by CJ | May 22, 2011 | Journal
and we may have them this afternoon. If that’s the case, we’re going on a bridge-painting-building binge. We figure that having a no-railing span across the waist of our 20 foot long pond will cramp the eagle’s style—literally, since they...
by CJ | May 21, 2011 | Journal
We’ve been trying to figure why the koi have been huddled on the bottom: we feared a crisis of water chemistry, and a dozen different things—but an adult male Bald Eagle plunging out of the sky? We put up the winter shelter ring, a 6 foot circle of...
by CJ | May 21, 2011 | Journal
Yawn. I’ve been through some SERIOUS ones, like the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear test ban fracas, and the design some idiot was peddling to the superpowers, a c-bomb. You can’t scare me with a mere prediction of doom at 6pm…whose time zone, I...
by CJ | May 19, 2011 | Journal
…full of it. I had to pluck him out of the airconditioning vent: the one in my room lacks a cover. Well, that’s going to have to change. You can read Jane’s full account of his checkup on her page.
by CJ | May 19, 2011 | Journal
…full of it. I had to pluck him out of the airconditioning vent: the one in my room lacks a cover. Well, that’s going to have to change. You can read Jane’s full account of his checkup on her page.
by CJ | May 19, 2011 | Journal
…is now a book, softbound, 19.00 from www.haffnerpress.com and it contains the interchanges between myself, Tim Powers, Jack Williamson; another one with Robert Silverberg; plus Fredrick Pohl; Joe Haldeman; and the list goes on. These are the literal recorded...
by CJ | May 19, 2011 | Journal
…is now a book, softbound, 19.00 from www.haffnerpress.com and it contains the interchanges between myself, Tim Powers, Jack Williamson; another one with Robert Silverberg; plus Fredrick Pohl; Joe Haldeman; and the list goes on. These are the literal recorded...
by CJ | May 18, 2011 | Journal
Finished skating, went and picked up a new door at the valley store—measured it carefully, got it home, pulled the ‘old’ new door and shoved this one into the opening. Perfect. It opens. It closes. It’s in balance. All we have to do is add a...
by CJ | May 18, 2011 | Journal
We’re a pretty friendly lot. First go to the Gravatar site and get a gravatar so you can get a unique avatar—have a favorite pic ready. The gravatar will follow you to all Word Press sites. Then come back here and sign up. We love new people. And once you...
by CJ | May 18, 2011 | Journal
We’re a pretty friendly lot. First go to the Gravatar site and get a gravatar so you can get a unique avatar—have a favorite pic ready. The gravatar will follow you to all Word Press sites. Then come back here and sign up. We love new people. And once you...
by CJ | May 17, 2011 | Journal
…have you noticed the new trend in commercials: they start soft, then dial up the volume to a near-painful point. On my particular never-buy list: Bare Minerals. And Humana Supplemental health insurance for retired persons: I find it particularly insulting that...
by CJ | May 15, 2011 | Journal
While I know that mauling can affect the shape of a frame, there is no such thing as a board-stretcher, and even 5lb mallet-driven shims cannot make the top and bottom of this framework equal. Measuring the two jambs and lintel yields 33 1/4 inches. Measuring the two...
