Boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada ... Boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada ... Boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada boomdeyada ... [0]
[0] ... they're going to love sitting next to me on the airplane, as I sing along earwormishly for several hours... [1]
[1] ... but it's such a lovely collection of awesome!
... this all presuming we should consider anything the guy comes out with as reliable...
... but yeah - mom/dad are far better pressure than torture.
Puis ca change, puis la meme. Doesn't matter if it's online or offline.
Yargh. Can't they stick to fighting this sort of thing out in large inflatable sumo suits, or somethin'? At least that way we'll be amused while it goes on...
Stefan Jones @ 66...
Can anyone identify this giant mole-like animal my dog found? (And ATE . . .)
It looks like a vole to me -- the tail's not long enough for a rat, and it looks entirely too rounded for an opossum.
Heh. I've got a few photos up at flickr as well.
eric @ 101 ...
Forgive me
they were calling
so colorful
and so expired
Somehow I want to rephrase that as:
Forgive me
they were calling
so colorful
and Oh My!
David Dyer-Bennet @ 19 ...
Stuart@14: I'm no expert, but I've seen a photo book from Lulu. It wasn't coffee-table quality, but it was roughly textboook quality; good enough on the images and color to convey information without it being unpleasant to look at.
I'd be a bit leery about that -- part of the joy of things like ornamental turning is being able to extract as much detail as possible, to get a better understanding of how it was done...
Stuart @ 14 ...
I would like to consult the collective intelligence here. I'm in correspondence with a gentleman in the UK who is working on a book on ornamental turning. He is realistic about the total potential market which is about 500 copies.
... and in the small world that is makinglight, I believe I've already heard about the book in question, and am rather likely to be part of the total potential market (which I suspect may be larger than he thinks, given the correct price point...)
One of the great gifts of my upbringing was their habit of leaving little land mines of creativity lying around. The darkroom. The mandolin. The loom. The books of poetry. The paintings. Some of these were side effects of their own creative bursts, during which they did an exemplary job modeling craftsmanship, curiosity and obsessive learning.
Indeed -- and the general chaos of my house is a testament to having grown up with that same sort of creative bursts.
Earl Cooley III @ 849 ...
Recently, I've heard the latter term applied to people who have their Bluetooth headset volume control set so loud that you can hear the other side of their inane phone conversations. If that happens in a movie theater during a show, you are authorized to ratchet up the terminology an additional notch.
Heh. I'm rather fond of (outside of movie theatres, where they just need to shut up) having a 'conversation' with the person in question... After all, it -sounds- like they're directing the conversation at me, by volume... (and if nothing else, they eventually get annoyed that you're repeatedly answering them, and Go Away).
Michael I @ 845 ...
And I'm sure the maintenance budget does NOT include server diapers.
Sure it does ... that's why you have a raised floor...
Xopher @ 822 ...
Also, if Linux were really gay...wow. The possibilities! Open-source sexuality.
Let me just say that you've given me some terrible, TERRIBLE mental images there. Picture a certain well known personality[0] ...
[0] One that I decline to name, but has been discussed on makinglight in decidedly unflattering terms in the past...
John A Arkansawyer @ 732 ...
Arguing socialism vs. libertarianism is a waste of time. At this point, no one's mind is going to get changed. I'd rather argue socialism vs. liberalism and take the risk of producing social democrats.
... and I'd say that socialists are what libertarians become when they grow up, so it's not really an argument.
Kathryn from Sunnyvale @ 431 ...
I've had good luck with Merrills of varying sorts, including wearing a pair of their mocs through all of a snowy, slushy Ontario winter.
Tracie @ 348 ...
... when you said it was going weirdly, I was thinking "the move", not "posting to making light"... ;D
It's all about making the right amount of noise -- chemical, digital, auditory...
... and I wander back in, to discover that folks have been, with typically flamboyant style, not beating a dead horse, but beating off half an ass...
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