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| Interior of a library, from Boethius |
I do appreciate the few who actually stop by here daily², but ...
Be back in a day or so, or not. This blogging thing is becoming wearisome.
Perhaps I'm just in a bad mood.
We'll see what a good night's sleep does.
Going on the road Sunday, grandchildren are involved. Might help my morale.
Who knows?
Ciao.
¹ I n a bad mood, maybe ...
² All 90 of you as of 1830 Friday ...
Enjoy those grandkids Sarge and keep an eye out for those other drivers on the trip, driving skills for so many have gone out the window since the Pandemic. Nobody Sarge? We, the few.......the tired....the sore.....(spent yesterday working in the yard and clearing/prepping the garden out)......the bifocaled......read this site every day and give thanks for all the thought and effort put into this blog.........:)
ReplyDeleteHate to say it but the driving skills of your average American, while better than most in the world, were never that great to begin with. In Little Rhody they were really bad. But yes, after covid everyone seemed to get a lot worse. (Caveat, I drove in Germany for seven and a half years, the Germans really do know how to drive. The rest of Europe, worse than us, far worse.)
DeleteI was being really crabby yesterday, all the yard work getting done before traveling didn't help. But the blog reads were WAY down on Friday. The faithful were in attendance (like you) but I guess everyone else was celebrating May Day, or something.
You have to do what's best for you and your family.
ReplyDeleteBut l'm reminded of an anecdote by RA Heinlein. He started writing to pay off his mortgage. Task accomplished, he stopped writing. After about a month he was feeing out of sorts. He mentioned it to one of the circle of friends who were also SiFi writers. "Do you know any retired writers?" the friend asked. "What's that got to do with it?" "Well, you know retired accountants, retired doctors, etc. but no retired writers." "So?" "Once you start writing, it gets in your blood, it's an addiction. We can't NOT write." A few weeks later, he started writing again, suddenly all was good with the world.
I think you're still adjusting to being retired.
Is a writer a writewright?
Yes, this writing thing is addictive, whenever I take time off, I get antsy after a couple of days. Which will be happening in the coming couple of weeks. But as the kids are still in school, I should have some time, provided I have anything to write about.
DeleteI’m here every day! I don’t comment much, true. But I find the military fiction entertaining and educational, and it often prompts me to do more reading.
ReplyDeleteYes, you're one of the faithful, the few, the proud, the Chanters. I do need to get back to the Franco-Prussian War, my creativity stalled out in the face of yardwork!
DeleteSarge,
ReplyDelete1) Stick forward
2) Ailerons and rudder neutral
3) If not recovered, maintain full forward stick and deploy drag chute.
Out of control Bold Face for “Our” jet, the F-4. Worked to get the Phantom back under control. It’s been my mental mantra to get things back under control when events are spinning out of it. Had to memorize it exactly as printed in the Dash-1. Haven’t forgotten it still.
Translated— Hang in there Sarge. Things will get better. Take some R&R, you’ve earned it!
“juvat out!”
The yardwork was much more enervating than I had anticipated. Put me in a flat spin it did!
DeleteI hope Mr. Heinlin is write, or whatever. However, you and your family come first and we will survive. Trying to track Virgil in the real world. I believe that I did it a few years ago, but I have no notes and no memory. I will keep trying for a while and see what comes up. Mark
ReplyDeleteI am awfully worried about old Virgil. Thanks for chasing that down, Mark!
DeleteCrusty Old TV Tech here. Been lurking, but rather busy of late both at work and at home. The Powers That Be are requiring all working for a certain employer to re-apply for their existing job with another, so much scrambling for old documents, resume writing, etc. has been happening here. To top it all off, I wished to post a comment a few days ago, and got the "thy post, it has not been made so!" message multiple times...hopefully this gets through. Juvat's Dash-1 recovery technique seems like a good place to start. And, I was loving the Franco-Prussian War story. That was a conflict that basically laid the foundation for WW1 and WWII (not WW Eleven...), you found an interesting way to tell the story, retroactively.
ReplyDeleteLol, World War Eleven ... She is really something isn't she, and not in a good way.
DeleteYour "The Powers That Be" sound like a real piece of work, re-apply for the job you already have, I have heard of such nonsense. Probably the CEO's idiot brother-in-law deleted all the existing files. I've seen that happen!
Long time visitor, almost never comment, but you are a daily read and are much appreciated!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dave. I do rely on the hard core Chanters for my morale. I can count on the Old Guard, I also need to stop looking at Blogger's statistics, I know they're way off and horrible but still ...
DeleteNice avatar, love the BUFF!