Waiting on charcoal (zaibatsu.circumlunar.space), 04/24/2020
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I know very little about cooking with charcoal, but I know that last
time I tried, everything tasted bad because I didn't wait long enough.
So, here I am, waiting longer this time. I figured I'd write something
real quick, even if we're just cooking hotdogs tonight. We would have
made a fire in the pit, but it rained today and the wood is all wet.
We just use black walnut branches that fall from the trees (hey, they
have to go somewhere). Charcoal isn't nearly as interesting, but we
can do that under the back patio roof.
Or is it a porch? Not, it's a deck. Maybe it's also a patio or porch,
I don't want to look in the dictionary right now.
I managed to get draft 5 of the book finished today. I sent it off to
a friend to read. If you like to read and you're not married to a
particular genre, email me and I'll send you a copy. I'm trying to
work the bugs out while I write book 2/3, then I'll put them both on
Amazon at the same time. I'd try to get a literary agent interested,
but their virtue signaling scares me. I just want to write fiction, I
don't want to re-write humanity or champion social justice. It's just
a story. That's OK, Amazon is the big scary retailer anyway.
There are two letters I need to write, but I've been avoiding it
because I'm lazy. Sorry to you both, if you're reading this.
The family is upstairs watching Phantom of the Opera, the somewhat
recent movie version (2004), not the play. I really like the diva
Carlotta in that version, played by Minnie Driver, she's hilarious.
Apparently I'm getting older, if 2004 feels somewhat recent.
Watched several really odd 80's movies recently. Two stand out:
"The Peanut Butter Solution" Explorers"
I can only recommend the first, because it's bizarre enough to be
funny. Explorers is OK because of the retro computing vibe, but it is
trying a little too hard to be normal. The Peanut Butter Solution is
just plain nuts. And, it's Canadian, so there's that.
Ok, time to check that charcoal... take care of yourselves, fellow
gophers!
