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Mon May 10 06:00:01 EDT 2021
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Slept from eleven to seven.
Woke briefly around four.
Mostly sunny early in the morning, then partly cloudy with scattered rain showers in the late morning and afternoon.
Highs in the mid 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Chance of showers 30 percent.
Work
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- 6639, order Docks for new laptop people
Done.
- order 15-ft USB-A to USB-B cable for Jamie
Done.
- add intranet docs for Lori
Done.
- add intranet docs for Jamie
Done.
Twenty-five-minute walk at lunch.
Mostly sunny, slightly cool.
Saw a red-winged blackbird and a nuthatch.
Home
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> How much time and attention did you spend on these scripts? Another “Simpsons” writer once compared your scripts to finely tuned machines—if the wrong person mucked with them, the whole thing could blow up.
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> All of my time and all of my attention. It’s the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogue—“Homer, I don’t want you to do that.” “Then I won’t do it.” Then the next day, when I get up, the script’s been written. It’s lousy, but it’s a script. The hard part is done. It’s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So I’ve taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.
https://aria.dog/barks/why-i-will-never-create-modules-for-vcv-rack-anymore/
https://jhupress.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/unraveling-the-linothorax-mystery-or-how-linen-armor-came-to-dominate-our-lives/
> We also figured out—the hard way—that the ancients probably cut each layer of linen to the proper shape before gluing them together. For our first linothorax, we glued together 15 layers of linen to form a one centimeter-thick slab, and then tried to cut out the required shape. Large shears were defeated; bolt cutters failed. The only way we were ultimately able to cut the laminated linen slab was with an electric saw equipped with a blade for cutting metal. At least this confirmed our suspicion that linen armor would have been extremely tough. We also found out that linen stiffened with rabbit glue strikes dogs as in irresistibly tasty rabbit-flavored chew toy, and that our Labrador retriever should not be left alone with our research project.
Washed a load of laundry.
Servings: grains 3/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 2/2, meat 2/3, nuts 0/0.5
Brunch: coffee, pineapple, wrap with egg, tomato, rice
Lunch: salami sandwich, carrots, apple
Dinner:
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