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Emily Grossman

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September 7, 2006 at 7:08 AM

I found the web page.

I saw some options and clicked on one.

I got this great scene on my media player of a young Asian woman dressed sharply in black, taking the stage for her unaccompanied Bach. Oh goody! I grabbed some smoked salmon and hunched over the computer.

I heard two and a half chords and then her bow arm choked up. She stuttered a bit, and I frowned at the incoherency of her phrasing. Then she stopped altogether. Can I get a replay? I slid the mouse back to the start.

She was exactly as bad the second and third time. And the fourth and fifth time. After waiting several minutes for her frozen body to defrost long enough to perform some other trick, a whisp of smoke emitted over my head, and I stepped away from my desk before the flames in my head made it down to my fists.

She never did unlock herself.


From Jim W. Miller
Posted on September 7, 2006 at 6:33 PM
Hey, can you design me a bookcase? I have two pieces of cherry lumber 19"x59"x3/4" and one piece a little smaller. I have a jig saw, an electic drill, and a belt sander.
From Emily Grossman
Posted on September 8, 2006 at 12:54 AM
How big are your books?

Wait, is this a trick question?

Maybe Matt's a better person to ask. Or I could ask him for you.

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on September 8, 2006 at 2:31 AM
Who is Matt and what are his credentials? I just know that if I do it myself it'll turn out carpenter gothic. Maybe I should look up plans for excellent bookcases that have been designed already. That's how I'd get Frank Lloyd Wright to design my house for free. Biggest book is approx the size of International editon of something. Should probably be able to hold some of that.
From Emily Grossman
Posted on September 8, 2006 at 5:16 AM
Well, Matt is currently designing my own shelves. They look pretty good on paper. He's a cabinet maker.

Right now, all my books are in boxes, where they've remained for the past three years. The irony of your comment was humorous. (Does that officially qualify as ironic? hmm)

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