Expect a number of notes today Note#2

[kinzel]

And yes,
thanks for asking...

my stepfather is out of the building... and into another. No longer at the hospital in Westminster, he's now working on rehabilitation in Woodbine, one of those good old Maryland towns suddenly thrown into the 21st century like they never saw it coming.

Scrabble is in the copilot's chair.

1950 is the answer to some recent emails. Official BOF am I.

Questions I've been meaning to ask:

Did you ever even *start* that story you told me you were going to write one day?

Have you ever applied to Clarion (any flavor)?

is it true that:

Vampire writers listen to trance music?
SF writers listen to music of the spheres?
Romance writers listen to country music?
Mystery writers prefer unfinished symphonies?

Will you watch for Friends of Liad breakfast in Montreal this October?

Oh, you are going to be at CON*CEPT
aren't you? Me, Kinzel, Steverino ... I'll be there as far as we know and Rolanni's going to see if she can bend a schedule to make it. Depending on how long the border nonsense takes Montreal ought to take as long to get to as say, AlbaCon, our fairly frequent October convention, of which there isn't one this year.

Hints:

Please don't offer me a Sundae or other really fancy ice cream covered in goo. I don't do goey stuff anymore, it seems. Vanilla ice cream is good. Cheesecake is good. Keylime pie is good.

Pumpkin. I *do* tend to like pumpkin pie, pumpkin milkshakes, pumpkin butter.

Hard question for old-time printing industry types: do you still have a waxer in the closet?

(I do. And wax! I even have spare blades for the exacto!)

Printing geeks: Do you ever look through used equipment listings and see $100,000 pieces of equipment going for "Please haul this junk out of here?"

Have you joined next year's Worldcon yet?

Comments

Hardware

[wdonohue.livejournal.com]

My workplace has a whole print shop that *nearly* went that way. The only people willing to look at a bunch of old offset presses and ancient bindery gear were from South America - and they definitely weren't going for the minimum bid that was listed. Back in 1993, the first place I worked wanted to trade in our Lino 100 for something newer. The Linotype rep laughed at them, as they had warehouses stuffed with used 100's that had become very expensive doorstops. And Progress Marches On...

-- Brian out --

[wouldyoueva.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry your stepfather was in the hospital in Westminster at all. I have horror stories from there. Hope rehab in Woodbine works out better.

[(Anonymous)]

Happy Birthday! I shall toast you over a fresh made strawberry-rhubarb pie. I hope that will suffice.

I'm glad your stepfather is doing better. I hope he heals quickly and well.

I haven't paid Worldcon yet. But I will. If you come to Denver, I will find you and introduce myself. I may even beg for signatures since I have all your books.

I found your "Special Episode: Electric Words" podcast and very much enjoyed listening to it. Having been with you since Embiid, I'm in total agreement with you on DRM. It gets in the way. I'm vastly relieved to have been able to get all your work in an unencrypted format from Baen. Thank you for making that format available.

Should you decide to offer _Web of the Trident_ as another "Story bowl" book, please know that you can count on me for a subscription.

Adrianne

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Thanks Eva,

given my parents address the choices they have for hospitals are whatever Baltimore County General is or became and Westminster...
and given locations of some of my siblings, they choose CC.

Rehab so far sound useful. We all cross fingers, yes.

Late Again

[baggette.livejournal.com]

I missed your birthday, but it was for a good cause.....
I'm in Pennsylvania this week for a wedding and alumni week at HS # 1. Had a marvelous time yesterday celebrating the school's new wing at the 100th Julbilee Gala.
I'm off today to do some sight seeing. Old haunts need visiting.
Hope you had a wonderful day and will have a marvelous year! (And you don't look nearly that old-how do you do that?)
Best,
Baggy

[drammar.livejournal.com]

Had a printing company that we closed in 1993 -- kept the waxer and the wax and they've never been out of the storage closet. Used to love the smell of wax, though. Don't miss the printing equipment, but I sure do wish I still had the bindery stuff available.

Was talking to some young thing about doing a layout for something or other and used the term "paste-up" and you'd have thought I had spoken in some foreign language or another. Which led to a discussion of why the paste function on a computer is called paste, which led to a discussion of why call it pasted when wax was used, etc.

And never you mind, 1950 is NOT "that old" -- we share a birth year and I know my brain is still young. Now if I could just get my body to agree!

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Had one newspaper of my own, supplied some equipment to several others I was working on/editing/had small investments in. I bought waxer almost accidentally at a pawnshop ... (walked in with my older brother, who always had a "pre-engagement" ring to hand, IIRC and needed a new one as the previous evening had been a downer) .. and there it was. I was doing some freelance ad works and ... and it reached out and grabbed me, I swear. I *did not* buy the silly headliner, having fought with one for far too long,with far too poor results over time...

I did use the waxer once these last ten years, I think. Still keeping it!