Turntable Troubles – Part Two

Blog Post No. 473

This is the second of a two part blog post. You should probably start with the first one, but I’m not your supervisor. I left off having ordered a turntable that originally went with the old stereo system that my brother had given me years ago. Though, things don’t always go as planned.

The first turntable came from Salt Lake City. I looked like it was in good shape in the add and while it was a little pricey for a used turntable (mostly due to shipping) it wasn’t unreasonable. Unfortunately, it never arrived. I tried to contact the seller, but didn’t get a reply. Thankfully, after an email, ebay refunded my money. I spent a little time looking in places other than ebay, but the few that I had found were far away and most people weren’t interested in shipping them.

Writing To Music

Blog Post No. 465

I’m no musician, but music has always played a big role in my life. I really struggle when I don’t have music playing when I sit down to write. I’m sure I’ve mentioned many times that some days I spend as much time choosing what to listen to while I write as I do actually writing. A few times when Adventure Worlds was getting started, I would forget to bring headphones with me when the group got together to write. It seems a little pathetic, but I would really struggle on those days. Eventually, I bought a cheap pare of earbuds to keep in my backpack so that I always have some when I go out writing. (Not that I’ve been able to do that for some time).

Multi-Topic (Because one wasn’t enough)

Blog No. 196

The last few weeks have been stuffed full of tasks needing my attention. More than writing or publishing, I’ve had work, family, and general domestic responsibilities come home to roost. I’m not sure if any one of them is worthy of being a blog post on its own, but perhaps together they can make up the approximation of one. As usual, I’m not necessarily sure where I’m going from here. It may just be a list of stuff I’ve been doing (not including all the slacking off I manage to fit in throughout the week. But that could be fun right?

Daylight Saving Time is a Jerk

Blog No. 173

Daylight savings sucks. What the heck world (or at least countries who follow the archaic rule). There has been study after study about how daylight savings is a bad thing. Productivity goes down, accidents go up, people are inevitably late (or early depending on the season) and sleep cycles are put out of whack for weeks if not longer. It costs money and I believe it shortens people’s lives. And for what? An extra hour of sunlight? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for that sunlight, but at what cost? Besides, it’s already been figured out that we’d get the benefits of the time shift all year. So why only do it in the summer? Let’s make this switch our last and stay at the hour ahead forever.