by CJ | Jul 30, 2017 | Journal
We’re real close to sending it in. I think we’ve got a really good story.
by CJ | Jul 30, 2017 | Journal
We found a carpenter, we have ordered the floor. Empire slate It is grey and a fairly darkish grey with rusty bits. Really rotten picture. Cabinets resemble redwood. Appliances are graphite grey. Countertop will be black. Thinking about a copper-tone sink and faucet....
by CJ | Jul 29, 2017 | Journal
My main pump stalled—Iwaki pumps decouple when otherwise they might burn out due to a stall: they continue to run (they’re noisy as all getout…) but are pumping nothing. So no oxygen is getting to the dt (display tank). The skimmer (producer of...
by CJ | Jul 25, 2017 | Journal
Cardamom Chicken 1 large boneless uncooked chicken breast sliced and diced. 1 teaspoon ground cardamom 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon turmeric salt and black pepper to taste ½ tsp red chili flake ½ tsp cumin seed or ground cumin 1...
by CJ | Jul 23, 2017 | Journal
Even tiny motels in the path of the eclipse are getting swamped. If you want to go see it, you need to find a long-range weather assurance of some kind for ‘likely clear skies and go there, but if you do not act soon, you may not have lodging. Just sayin’....
by CJ | Jul 19, 2017 | Journal
An azalea this spring: lilies, through the protective netting [baby fishes] Sanzo and Maddy And the best shot I could get of Goku and, possibly, Ari. As a new pond, freshly poured this spring, we do still have a bit of an algae issue, but it’s improving. The...
by CJ | Jul 15, 2017 | Journal
If one of these was one of you who regularly read this blog, remember you’re not ‘in’ and able to ‘comment’ if you don’t a) register here AND b) use your not-a-bot skills to find my e-mail addy up there in the usual place ^^^ and...
by CJ | Jul 11, 2017 | Journal
I know there is a sea link in the deal, and I know that there is a deal to allow some of the guilds in the Taisigin Marid—but is there mention of a railroad? What IS in the agreement?
by CJ | Jul 6, 2017 | Journal
Jane and I are going to draw up a good big one, and we are asking for help. Please give us lists of place names and clan names and we will try to do a definitive where-the-rivers are and what are the islands and towns and such sort of map, also including Bretano,...
by CJ | Jul 3, 2017 | Journal
I’ve booted the ones from known bot sources, and I have 28 sign-ups left that have some aura of legitimacy. If you have signed up but have not personally sent me a ‘hi there, I’m not a robot’ letter via my e-mail up there ^^^ (yes, it is:...
by CJ | Jul 1, 2017 | Journal
We have picked the cabinets—kind of redwood stained; we have, after 3 samples, picked the flooring, a charcoal slate with colored bits, like metal stain; black countertop with copper bits; we have our carpenter; and we have saved for this for the last several...
