Comments on: Jay Lake Colon Build: Day 1

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:32:27 +0000

Have you found a jar yet? I just happen to know a great container supply company.

Might something like this work?
http://www.industrialcontainer.com/Item.asp?itm=B030&size=Gallon&prd=Plastic%20Bottle

I think you have to buy the lid separate, but they’ll be able to help you with that.

Here’s their contact information:
INDUSTRIAL CONTAINER AND SUPPLY COMPANY
Telephone
(801) 972-1561

Fax
(801) 972-1269

Postal Address
P.O. Box 26668
Salt Lake City, UT 84126

Warehouse Address
1845 South 5200 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84104

Electronic Mail
General Information: info@indcon.net
Sales: sales@indcon.net
Webmaster: webmaster@indcon.net

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:07:39 +0000

“The Lottery,” but I’m not sure what else.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:07:02 +0000

Isn’t it though?

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:35:51 +0000

Really? I can get away with a straight seam? Hot-diggety.

By: David Loftus

David Loftus — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:13:12 +0000

Was anyone able to tell you what was read at the Shirley Jackson thing? In my “Story Time for Grownups” readings in Portland, I’ve done “The Lottery” (of course), “About Two Nice People,” and “The Most Wonderful Thing.”

By: David Anthony Durham

David Anthony Durham — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:05:36 +0000

How strange…

By: Cynthia K. Dalton

Cynthia K. Dalton — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:00:15 +0000

You know, colons are attached to their blood vessels along a line, so a straight seam would not be inappropriate.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:46 +0000

I have a a workshop at home, but I’m working at the Puppet Kitchen, which is a studio some friends of mine have. I don’t need that much space for the colon project, but I’m working on it in and around working on the dog that I’m building.

I pulled the colon out before dinner and by request. It’s still not actually a puppet yet, more of a tube of foam.

By: Mike F

Mike F — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:06:58 +0000

Are all the building tools in your house, or do you have a workshop? I like the game, “know where your fingers are,” but I always get too scared that I will lose them anyway. That is why I don’t use power tools.

So, was dinner over before you pulled out the colon puppet?

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:01:04 +0000

Couldn’t we all?

By: alaneer on LJ

alaneer on LJ — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:40:37 +0000

I could’ve used a colon puppet when I was subbing AP bio.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:18:57 +0000

Fixed it. I wish LJ were a little more robust about such things.

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By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:30:34 +0000

HTML is horrendously borked in LJ feed…

Ooooh can’t wait to see the rest of this!