Google Chrome Beta has a bug in it, apparently, that considers the javascript that syndicates the Skin Horse comic from WebComicsNation to be malware. This produces a warning when you visit the blogs here.
Unfortunately, the warning also goes out to Google's automated reporting system which has put WebComicsNation on several blacklists. Depending on how you have your settings set in other browsersi, you may not be seeing Skin Horse when you visit the blogs here.
You need a large pot, preferably one with a metal rack for the inside or one that will fit a metal rack you have inside it. I've done this without the metal rack but it's more controllable with one.
Ingredients: one can of sweetened condensed milk, unopened. Eagle is a common US brand name. Don't open the can, just remove the label.
Put the unopened, labelless can on the rack inside the large pot. Fill with water to a level two inches or more above the level of the top of the can. Add a pinch of salt to the water.
The furnace in my mobile home has failed. I'm using electric space heaters to keep warm and they work well enough but they keep tripping the breakers since this is a very old mobile with only 50 amps service. Three space heaters adds up to 36-45 amps. Add computers, lights and refrigerator and I can't run the washing machine without turning something off.
I'm checking into getting the furnace repaired but my handyman is of the opinion that it may cost enough to be worth just replacing it, which would be $1000 to $2000 dollars, a pretty big hit on my budget. More word soon.
I've been informed that the BigCloset author, T.D. Aldoenetti passed away on October 30, 2009, the victim of a homicide. I don't know the details but this does not seem to have been related to her status as TG or connected to her posting stories on BC.
We're having some problems with the Drupal software, it seems that stories above about 30,000 words or so are not being properly processed. In order to be reasonably sure you don't run into the problem, try to keep your story segments to no more than about 20,000 words for safety. If it's only a bit over that, go ahead and try but some older stories that are larger than 30,000 words are also having problems.
In a small pan over low heat, cook about 1/4-1/2 cup chopped yellow onion in olive oil until tender. Don't use much oil, maybe a teaspoon and don't get the onions brown.
...please remember that I do indeed have a real life and do not sit here 24/7. I'm missing my morning class at college today because of another blow-up which I could not deal with because I was asleep. I'm going to be gone the rest of the morning and probably most of the afternoon because my friend is opening his new bookstore today.
Oh, and I will be working at that bookstore Thur and Fri afternoons at least through Christmas. Besides my piano classes and sleeping and going out for dinner now and then.
I've added a new feature to the front page. It's not perfect yet but this is an attempt to do what Eden originally wanted the Shortcuts to be. Right now it shows the title and author of up to 20 stories on the front page that were posted in the last 50 hours. Currently, this only shows for people using the BigCloset theme, not Reversi or most of the other themes.
I'll make it look prettier later, it's late tonight. :)
Well, it's that time of year -- time for teachers to demand a report on summer activities, at least, it's traditional in North America to do so. So, here's the deal, a contest that isn't a contest.
Bob has some arcade games at Stardust now. These are simple flash type games that are great for disengaging the thinking gears a while so your inner mind can work on a story problem while your outer mind is busy. :)
It's almost too late in the season here but some of the heirloom varieties ripen late. These are really good and so simple.
Clean and slice several green tomatoes, about 1/3 inch (8 mm) thick, more or less. Salt and pepper them liberally and leave on a cutting board to dry out very slightly while you get everything else ready.
While going through a pile of condolences I received after my mother died in January 2008, I discovered an envelope that had an order for six ebooks and a money order for the cost plus an anount for postage.
This is multiply sad because these are ebooks, I can't mail them. And no email address was included so I can't provide them through email, either, nor was the name given traceable through BCs membership list.
Charlene, if you're still out there, I can give you a hatbox membership so you can download these items, please contact me via email or PM.
The challenge ends September 21, 2009, but of course, you can write more such stories after and tag them with the Back-to-School category, they just won't be eligible for the non-existent prizes in this non-contest. :)
Since I travel around and carry my laptop, I've come up with various strategies to keep my data synced on as many as five different computers with two different operating systems.
Author Pages, marked so under the Publication menu, are for organizational pages, only, not for content like stories, blogs, poems or character or story notes. Please, if you have marked ANY of your stories as Author Pages, go back and change them to Fiction or whatever is appropriate. Thanks.
The last day at the Con I was struck by an incredible lack in the world of a specific thing that I knew I could do. I spent most of the last day collecting info and opinions about this idea and most of the drive back thinking about it.
I'm going to be the San Diego ComiCon and in San Diego generally from Wednesday through Sunday. I'll have my laptop with me wo I won't be out of touch but I won't be sitting in front of it doing other stuff and checking on the site every half hour like I do when I'm home.
I finally fixed the Girlery set of cartoons, the ones that got their links broken in the upgrade from shoeboxen to 99shoes. Took me two hours so I hope somebody enjoys. :)
My little dog and I were playing on the front porch, me throwing her favorite toy and her chasing it. At the far end of the porch, she tried to grab the toy, stop and turn around all at the same time and I think she hurt herself.
You have until June 9, to vote for your favorite May Day story. You can vote for as many stories as you like but you should vote only once per story. The story that has the most votes at midnight, server time, on June 9 will be announced the winner on June 10th.
Checks can be made out & sent to:
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