Beta reading for two different authors, plus trying to write on Rimworld #4, plus a little home improvement project… There is a REASON to buy prehung doors… Grrrr… This sumbitch took a half day to get installed… Of course the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Random stuff
Ways to ‘challenge’ yourself and put money in the bank… Especially with costs of EVERYTHING going up… If you find saving money a challenge, maybe the problem is that you’re not actually challenging yourself. Maybe you should take on a … Continue reading
Binocular view… Saturday night I sat in on a wide ranging panel by David Weber and D.J. Butler moderated by Dr. Rob Hampson at Fanta Sci. History, travel, the ‘lenses’ through which people view various things (movies and books for example), … Continue reading
How much to ‘rent’ the Blue Angels for a wedding??? Hehehe, talk about ‘perfect timing’… The rest of the story is HERE. BLUF, no the Blues aren’t for rent/don’t do weddings (intentionally)… 🙂 … Continue reading
They said we couldn’t do it… Doing renovations at the local American Legion, kitchen style… We received a ‘donation’ of a brand new oven/microwave combination for the kitchen. BUT, there was no cabinet. We were told we needed to go … Continue reading
Pictures worth all the words… And in one more ‘instance’ of globull warming, it’s in the 50s the last two days, raining, and lousy weather… In MAY in TEXAS… FFS… According to Valentina Zharkova, the Modern Grand Solar Minimum will … Continue reading
Grrr… scheduler didn’t work… sorry for the delay! Saturday night was my turn to cook for the North Texas Pilots, Shooters, and Writers assn. I had told folks I was going to do ribs, donated by John Van Stry… But… … Continue reading
Didn’t we see this once already??? CHAZ/CHOP or whatever the hell they were calling it in Seattle? Article from December 2020, HERE. March 2021, HERE, and then there’s this… The Minneapolis Police Department apparently will not enter the so-called “Free … Continue reading
Murphy from Lagniappe’s Lair is alive and well, stayed with me last night. He’s on the road, travelling, but is having problems with his laptop. He said to let everyone know that as soon as he gets that unscrewed, he’ll … Continue reading
Is the bane of an author’s existence, especially if you ‘want’ to get the details right. And trying to do westerns ‘right’ means research… An 1880s cowboy on the range. Probably in the Dakotas. Noted western photographer O’Sullivan actually had … Continue reading