Nix the above.
I mean it's still true, but I have a full belly now and it seems FAR less important.

I guess it was low blood sugar that made me so snarky.

Ewww.

Try Herrs Kettle Cooked. Far superior, IMO.

My knifemaking "mentor" said that making knives often times consists of adapting to and covering up mistakes. This ability is what separates the newbie from the master.

I'm obviously still deep in newbie land. Few things are more irritating than spending 12 hours on a blade only to fuck it up irretrievably with some little bobble. This is something that never happens when making software.

In the month and a half or so since I made my first knife in class, I've got one blade that is at the point I can harden and temper the blade. I'm planning on doing that tomorrow and then moving on to finish work on Saturday, if the heat treat doesn't warp or crack the blade.

I'll be so happy if I can finish this one, but it is nothing like what I envisioned when I started. Too many mistakes to cover up...

That is very similar to one of the best definitions of art that I have heard.

A rigid musician will play a tune someone else wrote, and if they get, say, some timing a little wrong, they carry on trying to do it right and hope no-one notices. A true artist musician, if they're a little late with one note, might slow down for the next few phrases of the music, and work what was originally a mistake into the the overall piece in an organic way. People will notice, and if the artist is good, will like it.

Thanks Zen. I really needed to hear that.

How's your back Prof, any better?

How long have you been knife-making, PW? Don't forget the 10,000 hour rule.

Maybe 80 hours of actual knife-making practice, which includes 40 hours taking a class. (Knifemaking is partly an effort at overcoming disabling perfectionism.)

Real artists ship, right?

I used a blue pen instead of the usual black to write notes on the back of my hand yesterday. I forgot to copy them to paper last night and this morning they are not legible. I hope I got it all done or remember to do it today, I already did the only one I can still read :(

Not just today, but for the last couple of months actually....

The constant in and out by my cigarette-smoking stepsons. Since both my husband and I are nonsmokers, they are not allowed to smoke in the house. So, as a result, the front door is being opened and closed all day long. It messes with my peace of mind - I like quiet. Its really bad when they have nothing to do on the weekends.

(Just FYI - one is 18 and the other is 21. Its not like we are letting underage children smoke at will.)

simple solution is to make a 100yard radius of the front door smoke free. That way the time they spend walking to and from the safe zone will make door opening that less frequent.

Wut he said , yer house yer rules !!

ferkin school busses. The afternoon schedule has disappeared from online. I wasn't able to print it when I first looked last week. So I asked FB for help and apparently, according to the schedules they have, neither of the school buses that hit this side of town plan to stop at my kids' stop anymore.... WTF?

ok resolved. sigh. next?

More than irritated, but less than livid...

Coffee is now 1.90 in the cafe. 1.90. I was talking to my sis-in-law over the weekend (she works where I used to work) and coffee is 75 cents.

This is just regular old coffee. It's not some Hoity Toity Starfuck Latte Schmatte Grande Mocha Choca with a twist of Breve for the Brave.

Ridiculous.

My weekend was wonderful. It also made me realize how much I really hate the city and the rat race and the overly-expensive EVERYTHING.

My life is mildly irritating. And I'm all alone in it. :(

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