Archive for January, 2007

Basement, part four: Fiat lux

Sunday, January 28th, 2007 by The Gimlet

East side of family room with wiring, lights, insulation in progressI spent the last month wiring lights and pulling cable for outlets. The first project was to put the can lights in place. I wired them together on a 15 amp circuit using 14/2 WG cable. That circuit also has lights for over the bar and will have lights for the hall (likely the last bit of wiring I will do). We have surrounded the rec room with outlets on two 20 amp circuits (12/2 WG). There is also a specific circuit for the future plasma screen TV (15 amp 14/2 WG ) over the fireplace, and two additional 20 amp circuits for the wall common between the rec room and the laundry room. (Your usual narrator has quite a thing for large fish tanks, and I am just planning ahead for a project set for my future.). (more…)

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Most transporting grace

Sunday, January 28th, 2007 by HML
Most transporting grace
Credits: World Haiku Club e-cards
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“A tantalising glimpse”

Saturday, January 6th, 2007 by HML

A few weeks ago I looked over the ITV-1 teaser trailer for their Jane Austen season, complained that a teaser trailer ought to tantalize, and the Northanger Abbey scenes were rather lacking in that respect. So I was poking around today and found a new teaser trailer on ITV’s web site called Winter on ITV1 (ETA 22 February – updated link).

Described as “a tantalising glimpse of the highlights of the winter season”, its Jane Austen scenes belong almost entirely to Northanger Abbey. As these scenes do not occur in the book, follow the jump for spoilers. (more…)

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