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StoryNoir: Magnum Opus for Grandkids—Part I

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Secret places in everyday. Thursday, January 31, 2013. Magnum Opus for Grandkids—Part I. Naturally, I went with the better half. I wanted to write something for the grandkids, a magnum opus. Then I could teach them that times change at the same time as times don’t change, that greed prevails, and love is amazing, and night lasts only awhile, a new day comes, that sort of thing. I wanted to have my say! Microsoft, it said, who the hell is Microsoft? Oh, you can fold it up and carry it around? 8220;Oh,&#82...

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StoryNoir: The Philosophy of StoryNoir

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Secret places in everyday. Saturday, February 21, 2015. The Philosophy of StoryNoir. Why should I feel like a lunatic for reading a book and actually believing in it? Even worse, suppose I am writing the book? That's what I mean by realism: not what comes and goes but rather the patterns that are incessantly THERE. The guys who are out of balance will disappear. But you'll show up. Then I’d screw around with it and keep it in my back pocket. Leaves of Grass. Plenty of good reading there, I used to tell m...

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StoryNoir: Narrator!

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Secret places in everyday. For more stories and up-to-date info on the Western Maine foothills go to Narrator! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Don't forget to check out my story pages tabbed directly above. You might have a few minutes to read a short story. If you are interested in reading more of my stories, there is a good collection here. Magnum Opus for Grandkids—Part I. What About the Internet? Thomas Williams, Author. 160;                       Ab...Goats from Another Planet. 160;      ...160; &#...

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StoryNoir: Just Testing

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Secret places in everyday. Thursday, March 19, 2015. Let me say first of all to anybody interested in my personal testimony: for launching apps the hybrid is equally quick as the SSD. I am unable to detect any difference. Also, I am unable to detect any difference between the OWC SATA3 Extreme (I love these names! Dependable. Dropbox, for instance, may not be in a big hurry to adapt the newer version. To Linux. The newer version. My hardware is old and most users would say sub-adequate. I don't have ...

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StoryNoir: Computer Work

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Secret places in everyday. Sunday, June 23, 2013. If you really get into the chores you can climb (descend? 8212;for the “root” seems to be at the top) the “directory tree” and become “a power user”. This is a simple Emacs window. This is a little more complex. There are fifteen files instantly at hand. You have to buy the disks. Could go you a little piece of change. These things don't come from Microsoft and Apple for free. What? That piece of junk is not worth sixty bucks, or however much the disks co...

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StoryNoir: Essays

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Secret places in everyday. The wind blustered all night,. When you ask people who do work outdoors in close association with nature about these persistent dilemmas, they seem confused, even aghast. Our planet is a small miracle of the cosmos. That fact becomes more and more evident as astronomers are able to learn about it. Might not an ignorance here or there break its delicate relationships? At any rate why take the chance? For more go here. I am all about I/O. So on this day I am retired. There is an ...

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StoryNoir: Junker Driver Part 2

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Secret places in everyday. Tuesday, January 22, 2013. Junker Driver Part 2. A JT (Junker Turismo) hits you in the face. It's the car that is parked under the tree with bird shit sprinkled all over it. It is easily more than ten years old; the mileage on the speedo says 150 thousand, but the mileage gauge got broke a long time ago. The compression has dropped by 25% or so and it might be using a quart of oil every thousand miles. Maybe it belongs to you, you old junker driver! At that time the Japs glutte...

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StoryNoir: Books

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Secret places in everyday. Thomas Williams, Writer. Real Reading- Part 1. Real Reading- Part 2. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Don't forget to check out my story pages tabbed directly above. You might have a few minutes to read a short story. If you are interested in reading more of my stories, there is a good collection here. Magnum Opus for Grandkids—Part I. What About the Internet? Computer Work Learning how to do any meaningful work on your computer when youre starting from scratch takes awhile. . 160; ...

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StoryNoir: Thomas Williams, Author

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Secret places in everyday. Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Thomas Williams, Author. One day in 1966 I happened. To walk into Thomas Williams' Freshmen English class at the University of New Hampshire. I was just a kid. I had chained my motorcycle to the tennis court fence in front of East Hall, and I was struggling to be a student. Tom was an expert writer with several published books, one of which Town Burning. 1974) He shared the National Book Award with Robert Stone that year— Dog Soldiers. Now almost f...

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StoryNoir: Philosophy and Mr Miller

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Secret places in everyday. Saturday, February 7, 2015. Philosophy and Mr Miller. Finally, the big day came when the fuel truck drove into the dooryard. I said, "I want half-and-half." "You sure you want half-and-half? First cold day, Mr Miller stopped and refused to start again. They tell you to bleed the fuel line. But suppose something is wrong with the pump? Heating oil treatment poured into the tank helps. I guess it works; so far it has seemed to. Trickery by modern chemistry. What an ugly picture!