I’m prophylactically taking antibiotics after having a tooth pulled. Wouldn’t that make me immune to food poisoning? The thought came to mind after wondering about a slice of pizza that may have been in the refrigerator longer than is perhaps wise. It’s seems logical, but I’m not going to purposefully put it to the test.Continue reading “Can I Eat Rotten Food?”
Author Archives: Mark
ESFY?
I’ve been trying to figure out how to protect Earth from the greater multiverse. We’re the n00bs. There are civilizations out there that have been doing this for literal billions of years. I’ve written the post about “multiverses are really big” and “there is no such thing as ‘no one cares’” because in population ofContinue reading “ESFY?”
Tooth Fairy
Well, that was fun. My teeth are fine. My jawbone is apparently not. I had a molar pulled, yesterday. First, it is very important to be clear: Thank G*d for anesthesia. While I didn’t feel “nothing”, the entire process – about four hours – was fine on the jaw/tooth front. I also felt as ifContinue reading “Tooth Fairy”
Totally Stealing This
The week after the meeting had actually gone incredibly well. What a way to start a chapter! Bam! A week has passed. I hate both documenting every day and blithely jumping forward. That’s a bit of a conundrum. Right now, I’ve got 39 days in 26 chapters, which is pretty much every day. A lot,Continue reading “Totally Stealing This”
Structure Two
There’s always a two. The “one” is way back in January. I had good thoughts. I’ve made some decisions, since. At least book two is going to be continuing chapter numbers. The so-far unnamed and unranked army guy arriving in the first snowfall is going to end book one. Book two will pick up immediately.Continue reading “Structure Two”
What I Wanted To Be
When I was in high school, I wanted to be a scientist. I didn’t have any particular field in mind, but Tom Swift Jr and Tom Corbett were my ideal, so more physics/engineering than chemistry/biology. As it turned out, I’m smart, but not that smart. It might have been possible, but it would have beenContinue reading “What I Wanted To Be”
Dumb Charity Crap
I don’t give much money to charities because so much is staff salary, but that’s not what this is about. There is some charity out there that collects the pop-tops from aluminum cans – those pop-tops that were purposefully designed to not come off. Apparently, they, whomever “they” are, get $50 per pound for them.Continue reading “Dumb Charity Crap”
Chapter 19 Has Fallen Before Me
Finally. What used to be the problematic Chapter 18 is now chapters 18, 19, and 20 – and they are all done. 21 and 22 were mostly done, already. A new chapter 23 got injected. It’s not done. Looking up the link, that took almost four months. Tempus has fugitted. I’m not in any particularContinue reading “Chapter 19 Has Fallen Before Me”
Quotes of the Day (1)
I’m trying to decide if I want to start aggregating them and doing a weekly post. Here’s the latest (from an HFY story): You fight to annihilate. You do not view war as a spiritual trial; you view it as an engineering problem. This editing page has been open most of the week and that’sContinue reading “Quotes of the Day (1)”
24 Cookies
I just put 24 cookies in the oven. (Ghirardelli Coffee Dark Chocolate Chip cookies.) Cookies are generally counted in dozens, so 24 is 2 dozen + 4 aka twenty eight. For those of you who don’t deal with non-base-10 number systems, this can be confusing. The digits work the same way base-10 digits do. TheContinue reading “24 Cookies”
