10 Things I've Done That You Probably Haven't ( Read more... )

I spent October 25th, 1986, in the basement of the First Ward Hose Company in Morristown, NJ, the volunteer fire company of which my brother was captain at the time. We were there for his bachelor party. It was a pretty low key party, basically just a bunch of guys playing cards, shooting pool, and swigging beer, all with the TV over in the corner ( Read more... )

We were talking about tools in Natter, and I got to thinking about how many tools I have in my shop. There are a lot. When I counted up the saws alone I had more than twenty. Anyway, this is the first of what could be several shop inventory posts.

( I have lots of saws... )

I hab a code ( Read more... )

The final book I finished in 2004 was Elephant Song, by Barry B. Longyear, a prequel to his Circus World collection that I talked about a couple of weeks back. Elephant Song is about the shipwreck of the City of Baraboo, the event that stranded the members of O'Hara's Greater Shows on the uninhabited planet of Momus, and its aftermath, focusing on ( Read more... )

It was a bad year, like a lot of others I've had lately. That doesn't mean there weren't good moments, and last night was one of them. Didn't really do the NYE thing, but veejane and I went out early and had an extravagant dinner. I had perfectly grilled venison on a bed of chestnut spaetzel, and it was marvelous. Vee had some kind of bass, and ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, a group of friends lived together in a grand manor house on an old estate. ( The story that follows is true. The names have been removed to protect the guilty. You've been warned... )