##Writing Over Drilling

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9/30/2021
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Looking ahead, next week school only meets on Monday and
Tuesday.  In theory, I could go back into my workshop to 
get back to my stalled pump drill project, but in light of
how much I have to do, that is probably a bad idea.  

=>gopher://sdf.org/0/users/candide/pumpdrill.txt	(pump drill project)

It's just as well.  I have found that during the school 
year I feel like writing.  It is some combination of 
several things.  For one, I am physically beat up from 
moving around so much -- I wouldn't say I "chase around" 
the age of kids I teach, but rather I have to move toward
them to check on some things and prevent some others, so 
you do get a decent amount of steps in.  For another, I 
work with such bad tools and they trap me in a kind of 
fake creativity [1].  Being a man of letters lets me stack
everything I need during the school year: some time laying 
around and the opportunity for creation to move at the 
speed of thought and at a grown up level (humor me on 
that one).  

On the other hand, during the summer I really enjoy getting
out into the shop and work with my hands.  This is because 
I have too much sitting around time.  After a bit, all the 
reading and writing leaves me feeling lethargic and empty.

I would imagine this means I will be writing quite a bit 
for the foreseeable future [2].  I want to get a gift pump
drill (for fire starting) by Christmas because I am, after
all a great cheap skate.  But after that, I might not do 
much Making (tm) until the summer.


[1] Credit to Paul Graham for introducing me to the idea of
worrying about the problem of being fooled by fake -- fake
investment, fake work, etc.  His essay is years older than
"fake news," so it should not be discounted for that reason.
 
=>http://www.paulgraham.com/selfindulgence.html (Paul Graham, web)

I have seen far too many good people waste their lives with 
fake work.


[2] There is the added benefit of feeling like I am 
contributing to the worthy project of creating a real 
alternative to the business-as-usual internet.

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I'd love to hear from people.  My email is the handle minus
"net" (so, a work by Voltaire that starts with "c"), at 
sdf.org.  

While we're adding boiler plate: this work is in the public
domain.  Do what you want with it.