The Ultimate Upgrade is in progress at Closed Circle.

So if you get any weird result over there—there could be a file-shift in progress. You’re going to have to re-do your link to the site (so am I, in links to it via the blog, once it gets done.) I’ll tell you when. You’ll see a new look, new...

Stage One Snow Emergency in Spokane. We're comfy…

Beautiful to watch. Nasty to drive in. Wet snow and 100 wrecks and rollovers in the area. WE live on a short street between two arterials, so WE get plowed every few hours. We have no problems. Jane’s working away. I think I’ve finally made the...

Stage One Snow Emergency in Spokane. We’re comfy…

Beautiful to watch. Nasty to drive in. Wet snow and 100 wrecks and rollovers in the area. WE live on a short street between two arterials, so WE get plowed every few hours. We have no problems. Jane’s working away. I think I’ve finally made the...

Foreigner book descriptions on Amazon a bit mixed up

I’ve reported the situation to DAW—a note from an alert reader—and they’ll handle it. I’m not sure how many books are mis-described. If you spot that, comment here and we’ll all know. Meanwhile it’s snow turned to rain here....

The day after—the paper monster…

Has been growing in the office. I waded through a stack of miscellaneous papers, file-ables, bills, end-of-year statements, circulars, catalogs, and the refinance papers, found a slip for taxes on an acreage I inherited in Oklahoma—and couldn’t even find...

Success!

We removed the cylinders from the new tub/shower handles and lo! there was a fit with the old shower valve assembly (that multihole brass thingie that distributes and mixes hot and cold water for the tap and the shower). We reassembled a mix of old shower valve (very...