Westboro Baptist Church and The Continuing Evolution of the Loft

I recently watched a documentary about the Westboro Baptist 'church', in case you don't know, the Westboro Baptist 'church' is a hate group that became famous for protesting the funerals of American Service Members who had died in the Wars. They believe everyone is America is going to hell because they support homosexuality. The Church is largely composed of the members of the same family. Ultimately, the documentary highlighted the response of society to this extreme intolerance and how regular people can come together to reject the hateful message.

One thing did catch my attention, the documentary interviewed members of the 'church' and they made the point (confirmed by a civil rights attorney later in the film) that ion the early years they only protested funerals of gay activists and they found that they got no attention for their views, because, no one in society at large cared. Society only cared once the 'church' started protesting military funerals. To out eternal shame we, society at large, allowed the Westboro Church to exist unmolested until they started protesting the military. We should rededicate ourselves and not allow hate to exist in America unchecked.

On to the fun stuff, the work continues on the loft. I finally finished painting the red wall. It still looks a bit streaky, I've put on 4 coats of paint, I refuse to do another coat.

I asked Arnaud Pacaut to design and create a book case for my loft. He obliged and the initial design is here:

  The book case will be a 'built-in' attached directly to the wall. I'm planning on staining the wood to a very dark color so it fits in with the cabinetry in the kitchen. I believe the book case will be about 2 weeks away from being completed.

I took measurements of tiny closet, I'm sick of having the cat box sitting in the middle of my bathroom. I'm planning on creating a wood cat box which can fit in the closet. That way the cat box will be out of the way and easily reachable for cleaning. I just need to buy the wood and build the box, which is easier said than done.