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September 9, 2015
Mailing Books
I mailed a friend a copy of Somewhere Poetry Grows Wild Under the Ecualyptus on Aug 28. He still hasn't received it, and today is Sep 8. I sent it the cheapest way, which was under the media rates. For one dollar more, it could have gone first class. Lesson learned.
September 4, 2015
Giveaway
I've got a giveaway for Somewhere Poetry Grows Wild Under the Eucalyptus. Go to:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
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August 30, 2015
46
This past week I wrote the description for Blind Date.
The ten stories in Blind Date by Robert Hobkirk range in length from two to forty-six pages. No matter what the length of the story, the protagonists have one thing in common—they are struggling. One may be struggling to find his place in the sun. Another may be struggling to find a little shade. The stories take a look at the human condition from a different angle. The ten stories are “Blind Date,” “A Perfect Life,” “Kathy’s Struggle,” “Two Sacks of Groceries,” “Maurice Utrillo – Making Do,” “Junior High in Smog City,” “A Sure Thing,” “Sarge,” “Coffee Bums,” and “Electric Sheep Looking for Friendlier Pastures.”
This is what Wiki said about the number 46:
"Forty-six is a Wedderburn-Etherington number, an enneagonal number and a centered triangular number. It is the sum of the totient function for the first twelve integers. 46 is the largest even integer that can't be expressed as a sum of two abundant numbers.
46 is the 16th semiprime. 46 is the third semiprime with a semiprime aliquot sum. The aliquot sequence of 46 is (46,26,16,15,9,4,3,1,0).
Since it is possible to find sequences of 46 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 46 is an Erdős–Woods number."
Go around spouting that and u could fool the folks into thinking u were some kind of brainiac.
The ten stories in Blind Date by Robert Hobkirk range in length from two to forty-six pages. No matter what the length of the story, the protagonists have one thing in common—they are struggling. One may be struggling to find his place in the sun. Another may be struggling to find a little shade. The stories take a look at the human condition from a different angle. The ten stories are “Blind Date,” “A Perfect Life,” “Kathy’s Struggle,” “Two Sacks of Groceries,” “Maurice Utrillo – Making Do,” “Junior High in Smog City,” “A Sure Thing,” “Sarge,” “Coffee Bums,” and “Electric Sheep Looking for Friendlier Pastures.”
This is what Wiki said about the number 46:
"Forty-six is a Wedderburn-Etherington number, an enneagonal number and a centered triangular number. It is the sum of the totient function for the first twelve integers. 46 is the largest even integer that can't be expressed as a sum of two abundant numbers.
46 is the 16th semiprime. 46 is the third semiprime with a semiprime aliquot sum. The aliquot sequence of 46 is (46,26,16,15,9,4,3,1,0).
Since it is possible to find sequences of 46 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 46 is an Erdős–Woods number."
Go around spouting that and u could fool the folks into thinking u were some kind of brainiac.
August 23, 2015
hyphen or a dash
8/23/15
Proof reading for publication Blind Date, I came upon several hyphens where dashes should have been if I was going to put out a kosher copy.
Way back in the day, in the land of typewriters there was a dash symbol on the key board and writers used it. (BTW it's used without spacing.), but along came the computer keyboard and on the American keyboard (keyboards are different all over the world) there was no dash symbol. U can insert it with Num on lock + Control + Alt + Minus sign, but that's a hassle. So the folks started using hyphens instead of dashes.
The morning I was pondering this, I looked at the morning paper and noticed that they used a hyphen instead of the proper dash. I looked in an old printing of Our Winter of Discontent and noticed they used dashes, but how strange it looked when used properly without spacing.
I thought if I changed my hyphens to dashes, folks would think it's an error because today it's so uncommon; therefore, in the proof I left the hyphens in. I wouldn't worry about it being kosher, reformed would do.
Proof reading for publication Blind Date, I came upon several hyphens where dashes should have been if I was going to put out a kosher copy.
Way back in the day, in the land of typewriters there was a dash symbol on the key board and writers used it. (BTW it's used without spacing.), but along came the computer keyboard and on the American keyboard (keyboards are different all over the world) there was no dash symbol. U can insert it with Num on lock + Control + Alt + Minus sign, but that's a hassle. So the folks started using hyphens instead of dashes.
The morning I was pondering this, I looked at the morning paper and noticed that they used a hyphen instead of the proper dash. I looked in an old printing of Our Winter of Discontent and noticed they used dashes, but how strange it looked when used properly without spacing.
I thought if I changed my hyphens to dashes, folks would think it's an error because today it's so uncommon; therefore, in the proof I left the hyphens in. I wouldn't worry about it being kosher, reformed would do.
August 17, 2015
YouTube
8/17/15
Over the weekend, I wanted to post a new trailer video promoting my poetry books, Haiku Ave. and Somewhere Poetry Grows Wild Under the Eucalyptus. I noticed my YouTube channel and videos didn't have the "subscribe" button. I looked at the "help" section and there was nothing mentioning missing "subscribe" buttons. A kind person from the self-help forum answered my question by informing me that the button doesn't show from my computer because I couldn't subscribe.
Back in the day, if you had a missing button, you would just get the jar or can with all the odd buttons - buttons that were taken off clothes, which were worn out - and your mom would sew it on for you.
You can check out my videos on YouTube if you type in Robert Hobkirk or on the side bar of GoodReads there's a few.
Have a nice night,
Rob
Over the weekend, I wanted to post a new trailer video promoting my poetry books, Haiku Ave. and Somewhere Poetry Grows Wild Under the Eucalyptus. I noticed my YouTube channel and videos didn't have the "subscribe" button. I looked at the "help" section and there was nothing mentioning missing "subscribe" buttons. A kind person from the self-help forum answered my question by informing me that the button doesn't show from my computer because I couldn't subscribe.
Back in the day, if you had a missing button, you would just get the jar or can with all the odd buttons - buttons that were taken off clothes, which were worn out - and your mom would sew it on for you.
You can check out my videos on YouTube if you type in Robert Hobkirk or on the side bar of GoodReads there's a few.
Have a nice night,
Rob
