Elizabeth Moon's Blog, page 72
August 23, 2010
From Twitter 08-22-2010
16:50:11: South Pacific on PBS--missed Wed. due to choir, but saw almost all after church today. WOW. And I know all the words to all the songs.
23:24:55: New post up at http://www.paksworld.com/blog/ describing progress and a few strong hints.
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August 22, 2010
From Twitter 08-21-2010
07:52:58: Note to self: Time to figure out who is up to no good or this story will go on forever, which is writer being up to no good. #writing
12:16:50: Husband has juicy cold, cough, etc. Guess who's crying now? (Well, not crying, but nose running, throat feeling raw...)
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August 21, 2010
From Twitter 08-20-2010
17:34:05: Bought new yeast, made ANOTHER batch of bread. Dough felt different from start; now in oven; so far so good.
18:17:19: Bread WIN. Same flour, same recipe, same procedure...different yeast.
21:01:39: Resolution of the bread problem, with pix: http://e-moon60.livejournal.com/328754.html
23:18:53: Mouse agility: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txq_BogA1NM Hamster agility http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DVwrA5QRyg&NR=1
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August 20, 2010
A Tale of Two Yeasts
So...after the previous not good batches of bread done with the bulk yeast, this morning I set out to try again, increasing the amount of yeast. Initially, the yeast bubbled up nicely in its mini-sponge bowl (I had mixed 2 tablespoons of yeast with four tablespoons of flour and a little sugar, then added the warm water and stirred it up.) I went on and committed to the whole four cups whole-wheat flour, plus enough white flour to make a thick batter, and the rest of the ingredients, ...
Click-Beetle Nights
In the season of click-beetles in the house, the nights are full of "click....click....click...BUZZZZZZZZ....thwack/scrabble....click....click....click....click.....click...."
The first year we had them in the house, I couldn't sleep. They are clumsy flyers (OK, better flyers than I am!) who sound very loud, like a big angry wasp, and then they whack into something and fall down, often on their backs, and start clicking. Then they stop clicking...then they fly again, banging into the...
The first year we had them in the house, I couldn't sleep. They are clumsy flyers (OK, better flyers than I am!) who sound very loud, like a big angry wasp, and then they whack into something and fall down, often on their backs, and start clicking. Then they stop clicking...then they fly again, banging into the...
From Twitter 08-19-2010
08:58:49: Understand it's easier for convention organizers to do schedules in Excel. But not all writers HAVE Excel & thus can't open file.
09:08:49: Luckily, the new Shiny can read them...whew!
12:30:59: Was able to open the Excel files with new Shiny, so all is well. Opened, printed, stapled, ready to take to Dragon*Con.
12:55:39: Note to self: Be VERY sure which burner you've turned on unless you like scrubbing stuff burnt into the pot and seeing smoke rise.
14:59:25: RT @kaysea14: Look at...
August 19, 2010
Bread Problem
As some of you know, I've been making bread a long time, about forty years now. I've used those little cakes of yeast (rarer now--very common when I started, to find them in the refrigerated shelves in stores), active dry yeast, "Rapid-Rise" dry yeast, active dry yeast in little brown jars, bulk dry yeast in sealed 1 pound plastic bags, (bought years back from some place in Austin I've now forgotten--it was where I bought flour in bulk.) I've made bread abroad, using locally available...
From Twitter 08-18-2010
05:53:08: Up at 6 to put frozen bread dough out to rise; sky turning blue so might as well get up and get to work. Left character on roof last night
09:53:27: Bread FAIL--stuck so bad to pan, bottom & side (despite oil & flour) that loaf tore apart. Lucky I had started another batch, now rising.
11:23:23: RT @nalohopkinson: RT @nkjemisin RT @PWxyz: Authors Withdraw from Teen Lit Festival over censorship issues. http://bit.ly/bYzxtB #writer ...
12:39:43: 2164 words so far today. Rogue still...
August 18, 2010
From Twitter 08-17-2010
07:15:03: New Scientist article on "Conservapedia" and its attack on Einstein: http://tinyurl.com/38qmh2c
07:22:06: Seeing with sound: New Scientist article: http://tinyurl.com/38qmh2c
08:46:59: Conversational infodump has me locked in its clutches...@amwriting. Will deal with this later...it's being fun, and fun at work is good.
13:40:11: The snafu with submitting files for cards was All My Fault. Embarrassing when you don't even see the button that's there...!
13:41:30: Words today...
August 17, 2010
From Twitter 08-16-2010
09:02:24: My Dragon*Con programming schedule is now up at http://www.paksworld.com/blog/?p=862
10:18:48: Slow start this morning now speeded up by a Sousa CD. Definite perk-up and over 1000 words. #amwriting
16:13:44: Not loving one online business card printing Co. at the moment. Designed killer cards last year to print@home, now want outside printer...
16:14:33: ...but they want more pixel depth than I have, don't have good fonts for my project if I design there. Friendly, but narrowly...
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