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Calendar Event Discussion / Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« on: July 10, 2012, 02:37:34 AM »
I'm so glad I have another Denver vote!

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Author Craft / Re: Favorite names you've seen used recently?
« on: July 10, 2012, 01:53:05 AM »
My current fave is Felix Castor. His friends call him Fix. I like that.

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Calendar Event Discussion / Re: Where would YOU like Jim to appear?
« on: April 27, 2012, 05:09:32 AM »
Denver. Denver. Denver.

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The Bar / Re: The Brewmaster is in.
« on: April 14, 2012, 02:06:05 AM »
Just remember to use the right bottle for the right product.
A friend told a story of one of her friends who decided to try to make champagne.
Only problem was that he hadn't realized that champagne bottles are built heavily for
a very basic reason - to contain the pressure, and he used ordinary wine bottles.
He'd put his bottles in the garage and he started hearing loud noises from the garage.
There was a side door and he looked in before opening the main door.
The pressure of the bubbles was literally blowing the bottom off the wine bottles and launching
them like glass rockets.
Wisely he just closed the door and went away until all the crashing noises stopped.

We had some blueberry mead go horribly wrong and two or three of the bottles popped their corks (synthetic too - if you know what a PITA those things are to get out normally you have a good idea of the pressure involved). We refrigerated them after that so the yeastie beasties would stop fermenting and ended up with some pretty good blueberry champagne out of it. Of course, you had to be VERY careful opening them!

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The Bar / Re: Regarding the chatroom
« on: April 05, 2012, 05:36:49 AM »
Well, I feel infinitely better about that, then. Still, kind of sad it's not around. Oh well.

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The Bar / Re: Regarding the chatroom
« on: April 05, 2012, 03:36:39 AM »
Apparently I am full of fail, but could someone point me in the general direction of this chatroom?

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DF Books / Re: Shirt Quotes
« on: April 05, 2012, 03:28:18 AM »
Does it have to be a quote?  Or would you be open to suggestions such as:

(front) The first rule of fairy maid service is you do not talk about fairy maid service.

(back) The Dresden Files.  Good clean fun.

Okay, I totally want this!

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The Bar / Re: Edumacation And Enlearnment
« on: April 05, 2012, 03:05:41 AM »
I have a B.A. in English and a B.S. in Accounting. (I got my former employer to pay for the accounting degree - never let anyone tell you a liberal arts degree is a waste of time - apparently it qualifies you for a job in accounting. But my work history is the most random thing on the planet.)

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Author Craft / Re: Author In Progress
« on: April 04, 2012, 04:35:10 AM »
I've been "working on my novel" since I was fourteen (okay, granted, the "novel" has changed, merged, and evolved in the last 30  years) but I now feel that I am actually "working on my novel". I'm not giving out details, but I hope to actually get it done this year, and then figure out how to publish it. We'll see.

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