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<toadie05@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Amazing.. but seriously that dude has just a tad too much free time on
> his hands..
Not to sound ugly, but *why* has "too much free time on (one's) hands"
turned into such a catch-phrase for jealous and envious people?
Can one imagine some cack-handed churl cracking about Beethoven whilst
writing his 9th Symphony:
"Amazing, but that bloke has too much free time on his hands."
Some people will never "get" the labour of love and dedication to one's
ideas of inspiration.
This man is an artisan - a genius of design. Not to mention a electronics
wizard, a master craftsman, a master painter, an architect, a master
sculptor, a detailer, and a master in logistical planning. And don't forget
to add a master "primitive art" backwoods-y wood carver of small figurines.
One *makes* the time to do these great works. There are no excuses.
This electronically-enhanced and servo-mechanized sculpture deserves a
proper place - the Metropolitan Museum of Art. That is, after the gentleman
is weary or familiar of his "Doom 3 Project" and is ready for his next work.
It is priceless, and belongs a place in history - maybe moreso than the game
itself.
It is too bad (and believe me - I empathize with all of us that do not have
the talent, the time, the knowledge, or the willpower to do the kind of word
this man is doing - I know I don't), but it really is envy rearing its foul
head when the commonest of words are uttered:
"He has too much time on his hands".
I hope he has every moment he needs to create whatever kind of case-modding
he can visualize. He is a genius.
Mark