Note to Self on Future Hires

So Megan is a drama major? That explains a lot.

Yes, it does. Ms Megan deleted a post of mine on the Beer Week thread. Weird thing is, my post was an EXACT take off on one of the food network TV ladies who was describing chocolate. The only change was that i substituted the word beer for chocolate. Guesses the food network ladies are to racy for drama mama’s.

Mullet: all buisness in the front, all party in the back

"When that August with his heat abate,
And joyners’ shops doth cool of heat,
And tools no more doth sweat their steel,
Then joyners again apply their skill;

When Carpo doth prepare to join,
Persephone on her Hell-ward sojourn,
Then scions of Tekton and heirs of Persephone,
Again strike the line and plane the beam.

With skills of Danaus and Argus too,
Those joyners bring life back to wood,
Once felled and drained of its life-will,
With subtle hands guiding sharpened steel."

That’s what an English degree, passion for woodworking and a few extra minutes will get you. Megan, I still say the author of the Martin Marprelate tracts was the author of Shakepeare’s works. ; )

Chris – what is the thing in the lower right corner of the twin screw vise box?
Adam – Any women who can jump on her own workbench has my vote, word snob or not.
Hoping for a mullet free zone!
Bill

1. There’s an 1970’s reprint? Do tell! (Seconding Gary’s request).

2. We want more titles. My wife requires I spend some time in the house. Grumble… In there, the only interesting thing I can do is read about woodworking.

Whoa! Whoa! Let’s not go overboard! Mullet extensions just scream "poser".

You realize it’s a book. It doesn’t have a cord. Read it outside. Melanoma, shmelanoma. Go for the hearty lumber jack look.

Anyway, I thought that pasty white look was from the glow of your laptop screen because of all the hours you spend posting to this blog.

Adam,
"What cracker is this same that deafs our ears with this abundance of superfluous breath?"

Okay. That’s 2 "witty" comments from me. Maybe I shouldn’t have said yes to that fourth double mocha latte.

I don’t find you boring. Just pretentious. Especially annoying is your usage of words like "fortnight" and "anon". We all know where they came from. Or should I say "who" or is it "whom" Dammit! She’s doing it to me!

I say fire Megan. Poor grammar and bad spelling, along with the male domintaed tunnel vision, so prevalent in woodworking magazines, helped me maintain my sense of superiority. And as we all know, that is the ineviatble goal of all special interest publications. Pecking order.

Adam
P.S. Megan you’re not fooling anyone. Everybody knows Glen Huey can’t formulate a complete sentence. STOP YOUR CONFOUNDED MEDDLING. WE WANT OUR IGNORANT WOODWORKERS BACK!

P.P.S. Stop editting worlds like "Alas" and "exeunt" into my articles!

Early Modern, kinda like Jumbo Shrimp…..

Oooh! Is that from Randle Holme’s Academy of Armory?

Chris, I still like you. In fact the longer I’ve read you, the better I’ve come to like you. Don’t be like everyone else. There are plenty of garden-variety people. They are tanned and make interesting conversation at parties; it’s true. They are not pasty white and "boring" because they have not sequestered themselves to master difficult skills. They have not practiced until they ached from the effort–over and over again. It is this shallowness that makes deeper folk seem uninteresting. Apprehending greatness, or achieving true mastery requires something most people are unwilling to give. Thank you for having taken the road less traveled by. It has made all the difference.