Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Ritters
Boiled beef did well cold - both with veg and in sandwiches. Half way to corned beef. Maybe we should try making that - I am sure that there is a recipe in the Boston cook book. Maybe also how pubs do home made Sunday roasts. Boiling up a big lump of beef the day before and slicing cold would be a cheaper and simpler option than the real thing. Bit of hot gravy and who would know the differance? Beef broth nearly done - having got through about half a gallon of the stuff. Needed geeing up with fresh cabbage to cut the fat a bit the second time around.
Continue with Trespasser. As it happens the bit I am on now is set in Freshwater in the Isle of Wight where we summer holidayed so can spend the next few days checking the topography. Is the Freshwater presented the real thing or a patchwork?
Ritter on Iraq finished. Apart from the process being terrible, struck by the observation that one still does business with people that lie. And I started thinking about the volume of lying in daily life. Which left onto all sorts of grauniadical musings about differant sorts of lying and I am sure several PhDs are lying in wait here. Classification is the name of the game. Is one lying on purpose? Is one lying with intent to secure an advantage? For oneself or an other. This last bneing sometimes known as a white lie. Or a disadvantage. What about if one thinks one is lying but it turns out that one didn't. Does lying by omission count - aka being economical with the truth? Does a lie have to be refutable to be a lie? This would let off all kinds of varnishing of the truth which might have very evil intent but not be refutable. Perhaps also something to get to sleep on.
Very wet run to the baker yesterday. Needed cape both ways. It seems to have shrunk so the new bike must be a slightly differant shape from the last. Strange and unpleasant smell led to examination of inside of said cape which was covered in black splodges. It seems that they are mildew - the result of long storage in plastic bag without use in damp environs - so better half let rip with various cleaning agents. Threatening more! Cape still in one peice so far.
Started work on the cupboard to house the 69 recently acquired glasses from Singapore. Cunningly avoiding the need to cut dovetails. Stick with stopped housings and M&T. Another chunk of the Crouch End shelving finds a good home. Not done glazed doors before so will need to think about how to do that without getting into tricky stopped rebates at which I doubt whether I will be any good. Will we be finished for Christmas?
Continue with Trespasser. As it happens the bit I am on now is set in Freshwater in the Isle of Wight where we summer holidayed so can spend the next few days checking the topography. Is the Freshwater presented the real thing or a patchwork?
Ritter on Iraq finished. Apart from the process being terrible, struck by the observation that one still does business with people that lie. And I started thinking about the volume of lying in daily life. Which left onto all sorts of grauniadical musings about differant sorts of lying and I am sure several PhDs are lying in wait here. Classification is the name of the game. Is one lying on purpose? Is one lying with intent to secure an advantage? For oneself or an other. This last bneing sometimes known as a white lie. Or a disadvantage. What about if one thinks one is lying but it turns out that one didn't. Does lying by omission count - aka being economical with the truth? Does a lie have to be refutable to be a lie? This would let off all kinds of varnishing of the truth which might have very evil intent but not be refutable. Perhaps also something to get to sleep on.
Very wet run to the baker yesterday. Needed cape both ways. It seems to have shrunk so the new bike must be a slightly differant shape from the last. Strange and unpleasant smell led to examination of inside of said cape which was covered in black splodges. It seems that they are mildew - the result of long storage in plastic bag without use in damp environs - so better half let rip with various cleaning agents. Threatening more! Cape still in one peice so far.
Started work on the cupboard to house the 69 recently acquired glasses from Singapore. Cunningly avoiding the need to cut dovetails. Stick with stopped housings and M&T. Another chunk of the Crouch End shelving finds a good home. Not done glazed doors before so will need to think about how to do that without getting into tricky stopped rebates at which I doubt whether I will be any good. Will we be finished for Christmas?
# posted by Jim @ 6:15 AM 
