I’m still mining Sundays from 10 years ago. I thought you might be interested to know that the big Web-page makeover that I’ve talked about recently (and have talked about off and on in the past) might really happen this time. If it doesn’t, I just wasted money on a retainer I paid to some fine young people who’re going to help me put it all together technically. Of course, I learned I’m still going to have to provide the content. Sheesh! It isn’t scheduled to roll out until spring, possibly even late spring, and I have no idea what it will look like, because I’ve yet to come up with a concept and the artwork to support it—that “content” bugaboo I mentioned. However, I will keep you posted as events warrant.
Literary Achievement
By Jimmy Johnson
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442 responses to “Literary Achievement”
There are many wise and wonderful citizens of this Village. I love you all!
Charlotte in NH, some of this looks like what I was finding in the coal pit: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/pleasant_grove_mans_lifelong_h.html#incart_river
Never saw any of the complete stumps though!
John, once you get the end don’t let it go back in the box. Keep a tail hanging out- if you can. Some boxes have the cutter in the wrong place….
Sometimes it takes years after the loved one is gone. You do what seems best as you go along.
Hang in there everyone. Today’s going to be a pip for all. 🙂 Will be glad to come back this evening and hear stories and jokes and see crazy cat photos!
Remember Janis’ ghost in the bathroom? I have had one for the 20 years I have lived in the house, it is the center of all the psychic activity apparently and sometimes they/he gets active and sometimes not.
Jumped in tub, remembered to take off glasses, put them on rug alongside tub AFTER I was in tub. Got out of tub and reached for them to put on, ear frames all bent and I thought, “Dang, I will be permanently looking over these today!” Tried to put them on and lens missing! On floor.
They had been stepped on with me in tub. I am wearing Mike’s reading pair, talk about a fast adjustment mode. Of course, it may have been Mike, too. Wasn’t me, I was soapy and wet in the tub.
Army is out in the Boat Palace, so I gotta run!
Love, Jackie
Was the boat in the men’s magazine called the San Francisco Pelican? It became a “cult boat” and continues to be built and sailed and looks a very great deal like the Scamp with its’ pram bow. I will look that one up later.
Love, Jackie
Thank goodness that in this Village the IQ goes UP with more people. I am trying to untangle the mess that is my sister’s computer. What were those free software programs for spyware and malware again? I have finally got the computer back online, but I still have a few programs that are not going peacefully. Thanks all!
Fiddlesticks! Forgot I was not at home or using my tablet. Mindy from Indy out!
Only the fearless enter the Village, there is a test for citizenship.
I need to learn how to run those malware and spyware programs I already own but free ones wouldn’t hurt. And a computer geek on loan.
I knew.
Mindy from Indy, Adblock, Ghostery and Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes may not be worth putting on now unless you buy it. The free version now has a very limited timeframe during which it will work.
Jackie, we will not even be living in the house ourselves if it is in the Parade of Homes. They usually have a decorator come in and “stage” the home.
Don’t forget that many internet service providers (ISPs) provide free tools. I lived dangerously until mine started giving out Norton for the Mac.
And don’t forget to install Ad Blocker Pro. It’s saved me from loading over 113,000 ads since I installed it a couple of months ago! It even lets me allow ads through on the few sites where I’m trying to support the sites by letting the ads through and clicking on a few.
My pop up ads keep getting more and more interesting. I keep getting concealed carry ads, mens underwear ads, mens dating ads and lots of boating stuff, New Zealand stuff. Rarely am I interested in any of them and I don’t know why they think I am interested in Palm Beach although the opera was kind of interesting?
I at times find them intriguing and at others annoying.
Jackie, care to ad swap? I can offer you a micro mesh bikini for a tighty whitey. 😉
We saw the Million Dollar Quartet last night, which is the correct name, and it was fabulous. I had heard the original recordings, which are very poor, but this show, which has drama and music was possibly the best I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen the real Jerry Lee Lewis and I’ve seen Johnny Cash and Elvis portrayed by some good people but musically these were the best. I’ve been very lucky and I feel that I’ve seen every singer that I ever wanted to see. It was very difficult to sit there with my mouth shut and not sing along, but when Johnny Cash sings I Walk the Line you don’t have to open your mouth to go hm-m-m-m-m-m-m along with him.
I have two computers: I call one the “good” computer — it has two monitors. The other is my “junk” computer with one screen where I download a lot of stuff to it.. . If I wanted to continue using both computers but only with the dual monitors, what would I need to buy? Is there some sort of splitter I can buy that will allow me to switch between each CPU? Where can I buy one if it does in fact exist? Will I still be able to use one mouse and keyboard?.