As always, I'm surprised what people get and what they don't get. 1. They put a parking lot on the piece of land where the super market used to stand Come Dancing by the Kinks (first ided by gnomi ) 2. Sanctus, Espiritus, be with us in our solemn hour Our Solemn Hour by Within Temptation ( thelongshot ) 3. Well I don't think treated lumber is really crucial for the railing...

• Overall, had a good holiday, despite having sick kids. They mostly slept it off. We did end up having to cancel our lunch plans today, which was very disappointing: we were scheduled to have lunch with mabfan , gnomi , lcmlc , and other members of their family who don't have lj names. ( lcmlc came by and visited later in the afternoon, which was wonderful.) • Today...

So, yeah, Operation Wittenbergs Visit Boston is a go. For those of you who expressed interest earlier (or who missed it but are interested now), we're looking at a two-part thing on Sunday. PART THE FIRST: Apparently there's a street performer festival that weekend at Faneuil Hall Market Place , and we can't miss that. So that's where we're figuring on going first, early afternoon; figure oneish...

PROGRESS REPORT New Words : 2350 on chapter 7 ("The Survivors, 1865") of Shenandoah . The wicked plantation owner now has a small army, which he uses to stop a political meeting being held by freedmen (along with burning their church, the meeting site). Total Words : 259250. Reason For Stopping : Had to get ready for today's workout. Book Year : 1866. Mammalian Assistance : Nate checked...

PROGRESS REPORT New Words : My main intention was to rewrite part of the most recent scene, but I did that in about five minutes and so went through the next scene too. Between adding and deleting I came out with a net gain of 800 words, all on chapter 7 ("The Survivors, 1865") of Shenandoah . The good guys make their way back to the meeting of a particular white supremicist "social club" in...

mabfan has posted his writeup of the BCPT , which includes his photo of Willz and me at the end of the event.

Today was the Boston Crossword Puzzle Tournament. They scheduled it for a Sunday, so for the first time, I was able to solve competitively. I got to Harvard around 12:30 and signed in. Got to see lots of NPL Krewefolk, including hahathor , devjoe , jedusor , toonhead_npl , saxikath , Ucaoimhu, LaDo, Dado, and others. mabfan and I decided to sit in...

PROGRESS REPORT New Words : 1400 on chapter 7 ("The Survivors, 1865") of Shenandoah . Finally, the powder keg starts to sizzle as the wicked plantation owner violently evicts several dozen freedmen farmers from property he used to own that was confiscated by the U.S. government. Total Words : 256100. Reason For Stopping : Lunch and getting ready for work. Book Year : 1866. Mammalian...

PROGRESS REPORT New Words : 1050 on chapter 7 ("The Survivors, 1865") of Shenandoah . The angry plantation owner is well on his way to sparking a small war in the Valley. Total Words : 254700. Reason For Stopping : Had to get ready to go to my fitness session. Book Year : 1866. Mammalian Assistance : Friday scratched to get in at first, but I was hard-hearted since I only had a short...

Today is the day that the revised version of the SF Site News Page goes live. The major changes for readers are: The new format (with 100% more blog) will allow me to update the news in a more timely manner Now searchable With added RSS Feed ( For LJ , courtesy of mabfan