Well finally, here we are with another photo blog!

Look around, around

Is there any way to embed pictures in a story and have text wrap around them?

Turn your computer against COVID.

Your computer can turn its other-wise unused processing power to the fight against COVID. Researchers attacking COVID are turning to us, ordinary people, to supply some of the computing power.

The University of California at Berkeley offers “BOINC”, (https://boinc.berkeley.edu/), a science manager that runs in the background on your machine, managing research programs to fight COVID. These science research programs won’t hurt or slow your machine (they step aside when you use your machine.)

Look I'm sorry, but a girl has to eat!

Does anybody have any contact with Bailey Summers ?
The last thing they write "I have to drop out from the contest" in late January 2019 for heavy dose of the flu and cold, mixed with R.L.
That's more than one year with no contact...!

Peace and Love tmf

yes, its that time of the week again!

Dang, where did the evening go?

now on Amazon!

I found the following event and thought it might be of interest to writers and aspiring writers. There are also some additional virtual book events that will take place in May.

Neil Gaiman in Conversation with N. K. Jemisin: May 2

Now that many of us are six or more weeks into our new, and hopefully temporary, normal of social distancing and lockdowns, I wanted to make an observation.

Or as we say in GOC, its siling it down!

but is it the end of summer?

It's a bit controversional because of some comites / groups that are just a bit on the nationalist / right wing / phobic side but tomorrow, April 25th, is ANZAC day.2020.

It's a day I try to keep in mind each year.

The war from 14-18 also known as World War 1 or the War to end all wars wasn't just a 'thing' for Europe. Gallipoli is one of the most infamous especially in the ANZAC coutries. But soldiers of all over the commonwealth, the colonies served in 'Flanders' fields. Almost every skin collor know to man served 'next' to each other down in those trenches.

my apologies

The majority won't understand what this is about. Some will. This is for those few. WD and a few other HD mfg are adding shingling to some of their drives. It's raising havoc with the RAID build. This drive will work as a stand alone in a personal computer. It won't work in a mirrored array. I doubt it could even be cloned and used that way as it does not work well or get along with normal drives. If none of this makes sense, ignore it, you aren't one of those who will be running into problems with these HDs. What ticks me off is the companies weren't informing the buyers.

Other than the obvious benefit of the quarantine, there is a side affect. I do not have to worry about people dropping in unexpectedly and catching me in mutually awkward attire.

For the first time I was able to wear a dress for Easter service. One benefit of shelter in place, online church service.

I love so many stories on this site, but I tend to concentrate on the older stories because they are complete.

In a recent blog someone mentioned how many good new stories there were... So I'm asking for some recommendations from the newer stories (which probably encompasses anything in the past few years) .

I prefer longer or complete stories. If it's incomplete, hopefully it has a regularish update.

I read pretty much anything, but I'd prefer no forced sissification or humiliation.

Thanks in advance!

Maryanne Peters' "LumberJackie" story reminded me of another story that I am pretty sure is somewhere on the Top Shelf here at Big Closet

Most importantly I can't remember if this actually happened in the story or was a story used within the story
(you know the type 'Take Care of your tools & they'll take care of you', and just because it worked last time it was used doesn't mean you don't carry out safety checks before use)

Person goes out for cut wood for the houses fires for winter and the chainsaws chain breaks and injures the person.

This afternoon (actually just a few minutes ago), when I tried to get to Big Closet Top Shelf, my Malwarebytes gave the following warning and blocked the site:

Website blocked due to reputation

Website blocked: bigclosetr.us
Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocked this website because it may contain malware activity.
We strongly recommend you do not continue.

In spite of this warning, I have connected daily for about a decade without problems (except occasionally having to reenter my password), so I told Malwarebytes not to block it in the future.

In my dreams!

Typical bigoted response. I'm so disappointed in the way this girl and her parents were treated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGcouu-4VDk

Covid 19.

Do >Not< Screw Around With This One.

I have a fire-fighter friend on ambulance duty. He's had people die on him while in transport to hospital, or while he is doing CPR on them.

I asked his Wife to give him all the he support he needs.

USA deaths for those infected running at 1+ %
World deaths for those infected running at 4+ %

I think I'm just gonna have a drink, go to bed, and if I'm lucky, cry ...