One Made Over The Cuckoo's Nest

March 28, 2005 11:29 AM

The Birdhouse Man of Berkeley builds birdhouses from scrap wood, license plates, doorknobs, and other assorted items. SFGate article.
posted by fandango_matt (5 comments total)

He teaches an ethics class at City College. This is the same place a kid with down syndrome won an impromptu break dancing competition and the prize was a plate of fried chicken.
posted by gunthersghost at 11:43 AM on March 28, 2005

Reminds me of this AskMe question.
posted by caddis at 12:03 PM on March 28, 2005

This is the same place a kid with down syndrome won an impromptu break dancing competition and the prize was a plate of fried chicken.

Is there a link for this? I can't stop laughing.

There seems to be a "bird theme" running through MeFi today :)
posted by shoppingforsanity at 12:44 PM on March 28, 2005

Leave Berkeley out of this.
posted by nj_subgenius at 1:43 PM on March 28, 2005

Several of his birdhouses are on my block (he used to live down the street) and on my way to work (he has a car covered with birdhouses parked in a prominent location, with phone number 'n' all). Sounds like a great gig. I always wondered if he did well with his business. Now I know.
posted by al_fresco at 8:36 PM on March 28, 2005