Been a rather bad couple months for business, which is sort of unfortunate given I spent a bunch of money to try to increase sales. All it increased was the amount of stupid I get to deal with. (Though that too has cut back after I just put in giant letters on the Contact page that I don't work for free.)
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wtk10025:
Like the new paining very much.
kay:
Oh those little ground chucks. They are so industrious at tearing things up.
Thanks for shaing pictures!
Thanks for shaing pictures!
I found a strange old book of death-poetry called Flowers of the Cave. If I thought poetry books had any potential for sale I could reprint it as Flowers of the Grave with some kind of morbid cover.
tireoghain:
Are you going to show the world your shoes? I'm more than a little curious.
And I'd buy that book. Sure, it'd be to give to a girl as a gift (chicks dig poetry, right?) but still.
And I'd buy that book. Sure, it'd be to give to a girl as a gift (chicks dig poetry, right?) but still.
laela:
I read through the book. I enjoyed it very much.
Made a pair of shoes using the method in the Mary Whales Loomis book. They are glued instead of nailed, so they have a few problems with heel-floppiness on uneven surfaces (which is like everything in New Mexico.) Held up through a relatively long walk, though.
Saturday was the Grounds committee meeting for the graveyard. I'm the chair of the committee. I never saw the...
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kay:
Cool finds.
I would love to see your shoes, you should post photos!
I would love to see your shoes, you should post photos!
grayness:
Heh. The prairie dogs probably turn coffin space into their living rooms!
Shoemaker's cement has arrived in the mail. Operation Shoemaking* is now fully underway.
*'Cause I'm sick of spending money on shoes that don't fit or fall apart at once.
*'Cause I'm sick of spending money on shoes that don't fit or fall apart at once.
kay:
Good luck with that. 
So, that World History SAT was a good reminder of why I disapprove of schools in the first place, and I think the process has convinced me to stand by my avoidance of schools. Putting a time limit on learning and finishing them with tests so that one gets a sense of "now I'm done and have no more reason to learn about this" is...
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Studying still for that stupid World History SAT... I'm noticing how the whole institution of schooling and testing is discouraging to learning. This process whereby you have to learn something and then take a test on it basically creates a sense like now it's time to stop learning about this, you already ought to know everything (and shame on you if you didn't learn enough,...
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entese:
good luck with the SAT
Well, my medieval shoes didn't work out 
They're not only about a size too large (I'm starting to think that all shoe manufacturers must have secretly taken everything up a size and made no announcement, because this year every damn shoe I've gotten in my usual size has been a size too big) but also, the modernized sole that's been made for ease of repair...
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They're not only about a size too large (I'm starting to think that all shoe manufacturers must have secretly taken everything up a size and made no announcement, because this year every damn shoe I've gotten in my usual size has been a size too big) but also, the modernized sole that's been made for ease of repair... Read More
Someone bought a copy of David Garrick... weird... I haven't sold a copy of that one in a year and a half.
So it looks like I've got a busy June ahead for me. I've got a World History SAT on the 4th, and then on the 22nd I leave for 2 1/2 weeks to Chicago to visit some friends and do some research...
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So it looks like I've got a busy June ahead for me. I've got a World History SAT on the 4th, and then on the 22nd I leave for 2 1/2 weeks to Chicago to visit some friends and do some research...
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mobprod:
What's the focus of your new book? Hope your research is fruitful!
Apparently anxiety, worry, late hours and over-study are the causes of bad hair, according to this 100 year old book I got. I must have the worst hair ever.
I need to become one of those people who uses sleeping pills and caffeine pills (being right now, a person that uses neither.) I keep needing to work at night to do this book project of mine (it's the only time the house is quiet) but after a couple days, a couple hours' shift in my schedule has me tired at night and up all...
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