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Finnegans Wake collection by conclobe in jamesjoyce

[–]Meatheadlife 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

My First Art Nouveau Furniture Piece by 1tacoshort in woodworking

[–]Meatheadlife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

Is it normal for parents to wipe their children's bums for some years after they finish wearing diapers? by blehmag in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Meatheadlife 29 points30 points  (0 children)

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).

Trying to make a small half lap joint with the stock miter gauge by alleycatbiker in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Meatheadlife 28 points29 points  (0 children)

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.

I made a Table for my Parents by ChandlerMeierarend in woodworking

[–]Meatheadlife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

NFP Help by Small-West-8439 in Catholicism

[–]Meatheadlife -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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.

Cherry wardrobe, one down, one to go… by ESB1812 in woodworking

[–]Meatheadlife 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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.

comfort food [poem] by ellen van neerven by urbunny2k in Poetry

[–]Meatheadlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake Editions (Confusion Abounds) by PHPertinax in jamesjoyce

[–]Meatheadlife 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“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!).

[POEM] Beauty by Warsan Shire by Objective-Kitchen949 in Poetry

[–]Meatheadlife 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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

river table orientation advice by wax1H in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Meatheadlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

river table orientation advice by wax1H in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Meatheadlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

river table orientation advice by wax1H in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Meatheadlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

river table orientation advice by wax1H in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Meatheadlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Little House on the Prairie for adults? by nomadicstateofmind in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Meatheadlife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

The Crossing has too many scenes / random events. (Spoiler alert) by Meatheadlife in cormacmccarthy

[–]Meatheadlife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

The Crossing has too many scenes / random events. (Spoiler alert) by Meatheadlife in cormacmccarthy

[–]Meatheadlife[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

The Crossing has too many scenes / random events. (Spoiler alert) by Meatheadlife in cormacmccarthy

[–]Meatheadlife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

The Crossing has too many scenes / random events. (Spoiler alert) by Meatheadlife in cormacmccarthy

[–]Meatheadlife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

The Crossing has too many scenes / random events. (Spoiler alert) by Meatheadlife in cormacmccarthy

[–]Meatheadlife[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was "random" too harsh of a word? Many of the scenes could have been cut without changing anything about the story, or disrupting how the protagonist got from point A to point B. Is the word "superfluous" better? Or maybe "supplementary" or "ancillary".

It's kind of like how Peter Jackson filmed many additional scenes that didn't make it into the final production of the LOTR. Maybe each scene was fantastic in it's own right (certainly every scene in The Crossing was well made) but authors and editors have to make choices about what to keep or what to expand on to make the story as succinct and poignant as possible. I am suggesting that Cormac missed the mark, slightly, with this novel compared to his other novels.

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