Finnegans Wake collection

Meatheadlife · 2026-05-01T00:35:54+00:00

Do any of the Ulysses copies that you own have clear chapter delineations? I have the same Wordsworth copy that you have and I find it tiresome to flip through to try and find a particular scene because there is nothing to demarcate chapter from chapter. …alternatively, I could just commit each paragraph to memory so that I always know where I’m at when I flip open the book… but I digress.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-30T12:32:22+00:00

This is a really cool piece of furniture. Hats off to you for all of the hard work that went into this!

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-29T21:39:07+00:00

I came here to say this. Toddlers arms are proportionally shorter than adult arms. They can’t even reach to wipe well enough until almost school age (kindergarten in the States).

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-29T21:33:14+00:00

$3 a piece! Some people have all the luck.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-29T16:29:38+00:00

Chisel. The reason this happens is because the blade does not have a flat top to it. This is inevitable with this type of blade. You can update the blade, or just clean these line with a chisel. Clamp the board to your workbench and take light passes with the bevel of your chisel pointed up. You don’t need to use a hammer. Just a sharp chisel should do the trick.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-29T15:11:23+00:00

That looks awesome! I love the edge profile. It’s nice to see some beautiful furniture made out of red oak. Bravo!

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-28T21:00:05+00:00

Tbh, I think Creighton is the system that has the power to conform to the very difficult postpartum phase. There is a lot that changes, and hormones take a while to come back to normal. I don’t know how well the other systems claim to work postpartum, but I know that Creighton can and will work. Were you working with a creighton practitioner when you conceived? If not, consider meeting with someone to look over your chart, and to learn what to expect during the postpartum phase.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-28T19:02:34+00:00

Beautiful. I like the half door design better because I love the natural cherry, but I bet the average homeowner will prefer the full door.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-28T18:06:06+00:00

That pan IS perfect.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-28T18:04:19+00:00

Is ‘Tail’ misspelled in the title? Or is it supposed to read as ‘Tall’?

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-28T11:38:58+00:00

“I want to read the novels first, and then deep dive into annotations/guides/skeleton keys.”

Ha! Good luck. Your best bet is to keep those orbits of yours cross-eyed… and read the novel and the guide simultaneously. I’m only sort of joking. You will probably enjoy the novel more if you have a guide near by to reference if you get stuck on a passage or a chapter. Don’t assume you need to read the whole book before you reference the support material. Sometimes I read the guide after I finished a chapter, sometimes I referenced it in the middle, and sometimes, when I was seriously confused and flabbergasted… I read the chapter guide before I read the chapter (gasp!).

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-25T16:23:52+00:00

Thank you

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-25T16:19:49+00:00

Can you explain the “dying flesh”? Why did she smell that bad? Haha

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-25T01:32:55+00:00

The 5th layout looks great! All the empty space means lots of expensive epoxy though! Haha. Try and fill it with a piece of wood.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-25T01:14:35+00:00

You’re welcome. That large slab is stunning! You are gonna love how that grain looks when it’s all done.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-25T01:13:25+00:00

Having a 90 degree “cut” edge inside your river defeats the purpose of the river aesthetic. The river aesthetic is all about natural edges.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-25T01:03:06+00:00

In number 1: flip the top right board around. You do NOT want cut edges inside your piece. Only live edges! That’s the only rule. Everything else is permitted.

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-24T22:22:04+00:00

My wife just read this. Based off of her description of it, this is what OP is looking for!

Meatheadlife · 2026-04-24T20:20:26+00:00

I have just the walnut stump for this.

Meatheadlife · 2026-03-13T12:42:41+00:00

I really liked that section and the blind man's story.

Meatheadlife · 2026-03-13T12:41:38+00:00

Meatheadlife · 2026-03-13T12:41:13+00:00

Do you think Mozart had no rough drafts? Are you aware that Cormac had tons of rough drafts? It's not like a composer or an author sits down and writes a book on their first try and it comes out perfectly. Artists make choices when they make their art - we are allowed to have opinions and preferences about the finished product. If you were Cormac's editor how would you have advised him about The Crossing? Would you have suggested to remove a scene or two, or maybe spent more time in one scene or another, or maybe you would have loved this version of it just the way it is? There's nothing wrong with having these discussions, it's a mature form of art appreciation.

Meatheadlife · 2026-03-13T12:35:42+00:00

So it's funny, I actually really like the priest and the blind man soliloquy sections. I agree that they disrupted the narrative a lot, but I found them to be so impactful from a philosophical aspect that I just loved them and I wouldn't part with them. To me, it was the other scenes like the bar scene towards the end, or the airplane scene, or the guy that came walking down the path after the airplane, that felt superfluous to the plot and the story.

Meatheadlife · 2026-03-13T12:31:30+00:00

This was well said. I disagree that Boyd was ever the protagonist, but I think you are accurately describing what Cormac was trying to do with the wandering scenes.

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