tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32056302024-01-31T05:26:58.764-05:00Broken toys, outdated clothes, dust, and cobwebs. Things scrabble in the corner. Watch your step. <br /> Contents copyright &copy; Carter Nipper. All rights reserved.Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418590528335033331noreply@blogger.comBlogger465125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205630.post-1147616481378882162006-05-14T10:18:00.000-04:002006-05-14T10:21:21.386-04:00

I'm moving in, even though the house is still under construction. Watch your step.Y'all come see me.

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Brain function is returning, albeit slowly. Posting will remain infrequent for a while, as I get back up to speed. Speaking of which, my next post will most likely be from my new digs. I'll post a link here to let those who care know where I've gone.And speaking of those who care, thanks to all for the good wishes. My blog friends are important to me, and I value your concern and

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I shall return.The past 6 months have taken a toll, and I am now laboring under some pretty extreme mental and emotional exhaustion. As soon as I reach the far side of the Slough of Pointlessness that I am currently slogging through, I will be back.

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First, Melly and tambo did it, so I'm going to jump off the cliff, too:Reading Level Results (generated by Juicy Studio)Total sentences 393Total words 2401Average words per Sentence 6.11Words with 1 Syllable 1658Words with 2 Syllables 474Words with 3 Syllables 182Words with 4 or more Syllables 87Percentage of word with three or more syllables 11.20%Average Syllables per Word 1.46Gunning Fog Index

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Almost, anyway. Way better than before. I will go ahead and give my unqualified recommendation for septoplasty if you have a grossly deviated septum. Just make sure you surgeon uses the modern method and does not pack your nose full of gauze.Surgery was delayed until 10 am on Friday. I was home by 2. I think. Friday is pretty much gone. Anesthesia does that to me. I took one Loritab

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1 -- The full-time position came through for me. I "officially" start Saturday, because that's when the new pay period starts. Paperwork underway, to be turned in tomorrow morning. I have about 12 hours to make all those important and irrevocable decisions about retirement, insurance, etc. Schedule uncertain at this time. I hope to get that worked out tomorrow, as well. I'll have to work a

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1 -- Judge Disses "Da Vinci" Lawsuit. Common sense prevails, for once! You just can't have it both ways. If Baigent and Leigh's book is non-fiction, there is no case. You can't copyright facts. If it's fiction, then they join Frey on the hot seat. Either way, they are not the only ones to have made these claims; they're centuries old. Realistically, I agree with the writer of this article:

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tambo posted this meme, and it looked interesting, so here goes:Go to Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/). Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays and one interesting death. Post this in your journal.3 Events:1818 - Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.1967 - At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a

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My polysomnography (that's "sleep study" to them's that don't know) was negative. As in I do have apnea, but it is so mild that CPAP treatment is not appropriate. Insurance won't pay for it untl it's a lot worse, either. So.On Friday, April 14, I will have a septoplasty and turbinate reduction done. Those are fance names for some very minor out-patient surgery with a very, very small chance

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1. What's Next -- Searchable database of adult books in series. From the Kent District Library in Comstock Park, MI.2. Juvenile Series and Sequels -- Index to children's and YA series from the Mid-Continent Public Library in Independence, MO.3. Online Conversion Calculators -- Need to convert lux to footcandles? Feet per second to miles per hour? Pica to points? Conversion calculators for

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A lot of exciting and terrifying advances in technology catch my eye these days. Though I think the research is great, I have doubts about putting such things into the hands of people. Some of the future ethical and technological issues are complex to say the least, and the some of the implications of these developments are downright frightening. The latest:IBM researchers have developed tools

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Drop by my Johari's Window and let me know what you think about me. This is a pretty cool psychological tool for comparing and contrasting how I see myself with how others see me. Should be interesting.Got the link from Kristina.I also made a Nohari Window that lets you tell me all the negative stuff you think about me. You have to give a name, but it can be anything you like, if you want to

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418590528335033331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205630.post-1143592948703989672006-03-28T19:31:00.000-05:002006-03-28T19:42:28.743-05:00

A right-wing blog named Red America? Tailgunner Joe is spinning so hard the grass is smoking.

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The pollen is upon us. So far, just a light dusting, but by the end of the week, we'll be engulfed in yellow clouds and sneezing out things that cannot even be described. I'm not exaggerating when I say that this stuff piles into half-inch drifts. It covers everything. We ain't talking hay fever, here, folks. This is pine pollen pandemic. Sinus cement. Allergy overload.Ah, Spring! When

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Noise in the Attic may be moving soon. I have downloaded WordPress and am evaluating it on my Web site. At such time as I feel comfortable with it, I'll be moving over there. I don't really have anyhting against Blogger, I just like to have control over my stuff. I'll post a schedule for the move when I know more.Just as a BTW, anyone thinking about doing the same should really check out this

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Brick masonry is an immensly satisfying hobby. It's one of those things I enjoy but don't do well at all. My projects all have a distinctly rustic look to them. That's fine for the things I do -- mainly small flower beds -- and I am not going to claim I do professional level work at all. No way.I also won't bore everybody with the brick by brick, bird by bird, word by word cliche. You can

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My fantasy short "A Time to Every Purpose" made the quarter-finals in L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future contest. According to the e-mail from the Contest Administrator, that means it placed in the top 10-15% of all entries received for that quarter. The judges were Anne McCaffrey, Robert Silverberg, Yoji Kondo, Algis Budrys and K.D. Wentworth, so I feel pretty good about that. Now I'm off

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Your past life diagnosis: I don't know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern USA North-East around the year 1125.Your profession was that of a farmer, weaver or tailor.Your brief psychological profile in your past life:Seeker of truth and wisdom. You could have seen your future lives. Others perceived you as

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I had my sleep study done last night, though how much study they got done is questionable given the amount of sleep I got. I don't do well in a strange environment with all kinds of electrodes and other dingleberries attached to me. The final total of hardware that I had to wear was:5 EEG leads on my scalp. During the 4 hours or so I did manage to sleep, I had some awfully funky dreams. That

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My life is officially in a state of higgledy-piggledy. At present, I am in the midst of:the last week of Winter Quarter. Which means I have a Library full of semi-hysterical students frantically trying to finish the assignments they have been ignoring for the past 9 weeks.applying for a new position at the College. Which will mean better pay and benefits, but also a longer commute and a much

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In a comment to my post the other day about the creative process, HawkOwl commented:I think the "flash of lightning" method is actually detrimental both to one's writing and one's development as a writer. First, if you are not writing out of your conscious mind, the reader's conscious mind is going to find gaping holes in your construct; and second, if you are not generating your ideas

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418590528335033331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205630.post-1141940679501831712006-03-09T16:42:00.000-05:002006-03-09T16:44:39.513-05:00

Well, Holly has done it again! Now she has started a podcast on writing, and will be taking questions from the audience. The first episode deals with "weather opening". This is just too cool.

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Melly offered a link to this post on outlining by Crawford Killian the other day. He has some interesting things to say about the subject. His last point got me thinking, though. He says:But when you first learned to drive, you were thinking consciously (with anoutline) of every aspect of driving. It took a lot of practice to makedriving a matter of habit. Writing is no different.I don't

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To publish your novel, that is. Apparently, a Lot of people are willing to pay a lot of money to get "published". Herewith, a few comments about why I think the vanity press industry if booming. NOTE: this post is not about self-publishing as a marketing tool or the validity of vanity presses for publishing small print runs of works of extremely limited interest. Those are separate topics.

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tambo strikes again:Your Inner Child Is SadYou're a very sensitive soul.You haven't grown that thick skin that most adults have.Easily hurt, you tend to retreat to your comfort zone.You don't let many people in - unless you've trusted them for a long time.How Is Your Inner Child?

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