The University of Rhode Island, my alma mater has officially cracked the top 25 in Men's College Basketball for the first time since the Jim Harrick era (when I was a student there) Congrats Rhody. Right now I am singing the University of Rhode Island fight song, which goes as follows:
We're Rhode Island Born
and We're Rhode Island Bread
and when we die we'll be Rhode Island Dead
So go, go Rhode Island, Island
Go, go Rhode Island, Island
Go Rhode Island U-R - I!!!
As a result of this honor, I have decided to share a couple of interesting tidbits about my alma mater. One is an e-mail shared from one of my classmates. The other was located from Youtube. How can you not like mascot violence?
This table took about two months from start to finish working on it whenever I had free time. The top of the table is made of a ¾in. sheet of oak plywood which we cut directly down the middle and added and additional foot of the same wood making the table top a unique 5x8 size. We used 2x4's for support around the edge and across the middle.
Next we marked the center points of the cups and drilled them out with a hole saw. We then traced the face of the TV's on the table top and cut out a hole that would show just the face of the screen.
Next we flipped the table over and designed the triangles to go underneath the table and support the cups. When that was done I went to work on designing the kegerator to deliver the beer to each end of the table. I took a dorm size refrigerator and extended the front of it and added a blower to push the air all the way to both taps. The air travels through PVC tubing that makes a complete loop under the table. The beer lines run from the keg through the refrigerated PVC tubing right to the taps on either side of the table.
Once that was figured out we designed a bottom for the table that would not only support the table but also hide the refrigerator, TV's, and stereo system. The stereo consists of two 10in. subs two mids and two highs. The speakers are on either side of the table on the bottom. The speakers are powered by a 400w receiver which also sends music to the rest of the speakers in the room. The receiver is wired into the TV, DVD player and the CD player so we just switch on what we want to listen to. The TV's in the table play whatever is on our main television screen.
Once everything was all set structurally we put side panels on the table made out of grade A pine and then used a router to round all the edges and the cup holes. Then we started the body work using automotive Bondo on any screw tops or imperfections on the table top. This process was repeated until the table was completely smooth and free of imperfections. Then I sprayed the table with 2 coats of primer.
Once that was dry we sanded the whole table with 600 grit paper and I sprayed the table with ten coats of white. Finally I sprayed four coats of high gloss clear and then brought the table to my house. We then applied the decals that were supplied by a local decal company.
We then siliconed two ¼in. thick sheets of glass into the two TV cutouts. The final step was wiring everything up and installing the TV's in the table. It was a lot of work and a lot of money but the final result is pretty cool and hopefully it will be around for a while.
Of course in true rhody style, who could of course forget the mascot fight between the St. Joe's Owl and the Rhode Island Ram. It was there and it was hilarious then and now.
Now to Christmas...Jewish style.
Of course today should not really be called Christmas. It should be called Chinese and a movie day. Thanks to Brandon Walker for coming up with this 'Ode to Jews Christamas video. Now I have come up with a few additional places that may be open on Christmas. Just in case you were looking.
- Any kosher Resturaunt
- Denny's
- Any Dunkin Doughnuts (I swear that they are all owned by indians)
- Indian, Korean, Japanese and any other eastern culture's resturaunt
- 7-11 (at least some are open)
- bowling allies... maybe
- In Baltimore click here
- In London click here
- In DC click here
- In Jerusalem click here
Feel free to let me know what else might me open on Christmas.
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