THE BEARS ARE COMING...GET READY:

... The NFL released schedules today - Watch out, the Bears are coming!

#BearDownChicagoBears

#IBelieveInMonsters

#BelieveInMonsters

#4thPhase

CONGRATS' JO!

... Joakim Noah won the 2013-2014 NBA Defensive Player of the Year today and it was - Ummm, essentially a no-brainer.

Here is a quick article from the Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-joakim-noah-nba-defensive-player-of-year-20140421,0,1212342.story

... So, in honor of this amaze-balls achievement (...first Bull to win the DPOY Award since Michael Jordan in 1988) and the fact that I am a HUGE Chicago Bulls fan I have posted some animated *.gifs below that I found here at: http://ronartist.tumblr.com/ - AND - They pretty much illustrate Joakim Noah being...Well...Very "Joakim Noah-ish" - If that is a word - Or two words, I guess...Whatever, I am an Architect - I use made up words all the time...Like "Synergy" and "Sidelite."

Check out the *.gifs below and enjoy...

... I love the one with Thibs - AND - The free throw shot is classic.

Anywho, congrats' Jo - You deserve it; thank you for giving us Bulls fans something to root for during another oddly lost season.

#SeeRed, #GoBulls,

B.

THE PURPLE WEDDING:

"Sometimes the good guys win, sometimes the bad guys win. Nobody is safe and we are playing for keeps."

-George R. R. Martin

A QUICK UPDATE:

... Alrighty, so a few weeks ago I posted something about Olympic facilities, infrastructure and finance and asked the following question of you all - "What happens to all this single serving infrastructure once the games are over, all the well-toned athletes have gone home and the special dignitaries have returned to their respective special dignified countries?"

Now granted, the example I gave might have been extreme but I stumbled across this link last week prior to leaving for a three day conference in San Diego - Tough life, I know - Here is the link:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/just-weeks-after-olympics--sochi-is-already-a-ghost-town-175729872.html;_ylt=Atrjo.L8baZ5uOc9LPDVT2kJVux_;_ylu=X3oDMTFyYmxuYWR1BG1pdANBVFQgSG9tZSBUb2RheSBNb2R1bGUgMTEyMTEzBHBvcwMxNQRzZWMDTWVkaWFDZHRUb2RheVYy;_ylg=X3oDMTFkcW51ZGliBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3BtaA--;_ylv=3

For this article Yahoo cherry-picked some of the best examples shared in a blog; the link to which I have also copy-pasted below - But be forewarned, it is entirely in Russian - So like men read 'Playboy' just for the articles, you might have to read this blog just for the pictures:

http://blogsochi.ru/content/mertvyi-gorod

Here is one of my favorite images from the Blog:

... Playing Devil's Advocate a bit one might say that photos can easily be framed to reflect a specific political agenda or point of view...Or simply just plain be taken out of context - And, I have to be honest, those statements can be completely true - BUT - That does not change the fact that these images are really pretty interesting; especially juxtaposed with those I shared a few weeks back of what remains in Sarajevo - AND - Even more so interesting when one considers that the 2014 Winter Olympics (the XXII Olympic Winter Games or the Games of the XXII Olympiad) ended a little over a month ago - The closing ceremonies were on February 23, 2014 to be exact.

In situations such as these my Sister often says, "not saying, just saying."

A L S O - Just for good measure, here is my original post:

http://lostarchitectsunite.blogspot.com/2014/03/and-with-that-merely-memory.html

Have fun,
B.