by CJ | Sep 7, 2013 | Journal
Assembly of the large Matala Biosteps filter—unaided by anything but the pretty-bad picture on the box—the instructions had a way of leapfrogging over the critical bit, like, which is the FRONT of this thing?—went fairly well. And it did run nicely,...
by CJ | Sep 7, 2013 | Journal
Gave a lot to young writers. My dealings with her were few, but always positive. The field is losing too many lately.
by CJ | Sep 6, 2013 | Journal
It was overcast, thunderstorms in the distance, which means cool (good) and no sun glaring. We got one of the two tables on the topside right beside the wheelhouse. The only downside was that we drew the Mish-an-nock, which at 120 feet (Drakes Golden Hind was 60, I...
by CJ | Sep 4, 2013 | Journal
Blood test. The doc keeps track of my thyroid stuff. No food after 5 last night, off to the lab at dawn… Spent the trip over trying to figure how to run the windshield washers, since it’s been dry and dusty and it’s a sunrise…got the back ones...
by CJ | Sep 3, 2013 | Journal
A witty, sincerely nice guy. I’ve seen him get overloaded by a concom that should have known a writer needs, like, time to eat—and never a complaint. He’d do it. He was genuinely a fan as well as a heck of a writer and thinker....
by CJ | Sep 2, 2013 | Journal
Overnight. Which was a shame, because that morning I’d hit the lowest weight since 1980. Waa. But I think it’s only water weight. There was probably onion in the sauce and my fingers feel a little swollen. Today we have a picnic at friends’ place....
by CJ | Sep 2, 2013 | Journal
We pretty well always have them if you have the patience to wait. I have some in stock.
by CJ | Sep 1, 2013 | Journal
The Worldcon has voted. We’re it. It’s going to be interesting. We are served by Amtrack, Greyhound, Southwest, Delta, and Alaska Air. We sit astride I-90, and the most convenient route up from the south if you’re east of the Rockies is I-25 to I-90,...
by CJ | Aug 31, 2013 | Journal
Now and again—you run across a family in genealogy that just boggles the mind. A Reverend Stephen Bachiler, a minister from England, was involved in at least one bollixed-up attempt to migrate to the colonies, (colonists went, he, the organizer, didn’t)...
by CJ | Aug 29, 2013 | Journal
Some list Homer. And to a certain extent that’s so: he wrote voyages to the unknown worlds and to hell and back. And some list the Egyptian Sinbad, Sinhue, who did likewise: in the days before space travel, there were ‘exploration’ stories. But to...
by CJ | Aug 27, 2013 | Journal
of the (dracula music here) basement. We have boxes. Boxes of books. We have shelves of books. We are going to have to unload some books that are our books [we own them and have had them for years] but are not OUR books, if you get what I mean. This is the spillage of...
by CJ | Aug 27, 2013 | Journal
Or at least the tight outline. You’ll see the word count bounce around as I replace ‘outline’ with finished text. You’ll note I’m down another pound: this one has been a battle. But we’re there. Lower weight than any time since the...
