Your cousin Bobby (who was living in Las Vegas, when last I heard) has a number of his dad’s recordings on 78.
I know, because he outbid me on ebay a while back!
Even on my best day I don’t think I could manage more than 10k in a single day, so I had a pretty good idea I wouldn’t be making it to 50k again this time.
Probably the deciding factor came out of my conversation with my son when he called on my birthday. He asked me if the words I had written were good words…and in fact, they are. I am quite pleased with how this year’s novel is going. And I knew that had I killed myself to scratch up 10k in a hurry, they probably wouldn’t have been very good words.
What NaNo has done is gotten me writing again, even with the political bumps. So here’s to a NaNo experience that worked well for me!
I just sat here mesmerized watching him work his flap actuator system for like five straight minutes, there are six perfect little tiny u-joints made of manila folders
the interior is every bit as detailed and exact as the rest of it but holy fucking shit this engineering is incredible I am having a real hard time comprehending that all of those bits in the landing gear are actually made of manila folders
look at all those tiny joints
look at all those functioning parts
HE BUILT MANILA-FOLDER THRUST REVERSERS YOU GUYS I CAN’T
I just sat here mesmerized watching him work his flap actuator system for like five straight minutes, there are six perfect little tiny u-joints made of manila folders
the interior is every bit as detailed and exact as the rest of it but holy fucking shit this engineering is incredible I am having a real hard time comprehending that all of those bits in the landing gear are actually made of manila folders
look at all those tiny joints
look at all those functioning parts
HE BUILT MANILA-FOLDER THRUST REVERSERS YOU GUYS I CAN’T
“At -25C/-13F, soap bubble mixtures freeze faster than they pop, making for some very fascinating effects!”
“However, frozen bubbles are still very fragile creatures, so I’ve experimented with different recipes to create a durable bubble wall that won’t pop in the slightest breeze: dish soap for the bubbling, corn syrup to thicken the wall, and sugar to help crystallization. I let the mixture chill in the freezer to help speed up the freezing once outside.”
MIXTURE INGREDIENTS FOR YOUR EXPERIMENTING PLEASURE
- 200ml warm water - 35ml corn syrup - 35ml dish soap - 2tbs sugar - chill in the freezer
“One other piece of advice … dress warm! It’s cold out there!”
Thank you to Chris Ratzlaff for sharing his awesome experiment!
“At -25C/-13F, soap bubble mixtures freeze faster than they pop, making for some very fascinating effects!”
“However, frozen bubbles are still very fragile creatures, so I’ve experimented with different recipes to create a durable bubble wall that won’t pop in the slightest breeze: dish soap for the bubbling, corn syrup to thicken the wall, and sugar to help crystallization. I let the mixture chill in the freezer to help speed up the freezing once outside.”
MIXTURE INGREDIENTS FOR YOUR EXPERIMENTING PLEASURE
- 200ml warm water - 35ml corn syrup - 35ml dish soap - 2tbs sugar - chill in the freezer
“One other piece of advice … dress warm! It’s cold out there!”
Thank you to Chris Ratzlaff for sharing his awesome experiment!
I am Jack Kingston’s youngest son and owner of all of his music as published under Wentworth Music, Socan/BMI Canada. His music is very much alive and periodically I am contacted by someone wishing to re-record something. Most recently, CNR Special was recorded by the Good Brothers. I receive royalties on his writings to this day. Sometimes, I even perform his music and have covered quite a few of his songs on two different CDs that I released. You can even find his music still available on eBay as part of a cd release compilation or even used old vinyl records. Amazing to see it there being the last release of his was some 45 years ago around 1970!
My mom is Elaine Fries…. and of course my aunt Betty.
I sure wish there had been some footage saved from CKCO….. i called almost 15 years ago for my moms 60th birthday but they said there was none.
Sad…
Even on my best day I don’t think I could manage more than 10k in a single day, so I had a pretty good idea I wouldn’t be making it to 50k again this time. 
