by CJ | Aug 21, 2010 | Journal
…or…do you know what happens when the hose clamp on a 2000 gallons per hour marine tank pump rusts and snaps? A basement full of salt water. Fortunately only a thin layer, because there are failsafe bulkheads that prevent a) the tank from draining below...
by CJ | Aug 21, 2010 | Journal
which books are really good for understanding the history of what period? Ie, if someone wanted to innoculate himself with history painlessly, even pleasantly, what would be the best novels for what period, and how reliable? And you don’t have to get as...
by CJ | Aug 21, 2010 | Journal
which books are really good for understanding the history of what period? Ie, if someone wanted to innoculate himself with history painlessly, even pleasantly, what would be the best novels for what period, and how reliable? And you don’t have to get as...
by CJ | Aug 21, 2010 | Journal
When that happens, re writing, it’s useful to start over. Not completely over; but to do what writers call a ‘rolling rewrite’, going back to the start the book and editing forward in rapid motion. So the page count has started over, and will follow...
by CJ | Aug 19, 2010 | Journal
Jane’s close to having it done. She just brought it in to show me, on the computer. Like. Yes.
by CJ | Aug 19, 2010 | Journal
Jane’s close to having it done. She just brought it in to show me, on the computer. Like. Yes.
by CJ | Aug 19, 2010 | Journal
The fridge. Here’s a new word for your vocabulary. (No, it’s PG-rated.) The word is ‘saddle valve’, sometimes called a ‘tee-valve.’ This kind of valve is the quick way to tap a larger line for a trickle flow, say, of water. This...
by CJ | Aug 18, 2010 | Journal
…notify me by e-mail. A screenname that cannot be pronounced plus a registration from certain domains will get your account deleted by our security system—me. The generic domain .info is now on the radar as repeatedly producing this sort of spam-attempt...
by CJ | Aug 17, 2010 | Journal
We’re cooking everything we can. We have a tiny freezer and two ice-chests, so we’re putting things there. For our fridge think not of a fridge with a six-pack of beer and a half packet of weiners. Nay! A) I’m a food-hoarder when it comes to ice...
by CJ | Aug 17, 2010 | Journal
We’re cooking everything we can. We have a tiny freezer and two ice-chests, so we’re putting things there. For our fridge think not of a fridge with a six-pack of beer and a half packet of weiners. Nay! A) I’m a food-hoarder when it comes to ice...
by CJ | Aug 16, 2010 | Journal
What are some really good historicals you’ve read? Alltime favorites and new ones alike.
by CJ | Aug 16, 2010 | Journal
…I’ve limited the number of comments per display, so you will have older pages as 1, 2, etc. I hope this will help navigation. The old number before a new page was 50, so it was a long, long scroll!
