Heinlein Everywhere!

I was visiting Bogie’s blog and found that she had done one of the Quizilla tests. This time, it was “Which Heinlein Book Should You Have Been a Character In?
It seems she and I have a lot in common. We both came up with this:
The cat who walks through walls
You belong in the Cat Who Walks Through Walls. You
are creative and cunning. Your works often
feel empty to you, though others love them.
You suspect that the universe and everyone in
it are just characters in someone else’s story.

Which Heinlein Book Should You Have Been A Character In?
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I was browsing in another blog…it might have been the Vodka Pundit or Quit That, and came across a list of 50 Things a Man Needs to Know How to Do. It was a great list, and I wish I could direct you to it. The comments that followed were enlightening, too, but the one that I enjoyed most was this quote from Lazarus Long in the book “Time Enough For Love”:
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
I have a lot to learn, and I might become a vegetarian before I butcher a hog, but the rest is worth attempting.

Serenity pictures

I’m practicing on pictures today, so I thought I would share two close-ups of the Serenity with you. This is a picture of her bow:
Serenity bow2.jpg
And this is a picture of her belaying pins, midships.
Serenity belaying pins2.jpg

Simplify

I feel another bout of simplification coming on. It happens every time I get to sit down with my newest copy of “Real Simple.” This magazine has come along just at a time in my life when I long to get back to the nitty gritty. It has guidelines for simplifying every aspect of life. Usually I pay attention to those which simplify chores. Anyone in his right mind wants to make chores easier so they can get on to the good things in life.
But….this time the item that caught my eye was on multitasking.

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