No Good Afternoon Goes Unpunished 3.01.2007 | 0 Comment(s)

I spent some of my afternoon at the St. Louis Landmarks Association doing research for a work project. I could've spent all day in that cozy, little office looking through the pictures and books. The amount of information collected in that office is amazing, you could literally lose yourself for days. There were a few city maps that I wanted to rip off the wall and take with me, they were fascinating.

Surrounded by decades & centuries worth of history really brought home the fact that I live in a City full of old stories, successes and failures. It's painful to look at what St. Louis was, what's been lost. You kind of scratch your head and wonder what the thought process was of those in charge. The more things change...

So I was having a decent afternoon until I got home a saw a corner of my flat, asphalt roof rolled over on itself. The strong winds had today and continue to enjoy tonight found a way to rip the covering away from the wood roof. I tacked down what I could, but the wind is so strong that it tore the roof away from the nails I had used. Well, I guess these are the times when it pays to have insurance. Maybe I'll get a new roof out of this whole thing.