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Posted on entry Brown Bagging Your Pie ::: November 10, 2008, 01:56 PM:
I made three of these pies this weekend with the cub scouts. Left them on the charcoal for one hour, still raw. Moved them to the gas stove in the face of a full on pie riot (I brought s'mores, go eat the s'mores and let me cook) and let them go another hour. Result: burned on the bottom, raw on the top. Oh yeah, we're camping now!

Actually, I thought they were not bad, but I like burnt sugar. I'm sorry, carmelized, which is fancy-burnt.
Posted on entry Brown Bagging Your Pie ::: October 05, 2008, 09:08 PM:
I made this pie tonight with fresh picked Cortlands. Not bad, but I felt compelled to pull it out of the bag for the last ten minutes to get it browned. And it ended up a little runny, but I imagine that's a side effect of the wet summer we had. The apples are great for eating but maybe janetl's trick is what's wanted.
Posted on entry SFWA: The Suicide Note ::: November 30, 2007, 09:05 AM:
I notice that a donation to the Haven Foundation is tax deductible, whereas a donation to the EMF is not. Thanks, e-bear and Making Light for solving that little financial/moral dillema for me. I had been planning to give what would be my membership dues to the EMF this past year. Now I'll just send them to Stephen King.
Posted on entry The Exciting Ron Paul Phenomenon ::: November 12, 2007, 06:08 PM:
Daniel @ #42

Anarchism certainly implies an endpoint rather than a process. I think the world is gradually evolving toward anarchism but I don't think anyone is ready for the complete lack of government. So I can't call myself an anarchist unless I'm singing along to the Sex Pistols.

Bob @ #46

I'll take anarcho-syndicalism. Talk about smaller government...

Posted on entry The Exciting Ron Paul Phenomenon ::: November 12, 2007, 12:59 PM:
Speaking of things you wish you knew the name for, is there a word for people who are actually libertarians? Because the big L Libertarians have done a great job of attaching the definition "wingnut you would never want to let near government office" to the word.
Posted on entry Strike plate ::: November 12, 2007, 10:19 AM:
My son asked me to restring his shoes yesterday and I told him "Well, that's a problem, because you've got no aglets."

"I didn't know what they were, so I cut them off."

"Well, now you know."
Posted on entry Pitch sessions viewed as useless ::: April 24, 2007, 03:29 PM:
Re: #53, 59 and 60.

I completely agree with the panelists on the best time to get an agent. I sent out agent queries every year or so while I was waiting for an editor to read my manuscript. 6 to 8 weeks, form rejection, not interested. Then when I got an offer I found the one perfect agent for me in Preditors and Editors, sent him an e-mail and got a call back in 15 minutes. The sale in hand makes all the difference.

And why do you need an agent once you have a sale? You ever see a book contract? Neither had I. I'm so glad I had someone hold my hand through that process.

And Charlie in #69 gives the other reason: the next book. If he says it sounds good, I run with it.

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