You’d be surprised at the dustbunnies you find…
I thought there was only one way to arrange this room. Then I had a bit of an inspiration—at least to get a way to get to the upper left corner without edging sideways. And it went pretty easily. The bed is one of those Sleep Number sorts, which is real light, except the grippy bottom of the platform which requires the mattress to be moved off before it will scoot on carpet. But it did move. Two small wicker chests are now on either side. Two pieces are moved out, and I hate to get rid of them, but thus far, no way to use them. I’ll think about that.
Shu is concerned. He has his pathway he likes to walk. My own Sei is not that acrobatic, the silly lad. But I’m sure they will both explore.
I can tell the air is free of dust. That’s a good thing. And room to move without crawling over furniture—that’s good, too.
Our place is not real large. And that’s a good thing. A big house means you have whole rooms you don’t visit often. I assure you we visit ALL the rooms. Many times. But it also means what has a place had better be in it…and if it doesn’t have a place it needs to move. We still have some things to sort from 3 moves inside 7 years—you get stuff for a place, that fits that place, and then you go someplace where you need something else and that stuff doesn’t fit, and then you do it a third time—not to mention the business records, the library, the extra books, and the hobbies and “I can fix that’s” But now I have to put this room in good order, because, well, it’s that ‘place for everything’ idea…
I can relate.
OH yeah. 23 years in a place, all sorts of ‘Oh, that might be useful later’ with plenty of room to store and moving, especially without any forewarning and NO time to sort before, becomes one giant Rubik’s cube. Although after taking the ‘full!’ (according to the cleaning people, anyway) storage unit and repacking it to get all my wood shop stuff, a full upright freezer, and (Hopefully!) most of the 150 boxes from the ‘Need another’ storage unit in, I suspect its more Jenga than Rubik’s cube.
I’m not going to know where things are for another 23 years at this rate! Now I just need to find a permanent place!
Side note, is the Shejidan site down for anyone else or am I just extra special that way too?
it would appear that it’s down….sometimes, when Chrome doesn’t reach a site, it’ll give me an option to reload, but this time, it doesn’t even do that, so I suspect it knows something I don’t.
Rumours of its untimely demise have been over exaggerated.
Probably, it was only a bit knackered and was taking a brief nap. It’s up and about again and acting forum-ish as ever.
I am partway through the first episode of The Librarians, an SF&F genre show with hints of Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Batman, et al.
Quite enjoying it. Noah Wylie (ER, Falling Skies) plays the main character, The Librarian. It seems that under the NYC Met Library, there is The Library, and The Librarian’s job is to guard the world against, well, all manner of things, natural or supernatural, with help from The Guardian, and, apparently, a few Librarian Candidates. (Or the like.) Also a iittle Warehouse 13 vibe or maybe some of Jim Butcher’s books, but in tone or feel, none of it is directly borrowed from these. The influence is there, but it’s friendly, well-intentioned.
It’s slightly tongue in cheek, slightly superhero, more fantasy than any SF. But so far, it’s been a hoot.
OK, so I’m partial to librarians and books.
Worth a watch and possibly a giggle or an eye-roll.
I have no idea why or how, but apparently, Excalibur (yes, that Excalibur) is an enchanted sword capable of moving about through thin air on its own, and has the panting and sniffing of a lovable guard dog. … No, I don’t know what’s going on with that either.
So far, ninjas in Oklahoma have been mentioned; there’s been a young sysesthete lady shown doing multiple thought-tasks while sounding very, very scatterbrained; and they’ve thought to include two character names from Middle Eastern backgrounds as possible heroes instead of stock villains.
So I’m enjoying the half I’ve seen and am about to finish the other half of the pilot. — Current TV series, looks like it cuold be fun. SF&F on TV, so your guess is as good as mine as to how long it lasts on the toob. Long enough to give it a fairer chance, one hopes.
heh. I wonder if they are taking applicants? Although I would not want to move to NYC from Maui, especially in winter.
We have a room, variously called ‘the captain’s cabin’, ‘the cat’s bathroom’, and generically, ‘storage’. It has things almost universally destined for that eventual yard sale, including an 8″ telescope with tripod, a plasma globe, chairs, and a bookshelf that won’t fit in any other room in the house. I would not be surprised to see Dinner go scooting through.
I hear about shows like this and I think maybe I’m not getting as much out of my library degree as I should.
Don’t do this to me! I haven’t recovered from the Reign marathon yet! I can’t believe I watched the whole first season in one swell foop. Eyes and sides are sore from rolling and laughing respectively. In real life, Francis was two years younger than Mary, frail, a stutterer and abnormally short. She was 5’11”. Waiting women named “Greer,” “Aylee,” “Kenna” and “Lola!” In 16th century France! (All right, they were actually all named “Mary,” too, which would have been confusing . . .) Oh, and Diane de Poitiers was actually 20 years older than Henry . . . The actor who played “Bash” had pretty eyes, though.
Re: “The Librarians (TV Series)” — Two episodes on iTunes so far; it’s a new series.
The two eps act together as a pilot for the series, introduce a set of solve-everything powers — and then wisely limit those and set up one quest-goal besides. I think I’m hooked. Besides, where else are you going to see the librarians as the action heroes? (Well, Indiana Jones being a close exception.) This is meant for fun adventure, not quite so serious, so it might be easier to suspend the old disbelief suspenders.
During the final scene or two of the second episdoe, they show Noah Wyle’s central character in a costume that I’m sure we’re supposed to have seen, or very near it, before. Very 19th Century Romantic Realist and Naturalist. The costume looks very like something, probably common for that time, and still works today. A sense of déjà vu, where do I recall that from? Ralph Waldo Emerson? Arthur Rimbaud? Some other literary figure? Some movie treatment? I don’t know. — Comfortable button-down shirt, scarf knotted, pants, vest (waistcoat), casual suit jacket, boots, a pouch with a thin strap at the shoulder, a larger pouch and thicker strap, also over the shoulder. — I’d swear there’s a specific picture, possibly a period photo, that I’m recalling, but it may be because it coudl’ve been common then.
I still don’t get why Excalibur (yes, that Excalibur) has a “friendly dog” sound effect mixed with a “metallic sword twang” sound effect. But OK, going with hit. (I won’t give away further spoilers, though.)
So…a fun watch, and I think I’m hooked.
A fine underlying message, too, that studying, reading, thinking, are good ways to live life and solve problems and be manly or womanly. But it’s subtly given, not hit over the head with it, so kids should like the show. There’s also a “lovable dork, lovable rogue” element going on there.
Shejidan is back online. Probably some elves tinkering with the servers.
The Rubik’s Cube description made me think of this crazy (but very cool) line of Furniture based on a sort of rearrange-able concept. http://tetranliving.com/showrooms/?album=3&gallery=3
I’d probably kill myself getting in and out of that bed-thingie. Otherwise, it’s probably tolerable furniture. (My parents’ late-50s Danish sofa was all right-angles, but very comfortable. Upholstery people liked it because it was all right angles. They hated the Danish chair.)
It reminded me of an old SciFi short story, “He built a crooked house”.
The Tetran furniture is interesting-looking, but human beings come in curves…backless seats, or very square ones, look uncomfy; but the abundance of storage is good. I’ve tried Danish modern, same complaint. I end up with La-z-boy and not their big line—I bought the tiniest of their chairs, for comfort—the big chairs just sort swallow the sitter—atevi scale, maybe. And I’m not a short person.
I’ve come to one piece of oddity after having moved so much. My furniture tends to be frames for wicker drawers—you pull the drawer and the frame weighs nothing. Ditto the bed: a Sleep Number is a foam shell that holds an inflatable bit. So it’s not so hard to move things around: i’s just finding the space to move them to. The one solid bit in my room is another mini-recliner, where I work—not too hard to move a short distance; but moving one into or out of a room is like wrestling a python: they unfold without warning and change their center of gravity…if I designed one I’d have a ‘lock’ lever on the thing.
If I had all the money Jane and I have spent on chairs trying to be comfortable—we’ve given up on ‘coordinated’ chairs, finally admitting we don’t have the same back, and won’t be comfortable in the same chair. AND that no chair is going to survive more than 3 years without starting to sag and cause back problems—and that includes really pricey ones. So our new theory is buy something we can replace in a few years, because, well, our ability to break down chair cushions is amazing.
I call my locking mechanism for a recliner ‘the V tie’. Between back and arm, over the foot rest, under the chair, up between the back and the other arm, over the foot rest, under the bottom and fasten to the begining. All of the fuss and kerfluffle at the start of the project, instead of in the doorway.
A very good idea!
A friend introduced me to this curvy POÄNG armchair sold by IKEA. I’ve had it for years, and I was over 100 kg when I got it. It’s very sturdy, despite appearance, and the frame flexes so it’s springy. At $70, it’s quite a bargain. Some of the covers/padding are $30 more; when I got it, you could buy the covers separately. I imagine the white/natural covers could be dyed, the padding being zipped in so the cover can be washed. A rocker is $140/$170, and an footstool, $40/$60. The wood can be brown or black, too, and leather is $150/$220/$90.
I don’t like chairs that swallow one either. This is my reading chair.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29010895/#/S19805433
I like the looks of the Poang chairs and there’s also a wingback chair that looks smaller than my current recliner. In order to use my mouse I’ve been sitting on the right hand side of the chair and the cushion is only worn out on that side. If I sit in the middle of the chair, it feels like I’m falling in a hole. I think it’s time for a new chair.
Well, op.cit., below.
I love wingbacks! The STRANDMON? I have not tried it. My attachment to wingbacks is solely based on particular examples I’ve sat in. Op. cit.: “And that’s the truth!”
To clarify, the bottom of a POÄNG is a firm “trampoline”, of sorts, suspended between the side pieces. Canvas? Only the back suppprt depends on the intermediate struts, padded by the–um–padding, shown in the several images. The bottom is firm, though. I do suggest trying before buying, personal chairs being so particular. (Yes, I am re-reading O’Brian now, but I just re-read Compact Space and I have Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie on order from my library; we’ll see how the modern generation does MilSF/space opera.)
Like Tommie, but opposite, I’ve had the devil finding a good chair, and desk. If the desk can be raised, some Nimrod from Facilities is telling me to keep it at a standard height, no matter how tall I am! Despite cubical dimensions being smaller than me!
Which reminds me, CJ, not seeing the point in TurDucKen (having chicken frequently, and finding duck so-so and dry, and the point being something other than turkey) I looked for Mildewed Turkey. Of course, I found turkey. However, Mild or Strong; Ewe, Ram, Lamb, Teg, Wether, or Mutton, sheep was not to be found! I’m not sure I’ve ever had any mutton in my life–nutton! I will try again for Chi-mass.
Well, op.cit., below.
Argh
You might enjoy ‘Ancillary Justice’ (and its sequel, ‘Ancillary Sword’), although they’re not as much military as you might think. (More an exploration of some very different worlds, and how big can an empire get before it runs into real problems.)
Ever since I realized that, at my adult height, if I sat all of the way back in ‘normally sized’ furniture, I had to stick my legs out straight in front of me, I have maintained that seating needed to be custom, starting with the frame. Padding is an extra that should be both adjustable and easily replaceible!(OH give up on that spelling, Tommie!) Replaced!
That’s odd, Tommy. I commented well after you. I guess WordPress is using local time to order comments, instead of GMT.
I’m reminded of the common doctor’s patient table, which is pretty high in the US, has a great number of positions, and presumably unspeakable (in polite company) attachments. Sometimes, for some reason, it is left in an absolute L. I decline to speculate. That is the only completely upright chair, save old fashion wingbacks, and the one and onlychair where my feet dangle. It makes me feel five years old. Like Edith Ann. And that’s the truth. Pl-pl-pl-pl!
(Cf: YouTube: Edith Ann. Truth.)
We generally use recliners. 27″ size..and they make them up to 46″—our living room couldn’t contain 2 of the 46″-ers, and for all we know, they’re carnivorous. This 27″ size is is pretty limiting, so we don’t fuss too much about style. We don’t want them to vibrate, power up or down, or play the Star-Spangled Banner. We want a hand lever not a power control. All of that makes them even more limited. So in that sense it’s not a long shopping trip. There was one store where we could get really good cheap ones as opposed to the brand name one, but I think they have now gone belly up. So it’s La Z Boy or something we really don’t like.
We recently were asked to cat-sit. John brought over Zazzle for an evening to see if she would get along with Zorro. Outside of a little self-defensive hissing, things were going well, until Zazzle, who is a skinny little minx, climbed behind the 600# entertainment center and refused to come out. It required canned air, a ruler, and a prybar to extricate her. After due scoldings (and blocking up the holes behind the center), she was released to sniff around again. This time, she wiggled under the recliner, which is next to the sectional couch. We had to Tetris the furniture to retrieve her. DH pointed out that much of our furniture contains reclinery bits and hide-a-beds, which have the potential to snap shut on unwary cats. Thus endeth the experiment in cat-sitting.
Lol—yep, recliners can be dangerous until they learn. Ours are recliner-wary.
Canned air. I have to remember that one.
If you can’t do the “You are being naughty, and I am MUCH bigger than you” hiss, canned air is a good substitute. It sounds like a very large very angry cat. Many cats also do not appreciate being hit with a brief burst of air, the disciplinary two-fer, but that’s an extra measure.
I found the oddest tool for herding cats. A metal saucepan lid. Grab by the insulated handle and strike. Cats do not like the sound it makes.
Next shoe: my Aunt Dora Lee has acute leukemia. Don’t you wish that everything would go wrong with a car at one time so you could just throw up you hands and get another, rather than repairing this, that and the other over the course of two years? That’s four. It was supposed to be three bad, seven good. I’m waiting.
Tommie: *Hug*
Well, that rots more. So sorry.
What can you say? Wow. So sorry.
I work from a recliner myself — a Queen Anne wingback recliner. I’m still being a medical transcriptionist on weekends and have to have a foot pedal attached to my computer — I have it mounted on a piece of pegboard and the pegboard propped up against the wall. Works like a charm.
As for herding cats, try a rattle made of pea-sized gravel inside an aluminum beer can. (Duct tape the hole shut . . .)
Oh, and as for rearranging furniture — am well familiar with the truism, move one thing and you have to rearrange the whole house. . .
Ain’t that the truth! One really nice thing about the POÄNG chairs: they are light.
Make dust bunnies an endangered species!
On the serious side – my sinuses have been closing up (as in concreted) in the evenings. I just got a good look at the lampshade over my armchair and realised that it is fuzzy with dust. Vacuuming the house is an annoying routine, but for some reason I really resent having to schedule vacuuming the lamps.
They burned cane again this morning, and the whole central valley is once again IFR conditions. DH and I didn’t sleep well; we were up and down all night trying to find a position where our sinuses wouldn’t fill, which was aggravated by the early morning influx of smoke. I think our a/c filters need cleaning.
Glug. It was legal to burn fields here when we moved up here, and now it isn’t. Wishing you the same.
Pence, we do get help from our Oreck desktop units, but it still doesn’t stop, I swear, all the dust in the AC system ending up in my bedroom. It’s bizarre.
I thought you all might like to see this. CJ, I was reminded of your descriptions of interstellar places. This is awesome!
http://vimeo.com/108650530