NOT TOUCHING THE MAIN BUILDING’S WALL. Remember, this is a freestanding structure and is NOT attached to the house in any way.

Friday afternoon (March 27/26):

• we’ve finished up for the day. Tomorrow will be a market and AGM day at the Owen Sound Farmer’s Market.
• We still need to add rigid flashing between the cedar posts and the house’s wall.
• And add additional Tyvek to cover the cedar soffits around the edges. Tyvek will also be used to patch over the south-facing door.
• It has to keep curious house-cats in… and bugs, nesting-birds and larger critters out.
• It’ll remain a no-cat-zone until we get the manufactured windows-and metal screens in place and an outward-facing storm door installed; however,
• it’ll be PN’s devil-lettuce testing zone shortly! Woot. Woot. Wiggle butt wiggle!

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