by CJ | Nov 27, 2009 | Journal
Thank you in every case. You are keeping me sane. Dekker has nothing on me while simultaneously writing the ending of a book, handling a total file reorganization to find out what I DO have, decorating for the holidays, and trying to get the CC site online (we are...
by CJ | Nov 26, 2009 | Journal
Be it a hamburger at McDonalds, a mega-spread at gran’s, you’re cooking for 20, or just spending a cozy day doing nothing—have a very good Thanksgiving. And a special Thanksgiving to those dedicated police, fire, transportation, city services and...
by CJ | Nov 24, 2009 | Journal
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/24nov_solartsunami.htm?list213621 Wouldn’t want to be on Mercury when one of those hiccups goes off.
by CJ | Nov 24, 2009 | Journal
Rider at the Gate, Cloud’s Rider. Rimrunners. Tripoint. Finity’s End, Goblin Mirror, Rusalka, Chernevog, Yvgenie. They won’t be the only ones. Don’t expect them all to appear at once, and that’s not the order in which they will appear....
by CJ | Nov 22, 2009 | Journal
…went pretty well. And I played about 5-6 pieces and screwed up a bit, but my fingers have no blisters, thanks to several days of noodling around and getting my fingers used to the idea. Considering I only remembered F, G, A, E, and D, D7 yesterday morning, I...
by CJ | Nov 21, 2009 | Journal
If anything can go wrong, it will, according to Murphy. But we are making progress. We have taken all your input on CC, we put it in a bag, shook it, and came out with a set of recommendations. We were getting going—and then Lynn broke her finger, of all things,...
by CJ | Nov 21, 2009 | Journal
If anything can go wrong, it will, according to Murphy. But we are making progress. We have taken all your input on CC, we put it in a bag, shook it, and came out with a set of recommendations. We were getting going—and then Lynn broke her finger, of all things,...
by CJ | Nov 19, 2009 | Journal
JCrowell sent me the link. Check out the security cam videos as well. Quite something. I’d thought it would be a larger Leonid (the current meteor shower) but NASA thinks otherwise. http://www.spaceweather.com/
by CJ | Nov 18, 2009 | Journal
Jane’s found her string stash, the tuner still works, and I’m taking up the 12 a few times a day to get my fingers to re-form their calluses. It’s amazing: if you’ve had good calluses in the past, you just need to insult your fingers a little...
by CJ | Nov 17, 2009 | Journal
http://www.krem.com/news/Woman-pistol-whipped-in-70268762.html Did I tell you we got out of that place because we were living across the landing and directly above people who I doubt would have passed a background check—as evidenced by the armed police takedown...
by CJ | Nov 16, 2009 | Journal
Apparently I dinged a blade at some point. I’m very careful with my skates, and Larry, who sharpens them, says I could have stepped on one of the threshold screws the hockey teams sometimes expose at the gate—they go out in a huge rush: and they sometimes...
by CJ | Nov 14, 2009 | Journal
…of course I could be wrong. But our snowfall yesterday melted nearly as soon as it hit, and our prediction of several days of snowfall has moderated to mostly hovering between rain and snow for the rest of the week. Jane and I both prefer the cold: I call 75...