by CJ | Sep 5, 2017 | Journal
We have also started the kitchen remodel, our living room is full of all the kitchen stuff, and our carpenter is stuck in a massive traffic jam on I-90, with a lot of sirens. Someone is having a much worse morning, so let us be sorry for that person and just keep...
by CJ | Sep 2, 2017 | Journal
I came back with the convention cold, so I have been using up Kleenex and sleeping a lot; and then Norton pitched a fit and wanted to be reinstalled. So after Jane bravely battled Norton to a standstill, I have my computer back. I’m still a bit under the...
by CJ | Aug 10, 2017 | Journal
We are going to manage to catch this. There are a number of programs on streaming tv regarding new finds of terra cotta courtiers, etc. Interesting stuff! Look up: Xian tombs.
by CJ | Aug 6, 2017 | Journal
ends Aug 15. The typical ancestry.com test is autosomal, looking at a number of areas. Helps if you can build even a rudimentary tree, which would entail a membership (you can choose several levels of access, starting with US-only for US residents.)
by CJ | Aug 1, 2017 | Journal
Just got the news from Betsy.
by CJ | Aug 1, 2017 | Journal
Wildfires are ablaze…a seasonal affliction. And a wind shift is going to bring us the smoke. Those of you at the Spokane Worldcon may remember the Bloody Sun and the fact you couldn’t find Mt. Spokane or its neighbors…or see the building down the...
by CJ | Jul 30, 2017 | Journal
We’re real close to sending it in. I think we’ve got a really good story.
by CJ | Jul 30, 2017 | Journal
We found a carpenter, we have ordered the floor. Empire slate It is grey and a fairly darkish grey with rusty bits. Really rotten picture. Cabinets resemble redwood. Appliances are graphite grey. Countertop will be black. Thinking about a copper-tone sink and faucet....
by CJ | Jul 29, 2017 | Journal
My main pump stalled—Iwaki pumps decouple when otherwise they might burn out due to a stall: they continue to run (they’re noisy as all getout…) but are pumping nothing. So no oxygen is getting to the dt (display tank). The skimmer (producer of...
by CJ | Jul 25, 2017 | Journal
Cardamom Chicken 1 large boneless uncooked chicken breast sliced and diced. 1 teaspoon ground cardamom 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon turmeric salt and black pepper to taste ½ tsp red chili flake ½ tsp cumin seed or ground cumin 1...
by CJ | Jul 23, 2017 | Journal
Even tiny motels in the path of the eclipse are getting swamped. If you want to go see it, you need to find a long-range weather assurance of some kind for ‘likely clear skies and go there, but if you do not act soon, you may not have lodging. Just sayin’....
by CJ | Jul 19, 2017 | Journal
An azalea this spring: lilies, through the protective netting [baby fishes] Sanzo and Maddy And the best shot I could get of Goku and, possibly, Ari. As a new pond, freshly poured this spring, we do still have a bit of an algae issue, but it’s improving. The...
