Maybe you should join a Lego group? I don’t know where you live, but here is the link to the Los Angeles group. Maybe it will lead you to one near you. Might be a good way to get more comfortable in a group of like-minded people doing an activity that you clearly love. http://www.lugola.org/

Hi Erehwonmai, this is a project I did as a gift for someone and it was so fun, satisfying and distracting. I thought of you and wondered if you might enjoy it too.. I don’t know if links work on here, but go to robotimeonline.com and click DIY dollhouse. I did the library room (Sam’s study). It was my Xmas gift for…

OMG, ventilation. I made the mistake of trying to use paint thinner indoors this winter without opening any windows (duh!). I started to feel very ill before I realized I was basically asphyxiating myself. It was not pretty. I’m surprised I didn’t kill my poor cat.

The vw sets look so cute. I like the architecture series too. I’ve been watching Vikings, so I feel like I should break out my old castle lego and stage a raid :) building stuff is just so relaxing

It was kind of like a meditation.

I’m getting those for my nephew, he’s nuts about Legos!

I love lego! I came close to buying a set today, but I think I’ll pull out my block and build something I’ve already got. That ship in a bottle is so cool! WHat’s your favourite lego build?

It is, right? I was usually amazed at how time flew by working on a model. I also found after I had completed one and put it up on the shelf, I could go back days, weeks later and pick it up and replay the building process for that model in my head. It was kind of like a meditation.

After my mother died (many, many years ago), I started building some Star Wars models. I found the building and painting to be very soothing and therapeutic.

When I first started, the smell of the glue and paints would make me dizzy. Since I had about zero parental guidance, I had no clue about proper ventilation.

I love the Lego ship-in-a-bottle. Do you think kids have the patience to build models these days? I remember my brother and I doing it with my dad. So many tiny parts, such slow (and sticky) glue.

I have the Lego Saturn V rocket. It builds pretty quick if you can block out a few hours for it, but be warned: it’s big. It’s a little over three feet long once it’s built, and the top of my bookshelf was the only place I could find room for it.

I’m so relieved you are feeling better. I know I’m just a random internet person, but your sadness has concerned me over the last week.

Excellent. When I was a kid I got into models...cars, planes, whatever caught my fancy. Working with my hands distracted me from much of the ugliness around me and in me. As I got older, I transitioned into messing with computers. I also got pretty good at DIY home projects. Not only is it a good distraction, but it…

I didn’t know they made a LEGO ship-in-a-bottle. That’s cute!

I can see why a bigot like you would be confused by this ...

I just listened to that podcast today. Always so great. My best thing is that I’ve come to the realization that this is the happiest I’ve ever been in a job before. My boss and coworkers are great, I’m learning lots, and I’m valued. Pretty satisfying.

Well this week has been a shit sandwich for everyone around me and for me to a lesser extent. My car broke down, my dad checked himself into a mental institution, my neighbor died after a brief battle with cancer, a good friend/coworker got laid off from her job, and now my dog is either mysteriously injured or going…

Trumps understanding of climate science any topic is some half remembered New York Post headlines from the mid 1980s, some Fox News bullshit, stupid old man logic and a decade of cognitive decline as he sundowns into dementia.

Trumps understanding of climate science is some half remembered New York Post headlines from the mid 1980s, some Fox News bullshit, stupid old man logic and a decade of cognitive decline as he sundowns into dementia.