Thursday, March 13, 2008

We are the Skyscraper Condemnation Affiliate

I've always thought this was a clever line, because it could be read in two ways:
  1. They express strong disapproval of skyscrapers.
  2. They judge or declare skyscrapers to be unfit for use
Over at State 29 ("Keeping Track Of All Those Iowa Scandals While Remaining Insightfully Vulgar"), we find comments about a home in a Des Moines historical district that had its vinyl siding grandfathered in. The siding was damaged in a storm, so now the owner has to redo the siding in wood.

I'm not feeling too outraged by this, seeing as my house is clad in asbestos shingles. The hassle that we will have to go through when our siding eventually fails is going to be horrific.

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