Even though I can’t drive anymore, my interest in cars hasn’t lessened one bit. And when I got this email from Car and Driver magazine, I had to check out the new Ferrari 458 Italia. Wow! Who cares if the base price is $150,000? Not me! That is one sexy car! I want one! *sigh* (We’ll overlook the fact I couldn’t afford it even if it was only $15,000. )
Of course, I’d also like a Hispano-Suiza because that’s what the heroine of my 1920s murder mystery drives. Actually, I’d love to have a bunch of classic cars. Doesn’t matter if I can’t drive them. I just want to look at them.
Re yesterday’s post about the hollow potato, I can’t believe I didn’t take pictures! And my first thought, too, was that something had eaten it from the inside. But if so, it must have teleported out because there was no sign that anything burrowed out of it. And there were no buggy remains on the inside. *g*
Worked on revisions last night, then did some more research on the steampunk idea. My heroine was very talkative (what a shocker, I know) yesterday. I even wrote a little snippet of a scene! Oh, and House Draven, re my research I just googled “steampunk” and started visiting a bunch of different sites and blogs. Some are more helpful than others, of course. Do you remember the Michael Praed show The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne? It’s considered steampunk. Wish now I’d kept all the episodes I had recorded! Be nice if somebody would release it on DVD.
This is sad. I just realized I never wrote a blog post for today!
I should save this for Weird/Wacky Wednesday but I’ll forget it by next week. *g* Last night, Mom baked a potato for me because I didn’t want what she and Dad were having. So when I go to pop it open and butter it, I think it seems a lot lighter than it should. For good reason. It was hollow!!! Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. Well, okay, probably not the weirdest but it was pretty strange.
On this date in 1932, Disney’s animated short Flowers and Trees was the first use of color in animation. It used 3-Color Technicolor.
And on this date in 1936, Margaret Mitchell sold the films right of Gone With the Wind to MGM for $50,000. It was highest sum ever paid for a first novel.
Started revising the book last night. So not fun. But I rewarded myself by doing steampunk research afterwards.
Reading: Now I’m reading Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart. This is a new series for her, following the adventures of ghost/angel Bailey Ruth Raeburn as she helps her great-niece keep from getting arrested for a murder she didn’t commit.
I’m too sleepy to be too wacky today. So we’ll just have to cope. *g* Not a lot going on around here.
On this date in 1892, sophisticated and cynical actor William Powell was born. Powell is most famous for his role as Nick Charles in The Thin Man movies and the title lead in My Man Godfrey. What I didn’t realize is that he was, at one time, married to Carole Lombard, his co-star in My Man Godfrey. She later went on to marry Clark Gable. Powell died in 1984 at age 91.
And on this date in 1914, the first transcontinental telephone call was made between San Francisco and New York City.
Tonight on TV, I’ll be hunting spooks with the team from Ghost Hunters International and then I’ll be getting even with miscreants with the gang from Leverage. Fun evening!
Much to my shock, I wrote THREE PAGES last night!!! They need massive revisions but the skeleton of the ending is there. Yay! As a reward, I’m going to play with my steampunk heroine today.
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(what a shocker, I know) yesterday. I even wrote a little snippet of a scene! Oh, and House Draven, re my research I just googled “steampunk” and started visiting a bunch of different sites and blogs. Some are more helpful than others, of course. Do you remember the Michael Praed show The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne? It’s considered steampunk. Wish now I’d kept all the episodes I had recorded! Be nice if somebody would release it on DVD.
They need massive revisions but the skeleton of the ending is there. Yay! As a reward, I’m going to play with my steampunk heroine today.
