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John Burridge: Tilt-A-Whirl
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Mystery BEGUILEMENT portents WONDER awe CONNECTION majesty SURPRISE. Monday, July 27, 2015. We rode on the Tilt-A-Whirl. The ride was invented in 1910 in Minnesota; the factory there still makes the ride and parts. I think I rode for a little too long in the Tilt-A-Whirl. Pulling several G's while our car whirled around was fun while it lasted, but once we got out, I didn't feel so good. When we got home, I needed a little mint tea to help settle my stomach. Labels: Lane County Fair. When Magic Goes Wrong.
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John Burridge: More Ankh Goodness
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Mystery BEGUILEMENT portents WONDER awe CONNECTION majesty SURPRISE. Saturday, July 25, 2015. The ankh saga continues. since I had an SVG file created by Inkscape (see yesterday's post), that meant I could import it into Blender, turn the vectors into a manifest mesh, and then render the design as a 3-D object. I like the first image because the blue light behind makes the ankh look like it is descending from space, or like there's some mystic teleportation going on. The third image has some hour-glass s...
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John Burridge: Late July Journal
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Mystery BEGUILEMENT portents WONDER awe CONNECTION majesty SURPRISE. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Monday, I did 20 minutes (145 cal) on the elliptical, ten min (100 cal) on the rowing machine, and 20 assisted dips and 10 assisted chin-ups. Downstairs, I did pec-flies (3 sets of 12 reps at 40 lbs), lat pulls (3 sets of 12 reps at 80 lbs), and 20 curl-ups. Then I had to leave a little early. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Writing Credits and Bio. Machine of Death Markets (or Not.). When Magic Goes Wrong.
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John Burridge: Happy Summer Ides!
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Mystery BEGUILEMENT portents WONDER awe CONNECTION majesty SURPRISE. Sunday, August 02, 2015. We're (more or less) halfway between the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox. Traditionally, Lammas falls on August 1. Astronomically, the day exactly between the times of equinox and solstice moves around and could be August 4. which it turns out is a different day when the sun is 11.75 degrees above the equator. Labels: ides of summer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Writing Credits and Bio. Thursday,...
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John Burridge: Post Greasy Food Dream
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Mystery BEGUILEMENT portents WONDER awe CONNECTION majesty SURPRISE. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Post Greasy Food Dream. I don't know if it was the Sprite, the sweet potato fries or the ranch dressing, but I didn't sleep so well Tuesday night and dreamed a lot of jumbled dreams. I was really glad to see him. He looked pretty good; he was restored to how I remembered him from 2007. I very much wanted to ask him what it had been like being dead because, Writing Research! Questions he probably got all the time.
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John Burridge: More Fair Rides
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Mystery BEGUILEMENT portents WONDER awe CONNECTION majesty SURPRISE. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. I rode this. It was a little more alarming than I thought it would be, mostly because I was very conscious of how I was about nine stories above pavement, and how I was held in place with a little metal pin. I pretended I was skydiving, which helped a little. The centripetal force pulled my feet sideways, which didn't help. Every so often, the ride made a sideways shiver motion, which was disconcerting. Working O...
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John Burridge: The Lost Book of Art
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Mystery BEGUILEMENT portents WONDER awe CONNECTION majesty SURPRISE. Thursday, August 06, 2015. The Lost Book of Art. Oh dear. Wednesday morning when I was packing up for the day, I discovered that I had misplaced my Book of Art. I'm assuming I left it at Turtles, when I pulled it out to sketch a combination desk/chair/shelf some other Wordos were talking about. I guess that I when I got up to pay, I left the Book on the table. Labels: Book of Art. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 9809; Im a Capricorn...
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John Burridge: Aug 30 Journal
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Mystery BEGUILEMENT portents WONDER awe CONNECTION majesty SURPRISE. Thursday, July 30, 2015. We're on day two of a three-day heat advisory here. It's supposed to be in the low 100's. Cooling the house becomes an arcane art involving monitoring the inside temperature, the sunrise, the outside temperature, synchronized watering, opening openings in the house, and closing all the openings in the house. We should install an exhaust fan in our attic space one of these days. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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John Burridge: Leviathan Dreams
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Mystery BEGUILEMENT portents WONDER awe CONNECTION majesty SURPRISE. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. Today's dream word is "leviathan." I'd been dreaming a while, but all I remember was that I had been a very large ocean going vessel, but now I was back in my human body and it was a very small thing swimming in a very large ocean. I thought about writing, but I had a feeling that would really. OK, I did have to force myself to get up at 5:50 to make tea and start writing. but I did manage to (after a bit o...
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