Recently it was a doggy potty on my friend’s balcony. I planted it with grass and everything, and easy for her boyfriend to change. She is going through chemo and has an older dog who can’t get down the stairs easy, and she can’t carry him, so walla. I used all sorts of odd things to put it together. Took one of my old large dog houses and cut it down to just a pan. Put a layer of doggy gravel in the bottom (it is an oder eater, and pulls in moisture). On top of that I put a swamp cooler filter that will hold moisture, a little mulch and then the sod. Got a sod that could deal with a doggy. It took him a few days to “get it”, and in a few weeks we will change the sod. Hopefully it will be a long term fix. We shall see. Later she got a catalogue that had something kind of like it in it, but mine was made with love ;-) I like Liz’s answer. Liz I think you are just amazing. I want to be doing the same at your age. You give me hope. Thanks for being who you are.

I used to feel like you, perhaps with age I have given up on trying to have an idea come to fruition. I am now happy to give my ideas away, they are not doing me any good and they are not doing anyone else any good just sitting safely in my head. For me invention/technical or mechanical ideas come verrrry rarely and I do research including patent searches and usually find out that my idea is far from unique or new. :) Once you get a look at the number of similar, and at times the exact same ideas that have already been presented to the patent office it can take some wind out of your sales. Anyway my forte is geared more toward the arts and I am always toying with a book idea. I have a book ready to go right now unfortunately it is not written down :) It is something that I am sure more than half of the people in our country alone have thought of but the great thing about a novel is that you can steer the outcome anyway you want. Speaking about the number of similar ideas you will find circulating the globe reminds me of what I spent the morning doing. I found this worthy of making a “Lens” ( this is the name used to describe a site on Squidoo which is a community that allows you to be creative and to network with thousands of other people. I believe I have done so with 4 …. ) I woke up thinking about something I heard on the Craig Fergesen (sp?) show, “Late Night” ,last night. He was talking to a young guest about music and Pink Floyd became the topic, “Dark Side of the Moon”, one of their albums. I would have to say this album is their greatest achievement by far and after listening to it while watching “The Wizard of Oz” I am just bursting with questions and looking for opinions regarding this curious phenomena. What it comes down to is that in the late 1930’s someone began writing the “Wizard of Oz”. Then in 1939 the movie was put together and became a children’s and family classic. “We’re off to see the Wizard” and all that. Then in 1973 ( seems like a date I have been hearing a lot about lately. I just watched the new TV series “Life on Mars” tonight, it is set in 1973. Well this is just one more freaky coincidence when it comes to the collective thought circulating the world every day. I did not do this with my own hands but have thought about it for years after first hearing about it. If you start the movie “The Wizard of Oz” and the album “Dark Side of the Moon” you end up with an amazing piece of work. I would like anyone with opinions on this matter to put it on my Squidoo lens. I find it hard to believe that these two momentous creations are just a fluke and some unnatural symbiotic relationship. Comments and links welcome http://www.squidoo.com/lensmaster/workshop/PFdarkside This also makes me think about the premise “If you have enough monkeys banging randomly on typewriters, they will eventually type the works of William Shakespeare.” So without further questions about The Dark Side of the Rainbow I can only assume that this is the one time when the aggregated imagination of two different arts crossed in a truly unparalleled manner. Or is it ??? And who caught this little gem of a fact? Maybe after the elections and ‘Joe the Plummer’ is no longer in the eyes of the news media someone will try to find the answer to this nagging question. This is all Craig Fergesen’s fault …. I could be sleeping :) Sorry to get so wordy, I just wanted to say that I love your icon - the crying eye in the sky. Did you do it yourself, art is something that I enjoy immensely. I am a bit of a photographer and just love working with fractal art. I have been really interested in 3D rendering such as the work in your icon but as you mentioned above the lack of funds can put a huge damper on things. I have been adding a wide variety of work to many sites on the net over the years but the finest culmination of my work can be seen on DeviantArt http://kashmier.deviantart.com/

Hi f p — Hey, if you are one of the very fortunates who have two gals who have the power to light up your life and bring that sparkle in your eyes, I’d say you are giving Edison a run for his money!!! So happy for you!!!

You go Frank brighten up the world with shining eyes.!!!