"We're Too Stupid..."

Photos of this new awesome hotel's infinity pool 55 stories (650 feet up) tempted me. I wanted to go swim in it immediately!

I showed my kids and my twelve year old son's reaction was:

"I want to go there!"

Me: "It's in Singapore."

Son: "(faked sound of sobbing) Why can't we build that here (in America he means). We're too stupid! Why can't we make cool things like this?"

I didn't answer him but it may just be stupidity reigning as America's pool of qualified candidates for engineering degrees dwindle, or it may be the lawyers fault. I will confess to wondering if the building was designed in some way to prevent jumpers from using it to commit suicide.

Anyhow, this is my engineer-wanna-be son. He just showed me photos he took in Boston while on the family camping trip (which I wound up missing since I was really sick and spend the weekend in bed resting). Many of the photos he took were of cool contemporary buildings, not just the historic antique buildings. He also just showed me the new LEGO catalog with the LEGO Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater. This kid could easily transition into architecture with his creative eye and love of building things if his dream of pursuing an engineering degree doesn't pan out.