From a little over 20 years back? Four (kwatro-sinko). Only one point that stuck me, though, of the “4 site I frequent daily?” One, two are offline, and the other, at one time mega-tech portal? I haven’t visited in a decade or more.
Then there’s my own site.
Behind the scenes. The stage crew at work. Executive producer, bottle washer, boom operator, key grip. All of that, and more? Chief code cowboy.
But first? Blast from the past.
What is the magic that makes this work? Have to believe in magic, to begin with, and the rest is easy. Prompted by a marketing e-mail from a small operation, it detailed the costs, the materials, the labor, and then, the storage, shipping, all of that. From growing in the dirt through the process of refining, and onto a finished product, handcrafted, the details, the individual steps — everything was illuminated in glorious, painstaking detail.
I stumbled onto WordPress around ’08. It was the third or fourth “blog motor” I toyed with, first running my experimental weblog, and then, porting the horoscopes over to the motor as it made more sense from a technical perspective.
Better delivery system. More control over the output. Seemed most “future-proof,” at the time.
The WordPress motor (software) seemed quite modular, and that offered a way to customize the appearance so it didn’t look like a WordPress site. Even better.
What’s missing from the answer to what’s “underneath the hood?” The original point wasn’t about the software, but the inner-workings. That remains a little more of a mystery. More magic, less technical.
I write in an online editor thing. Hooks straight into my various WordPress installations.
As simple as can be, that’s what’s underneath the hood.
I write on the screen. The place I type turns that into a weblog-style entry, and that material gets posted.
Disclosures, privacy policy, & the fineprint…
It’s not the quantity of the errors, it’s the quality of the errors?
Several elements collided then colluded, crashing in my cranium. Early morning walk, the summer’s lease hot in the air, and then? Cicada. Cicadas. The universal noise of summer. The song of my summers.
Crawl out of the earth’s womb; shed a layer of skin; scream for three days; die.
Cicadas: the songs of my people. I found the brass pen holder online (Etsy) — as a perfect reminder of the songs of my people.
Yeah, from 21 years back, “Road Reflections.”
21 Years, tenure X 2? Plus one?
Venus into Libra 8/6 2:13 PM
Mercury into Leo 8/9 11:29 AM
New Moon 8/12 12:38 PM 20°1’ Leo solar eclipse
Sun into Virgo 8/22 9:19 PM
Mercury into Virgo 8/25 6:05 AM
Full Moon 8/27 11:20 PM 4°54’ Virgo/Pisces lunar eclipse
Eagles Nest
1235 Basse Rd
San Antonio, TX 78212
Store phone: 210-354-7343
11 AM – 4 PM
Sharpe and Walker, book 2.
“Where do you get that crap?”
“Spenser.” She took her head off his damp chest so she could look at him, but she didn’t let go and neither did he.
“Who is Spenser?”
“He’s a Boston private eye whose girlfriend is a psychiatrist. She’s always telling him that kind of stuff and that she accepts the risks that come from his gallant pursuits.” Page 139.
Only two mentions in the book that I recall, so it wasn’t a running gag, but as a recurrent theme? Pretty funny. That I read the bulk of the Spenser series, almost compulsively? Made this funnier, to me.
When I would “put the book down,” as this is only digital ink, digital library, but when I would stop reading the text, I kept thinking about characters, settings, plot line, the story, and what might happen next.
While this one was available for a while, I waited until it popped up the amazon “free” list. Regular library doesn’t carry much of this modern pulp-like material. But the way it got under my skin? I think there’s a style and structure that could be studied, a master class in how to hook, keep, and serve a reader.
The peeks provided by amazon and the author’s afterword indicate that the writer was a TV writer, first., Hence the pacing, but the eye for details, what points are revealed, no wasted verbiage, with ear for dialogue, just made it more enjoyable.
The fact that I’ve been stalking this text online, waiting for it to appear at either a library or the “free to me” section is merely window dressings.
Previously: Calico
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Eagles Nest
1235 Basse Rd
San Antonio, TX 78212
Store phone: 210-354-7343
11 AM – 4 PM
Venus into Libra 8/6 2:13 PM
Mercury into Leo 8/9 11:29 AM
New Moon 8/12 12:38 PM 20°1’ Leo solar eclipse
Sun into Virgo 8/22 9:19 PM
Mercury into Virgo 8/25 6:05 AM
Full Moon 8/27 11:20 PM 4°54’ Virgo/Pisces lunar eclipse
Old prediction. From back in the day, something about Toyota being all hybrid by 2012.
But they did start making trucks in Texas.
Granted, I’m no connoisseur when it comes to coffee, but I am an avid consumer? I know what I like, and the first, most obvious, way to test a place that is new to me?
Order an espresso.
Really simple. It’s the basic test, not a fruity, orange foam blueberry white chocolate mocha drizzled with caramel, no, just an espresso. Not worried if there are hints of stone fruit and cocoa, with an elderberry finish, no, not like that all.
Order an espresso.
“For here?”
Yes, please.
Points for cut crystal stemware. More points for warming the glassware on hot summer’s morning, the outdoor setting was fast approaching “broil.” But the stemware was filled with a set of hot water so the espresso stays warm, longer. Marriage. Married? Don’t recall the exact term.
With the creama floating down, it gave the espresso itself a slightly blood-red hue.
I went back for seconds. It was that good. Don’t know anything about other than it has the “Goth” vibe.
Lovely place. Highly recommended. Just ask for a shot of espresso to drink there.
Gravves Coffee
2106 McCullough Ave
San Antonio, TX 78212