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| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
tallyhall
[ rorylareina ]
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9:05p |
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e_moon60
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7:50p |
Evensong
Last week we sang a mostly-Purcell Evensong at St. David's. Tonight we sang the same music (well, most of it) at Good Shepherd. I had a difficult drive in (fog and rain) to a place I didn't know, and whose signage, for visiting choristers, is nil. It was raining when I got there (and I got wet, since I couldn't get Richard's umbrella to open, and had to wrap my rain jacket around my choir robes to keep them dry instead of me) and walked halfway around a building to find the door. Not everyone showed up, but we filled the available choir seats and did a pretty good job. The acoustics are very different and I had trouble both hearing what our section was doing, and hearing the other sections for balance.
The drive home was a monster too, with drizzle, rain up to hard rain, and fog. Was very glad to get home. It's gorgeous music but I'd rather sing it in a place where I've rehearsed more than a half hour before.
I must praise our bass Julius, though. The usual bass soloist suddenly had to work (don't know what his other job is) and couldn't be there. Julius is a HS senior with a busy schedule and a gorgeous bass voice. David tells all of us to pay attention to other parts any time we're not singing, so Julius had been listening to the bass soloist in rehearsal. So when David called him last night and asked if he could take over--he said yes. And boy did he pull off the solos today...which are not simple, since it's Purcell. (For those who know Purcell, the big one was "The Bell Anthem" or "Rejoice in the Lord Always.")
Current Mood: tired |
kyoht
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5:21p |
I am in a La Quinta in Huntsville.
It's internet connection is fleeting. But I thought I would post during an active connection spurt. Hooray for hotel chains that accept dogs. However, we will be boarding the dogs tomorrow to free ourselves up a bit until we can move in to the house. We have no idea where our furniture is, since the moving company won't get back to us. We arrived here last night. The trip was long and uneventful, though I learned some things along the way. ( Read more... ) Current Mood:  tired |
ursulav
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5:06p |
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catalysticat
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9:18a |
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copperbadge
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8:52a |
Good morning, Cafe! On Friday night I posted a call for jobseekers to post their locations, skills, and needs in the Cafe as a way to help some of our little community find jobs. I screened comments because I wanted as many people as possible to get to comment, without the latecomers being unseen because the moment had passed. I've had responses from scientists, artists, teachers, the spouses and children of loved ones with no job, and people who want to be members of the Ninja Office Admin guild, among others. If you are looking for someone to employ, there is someone in that post for you! I've unscreened the comments, so you are now free to check out The Cafe Talent Pool. It's pretty impressive. Please go have a look at the post and see what advice, links, knowledge, etc you can offer. Especially since if nobody comments it makes me look like an asshole. :D And you never know, you might make a new friend. Jobseekers, you're not exempt from that request -- you may not have a job but you have skills and knowledge and you should know each other, the better to help each other out. And if you missed the original post it's not too late to comment. Have fun, guys, and be excellent to each other! *hides under blanket in optimistic preparation of comment storm* |
e_moon60
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3:01a |
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| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 |
tallyhall
[ rorylareina ]
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5:37p |
Daily Twitter Post
Today's tweets from @hiddeninthesand, including important info on the status of the @tallyhall twitter: |
copperbadge
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4:11p |
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e_moon60
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3:26p |
Bread Today
And here's today's bread--same basic brown bread recipe, but I did a few things slightly differently, and then instead of dividing it into thirds and baking it in bread pans, I divided it in half and baked it on one of my new spiffy baking sheets (larger than cookie sheets.) They're not quite round--about 9.5 inches the short way and 10-10/5 the long way.
Current Mood: accomplished |
e_moon60
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2:19p |
Congresscritters: grump
It's no secret that I'm not thrilled with any of the local Congresscritters, both mine and those who used to be mine and got redistricted away. Nor either Texas U.S. Senator, for that matter. Silvermane and Blondie are neither one of them a credit to the Senate and Blondie's indecent determination to wrap herself in military might she never earned...well. I am sick of pictures of Blondie posing with military people trying to look both glamorous and tough. I'm sorry, darlin', the whole cheerleader thing has gotten older than you are.
It's not just the matter of health care reform, though my latest desire to whap the two nearest Congressmen upside the head with a clue-bat is related to that. My very own braindead incompetent, John Carter, keeps sending out these dishonest, nonfactual bits of neocon publicity, and then has an automatic calling thing call our number with a recorded voice telling me to stay on the line for an important message--and then a recording of *him*, the blustering loudmouth himself, spewing a load of untruth about health care and wanting me to stay on the line for a "town meeting" phone call. At which I can ask questions. Yeah...like "Why are you scaremongering and lying, you scumsucker?" Inevitably it's at a time when I need to leave for something else (most recently, to pick Michael up from work) and I'm well aware that interrupting the Great One and telling him what an idiot I think he is would do no good. I've communicated my opinions in writing already.
The other one, who used to be my Congresscritter before redistricting, has become more neocon than he used to be (to stay elected in that district, I'm sure) and he's now turned on the healthcare proposal. Both of them yammer about fiscal responsibility...and the national debt. If they really were for fiscal responsibility would they have bent over and said yes, sir, thank you, sir every time Bush asked for more money for the war? No. Would they have voted to bail out the big banks and investment houses? No. Would they have voted for changes in the bankruptcy laws that made it harder for individuals, but easier for corporations, to file for bankruptcy? No. They don't give a flip about fiscal responsibility, really. It's just buzzwords for the constituency.
What really burns me about this is that they email and call and write, but you can't hit "return" and answer their emails because that's a fake return address. You can't pick up the phone and call and get them (unless, I suppose, you're a huge supporter)--you get their paid-for-by-taxpayers staffers. They wrap themselves in layer after layer of well-paid sycophancy, isolating themselves from anyone who doesn't agree with them, and hand out pronouncements to the rest of us.
Well, that's one of the things that really burns me. Another is the fact that these guys think it's fine for taxpayers to pay for their health care--the best system around, it's generally acknowledged. That's not fiscally irresponsible. But tax money spent on taxpayers' health care....ooooooh, eeeevilll.
Carter was also on the "if you give people more weeks of unemployment they'll just hold out for better jobs" side of things, which is ridiculous when there are no better jobs. There are no JOBS for most of the people who are looking, and have been looking. What does he not get about that simple reality???
Some of these guys are younger than I am, so I can't count on outliving them.
Current Mood: annoyed |
copperbadge
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12:05p |
Do you see this amazing sandwich? Witness the sweet potato chips! OM NOM NOMmmmmmmm.  |
copperbadge
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11:33a |
View from the Nichols Bridgeway, outside the Art Institute's new Modern wing. The landscape of ADVENTUR!  |
ursulav
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11:43a |
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e_moon60
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3:01a |
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| Friday, November 6th, 2009 |
tallyhall
[ rorylareina ]
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10:27p |
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ursulav
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9:39p |
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kigeni
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7:17p |
Ghetto Dryer
Dear Internet, My washer and dryer are horrible. They are the twelve colored Pinto of the clothes cleaning world, complete with patches of lint and peeling paint. But, they do clean clothes. The washer washes. Unfortunately, the dryer isn't so clever. It doesn't dry, so much as moisten the clothing. Pants, shirts, and strange underwear come out lukewarm and mildew wet. The dryer knows how horrible it is. In fact, while most dryers have settings such as "Hot", or "Extra Hot", our deluxe ragtag dryer comes with such creative settings as "Dry", "Less Dry", or "More Dry". Who in their right mind would want their clothing, "Less Dry"? For that matter, how can clothes be More Dry? How do they achieve this Zen state of ultimate dryness beyond the normal realm of standard dry? Do they reach Nirvana and cease to reincarnate as more lint? Truly, Kigs Current Mood:  cheerfulCurrent Music: Department of Eagles - Sailing by Night |
copperbadge
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5:58p |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) darthhellokitty has given me an IDEA. I should have had this idea months ago, but now that I have it, I'm going to release it onto the internet. WELCOME TO THE SAM'S CAFE JOB FAIR AND TEMP AGENCY. Our motto is, "Being unemployed is some bullshit. Give me a job." HERE IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. This post is set up with screened comments. If you are unemployed or soon to be so, post here with your job search. Like so: HI, MY NAME IS Slim Shady Sam. I COME FROM France Chicago. WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A Ninja Office Boy, a dramaturg, or an emperor. PLEASE SHARE WITH ME Job openings / Jobsearch sites or temp agencies in my field or area / tips from pros working in my field / internship and volunteer opportunities / someone to beta my resume / etc etc etc Feel free to post anonymously if you wish. On Sunday morning, about 36 hours from now, I'll unscreen the comments and post a link directing people back to this post. Anyone who has advice, open positions, or helpful links can then scroll through the comments and help you find what you seek. Our goal is to help three people get jobs. Just three people! Surely the other 2697 of us can find jobs for three of us. Go ye forth and network. |
creativename23
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2:44p |
For Ryan
Hey, I hope you read this. I got your message, but it won't let me send one back. email me at sparklechick35@hotmail.com and I'll give you my number and we can catch up. It was good to hear from you! |
sannion
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11:22a |
Suspenstastic!
So, The Box starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden is coming out. It's a thriller about a working poor family who are given a box by a stranger. The guy tells them that if they push the button someone, somewhere in the world will die. However, in exchange for this they will be given 1 million dollars. You know, this would be no taut psychological drama if I were involved. Scary guy: Mr Lewis, I assume you've received the box? I've got an offer to make. If you push the button, two things will happ ... what are you doing? Why are you pushing it? Stop that! Now listen. If you push that button ... hey, I see your hand reaching for it! Listen to me! By pushing that button you are ensuring that an anonymous person in an undisclosed location is going to die. Hey, give that back! Stop pushing the button so hard, you're going to break it! No, you don't get to decide who the person is. Just randomly shouting out names as you push the button doesn't change anything. Aren't you bothered by the fact that you've probably wiped out a small island nation by now ... no, screw you, Mr. Lewis! Stop waving the box at me and pushing the button angrily in my direction. It's not going to have any effect. What the hell is wrong with you? I was going to give you a million dollars ... no, you can't keep the box. Yeah, that wouldn't make such a good movie upon reflection. But man, have I got a list of names I'd use that fucker on ... |
e_moon60
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1:01p |
Interview for Podcast
This morning I had a delightful time being interviewed by Nanette Savard, voice actor and director for GraphicAudio, who produced the audiobooks of the Serrano-Suiza books and are now working on the Vatta's War books.
Nanette was great fun to talk with--we turned out to have many interests in common, including singing, so there's going to have to be vast cuts in our chat for the podcast, I'm sure. We were supposed to talk mostly about those two groups of books, but wandered into various corners of science, cultural stuff, etc, etc. I don't know when it will go up, but I'm looking forward to it. When I know I'll post it, of course.
Although I've become used to doing telephone interviews, and don't intend any disrespect of any of the interviewers (all have been good) I think this was the most fun so far. Sometimes you just hit it off with a new person--and that was the feeling.
Current Mood: awake |
copperbadge
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12:56p |
It may not shock you to learn that after six months of intense RPG action, the Askworld kids have kept in contact. Because we both work for nonprofit agencies, snaxcident and I tend to have the occasional "Hey, NFPs could use this!" moment, which I swear is all that I intended when I sent an innocent email...that prepared me for WORLD DOMINATION. ( Canadians fucking love webinars. )Between this and getting metaquoted last night, my conquest of the internet continues apace. |
e_moon60
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11:31a |
Mild Annoyance
OK...if this is not you, don't get your knickers in a knot. Nobody's pointing at you innocents.
If it is you, get your knickers out of the knot they're already in, and realize that you don't own the world and nobody owes you a damn thing. Yes, Auntie E- is pointing directly at you.
There's a perception (which, from some emails and other messages, I suspect is more accurate than not) that a lot of people are convinced they have a right to be fed whatever information they want whenever they want by their favorite device. They don't want to have to do anything themselves...they want it to flow to them automatically. (Ads feed this belief, of course...saw one last night on TV showing how all these streams of information would pour into someone's cellphone and produce the perfect girlfriend...yes, that's what it looked like...)
But--these people don't want any duplication. They'll complain like a kicked anthill if they find that someone has posted the same thing on different venues (because some people on each venue refuse to use any of the others, this is necessary if you want to be sure all your "friends" or "followers" or "fans" or whatever you want to call them get the info they claim to want, but can't be bothered to come to your own site to find.)
If someone posts only on sites that allow longer communications, they'll complain that a) it's not on Twitter and b) it's not frequent enough. If someone posts on Twitter and has it fed to another site, they'll complain that it's just a re-feed of the same old Twitter they already saw and it's not as interesting as longer posts. At one point, LJ was considered the hot! new! best thing EVAR!! and then the focus shifted to MySpace and FaceBook and Twitter, and the same enthusiasts for A ran off to B, and then to C and D. Ghu knows what's next (which of the other social networking tools will suddenly become the hot! new! best thing EVAR! that if you aren't on, you're just so, so out of it. It's like junior high cliques.)
Let's be clear: There is no way for the person posting information to win. Specifically, and bringing it into the personal, there's no way for me, a full-time novelist, to write separate (different enough for some people) posts on every possible social networking venue every day covering the same basic information at exactly the length each person reading it wants, whatever length that is. A well-written blog post takes time, and a badly-written one reflects badly on me as a professional writer. I need to put 2000-3000 words down on the book every day. Another 500-1500 words online is about the limit before the arthritis kicks in. And, for the sake of personal health, I've been advised to do other things that take up a couple of hours a day, plus the usual work--laundry, cooking, even minimal housework.
No, I don't post at LJ every day. I have three other online venues where I do post almost every day...and where some of the people reading and enjoying those don't want to bother with LJ. Can't do four a day every day. Cannot. Nobody who's making a living at something other than blogging online can spend hours a day blogging online. Yes, there's the need to develop a "platform" as it's now called, but
So: if you're feeling annoyed with me about what I do and don't post, how often I do and don't post, where I do and don't post, and on what schedule...tough. If you're interested in me, then pick one or two of the places where I hang out online (all easily found from my website) that are most of interest to you, know that the data I think important for everyone will be there, and you may have a taste of something not served in the other dining room, and be happy. Or, get mad and storm away.
The basics: For those who are interested in biology, nature stuff, wildlife management, prairie restoration, etc., the best place to hang out with me is the 80 Acres blog. I usually post there several times a week, often with photos of our land project, most recently a photo of a new fly for our species list (cute: white spots, gold wings.) You can also find my images on BugGuide.net (including lots from before I had the 80 acres blog.)
For those who are interested in the current book project or the Paksenarrion books, including some writing about writing and the process of constructing such books, the best place to hang out is the Paksworld blog. I usually post there several times a week (currently aiming for 5x week) and the most recent posts discuss the use of whiny characters and details of the revision process.
Posts in both these are noted here, in LJ, usually with a little description, as above. This LiveJournal is getting fewer posts since the above two blogs got busier (if I spend time and wordage on answering comments there, I don't have it to spend here) but I still post here at least every 3-4 days. As I've peeled off the major special-interest/project posts to other sites, LJ posts will be "general interest" topics for the most part and will only very rarely contain images. (It's a lot easier to upload images at my own blogs.)
Then there's my sff.net newsgroup. Can be read by guests via WebNews or with a newsreader such as Thunderbird; my newsgroup is under People and then Elizabeth Moon in the news hierarchy of topics. This is the virtual "fishing cabin on a Hill Country river." Wandering topics, friendly bunch of familiar faces. Zero tolerance for some kinds of disturbances. Some people hate newsgroups. Your loss.
If your primary interest is autism, there's the Speed of Dark blog. I post there less often than I'd like to, thanks to a) writing books, b) LifeStuff, c) keeping up blogs for current projects, d) more LifeStuff.
Then there's Twitter. Twitter posts will appear here once daily. If you feel you need up-to-the-instant access to my Twitter posts, then look for emoontx. If the daily Twitter-post digest annoys you...skip it. It was created in response to a request from one of you...go be annoyed at him/her. I'm doing my best to cover all the bases I've been told to cover.
Now for the irritated persons (I'm sure there are some) with their knickers still in a knot who want to scold me for wasting time writing this when I could have been satisfying their every want...Go do something interesting and your knickers will un-knot themselves. I suggest beginning a serious study of beetles. Studying beetles will fill up hours in anyone's life that might otherwise be used to heckle me. Someday you'll have your revenge on me when you're the only person in the world who can ID the beetle image I send in to BugGuide and you sneeringly inform me it's named for you (because you found it) or for me (because it's butt-ugly and you wanted to insult me.) You can be thinking which of those would give you the most satisfaction.
Current Mood: annoyed |
copperbadge
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12:17p |
So, a lot of you asked for the recipe for/location of the peppermint-tea ice cream. WELCOME TO MY KITCHEN! Basically all the ice cream I make comes from one recipe. ( Universal Ice Cream Custard Base ) |
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