Loving cheese, I guess.  Probably eating some too.

I made these progress pictures


Papercraft Ornament Steps 1 and 2
(left) Print the stripes with Silhouette cutter registration marks, then (right) use a silhouette cutter with a marker instead of a blade to draw (and emboss) the creases in silver.


Papercraft Ornament Steps 3. 4. 5
(left) Cut off the margins, then (middle) fold the columns in a stairstep pattern, and finally (right) fold the rows in a regular zigzag, with fully visible large rectangles forming a mountain fold on the top right.


Papercraft Ornament Steps 6, 7, 8
(right) Pinch one of the large rectangle mountain folds on the right, and the one immediately next to it. Carefully pull it to an angle, and then pinch the new fold tight.  Repeat for the whole column.

(middle) Repeat for the remaining columns.

(left) Pull open to reveal the curve.


Papercraft Ornament Step 9, Complete
(Trickiest part)
Carefully glue the opposite edges together to make the ball.

 

And the main project this Christmas is actually papercraft


Papercraft Ornaments


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It's a bird; not sure what variety.  There are two more birds on the other top branches.

Terrorism is a tactic, not a motive.  Terrorists have had any number of motives throughout history. They are defined as non-state actors (bit of a self-serving definition there) targeting noncombatants for the purpose of causing fear in the general population to cause them to pressure their government.

 

Presumably some sort of wide angle lens effect to get a lot of sky in frame.

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

Hey, don't give chokers to kids. Will you outlaw screws, thumbtacks, washers, and nuts?

In food, yes

Probably depends on the stubbyness of your arms and pinkies.  But I can believe it works for some particular sizes of obstruction, and that it may be likely that your pinky is within that range.

I took this pic last night, but didn't try to block it out....

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It was never "enough", but it was always necessary.

monster wrote:

Happy Monkey wrote:

I used check #1040 to pay my 1040-ES estimated tax

was it $1040?

No, but it did end in 40, actually.
 

I used check #1040 to pay my 1040-ES estimated tax

I was talking about the cost of the system to you, not the amount of money the solar company gets.  They get the full amount up front in either case.

But with the tax rebate, you get some of it back.

(rounding the numbers here)
IE, if you owe $50,000 in taxes and don't buy the solar panels, you still owe $50,000 in taxes.
If you owe $50,000 in taxes, buy the $70000 system, and there's no rebate, you pay $120,000.
If you owe $50,000 in taxes, buy the $70000 system, and there's a $30,000 rebate then you pay $120,000, eventually get $30,000 back, and you are out $90,000 total, which is $30,000 less than if there weren't a rebate.