Posted By RichC on January 24, 2022
This is not the usual kind of Music Monday. Michael Winslow and folk pop-musician Odd Nordstoga performed “Whole Lotta Love” on the Norwegian talk show back in 2011 (mp4)… although just recently saw it! A crazy talented “voice and microphone” artist.
Posted By RichC on January 23, 2022
Right-Click to download the full 2649 x 3288 Hubble photograph of spiral galaxy
NGC 976. It’s located 150 million light-years away, in the constellation Aries.
Posted By RichC on January 22, 2022
Archiving a couple office update photos after completing the crown molding, painting and “test” fitting of my new Samsung TV that Brenda bought me for Christmas. I also mounted the Yamaha soundbar on a couple special brackets so that the wires, etc remain behind the “skinny” television.
As for the crown molding after making the jig, it went smoothly … so obviously using a jig (actually it is a “fixture”) is the way to cut them … although this was a “penny wise, pound foolish” purchase on my part – bought very cheap Wayfair clearance crown molding material (never again – don’t be tempted).
Also … noticed the half-staff list of days arrived in my email box and since I regularly raise and lower the flag in front of our house, wanted to post it.
Posted By RichC on January 21, 2022
The hefty book (1139 pages) that I tried to finish by the end of 2021 is finally done (halfway into January 2022) … so now in that same World War II Pacific vein, I’m starting Martha MacCallum’s “Unknown Valor” this week. I remember hearing about it last year, but never added it to my to-read list at the time, but having it pop up on WSJ+ (and finishing “Shattered Sword”) sealed the deal.
Hopefully between tinkering in the workshop and finalizing the NFL season on TV, I’ll get through a a chapter an evening?
Posted By RichC on January 20, 2022
Give this heated candle or wax stick a try if you ever break a key off in a lock.
Posted By RichC on January 19, 2022
For the lack of a better subject line, this will be called a Workshop Wednesday post … even though I’m rarely in the workshop on Wednesdays (it was last weekend).
Anyway, I was busy making a jig to help cut the “cheap” (and I mean “cheaply made”) crown molding that I purchased from Wayfair for my home office. I’ve never mastered cutting crown moldings and can still recall laughing about one situation for years with my father-in-law while we were working on his late son’s gorgeous new house overlooking Lake Chautauqua in Bemus Point, NY. This was pre-Internet website help and both of us struggled for hours to get the cuts right and still never really figured it out. Even a few years ago when updating the condo kitchen, I felt like I was doing that same thing again – a good laugh though. Crown moldings are obviously one of those skills that you lose or forget if you aren’t doing them everyday.
Back to the “frame-making” part of this post. Since I framed the penguin painting back in 2019 for one granddaughter after our trip to the Newport Aquarium, I figured with a birthday coming up in February it was time to get last summers penguin art framed using my recycled printing galley tray wood for my second granddaughter.
Posted By RichC on January 18, 2022
Well done again Katelyn,Drew, Megan and Taylor. Thank you.
Of all the “too many” gifts this year, you guys have managed to “once again” come up with great gifts. The automated and “generous” (inside joke) liquid hand soap dispenser is perfect for our kitchen. Brenda and I use it multiple times each day 
and find ourselves (like we did the toaster oven) wondering how we ever lived without it. The soap dispenser … along with my new premium REI wool socks from Taylor … were excellent 2021 Christmas gifts.
Posted By RichC on January 17, 2022
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Posted By RichC on January 16, 2022
It has been a little over a year since the syndicated Truth For Life page was added to my blog … and although I’ve not been “daily-diligent” in reading the Spurgeon Devotionals … I’m hoping having Alistair Begg’s devotionals in place of them might help? The new Truth For Life feed has recently been approved for members’ websites, so I am updating the small “Devotional” link on my “old-school” text-based menu bar on My Desultory Blog.
… we’re excited to share this new syndicated content feature: You can now also display our new Alistair Begg Devotional on your web site!
Here’s an unstyled example of that new syndicated devotional content from Alistair Begg. You’ll find that it adapts well to the styling of your particular web site, as does all the syndicated content from Truth For Life.
Posted By RichC on January 15, 2022
The post this morning was of the “friends and family” variety … and is not viewable unless you’re logged in. So for those 
visiting My Desultory Blog this Saturday afternoon, here’s a François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, politically oriented quote as an afternoon blog filler and to encourage registering.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”
Perhaps you are a regular reader and are okay with occasional personal “friends and family” content … if so, here’s some encouragement to register and log in.
