My Ebay auction is up to $1.29. I might be able to retire soon.

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Funny, how I pored over my text from my Ebay auction, making sure I had my syntax and everything in line.  Then, the worst things occurred to me.

I gaffed the author’s name in the title, and never noticed it.  I’m sure HE noticed it, even though he gave me great props for creativity.  For the record, his name is not START Litore.  It’s STANT.

Secondly, in one line, I state that this is the first book in the series, when in reality, it is the second.

The problem is, once a bid is actually laced on the item, certain things cannot be edited.

Oh well.  That high bid is in the UK.  I didn’t even make a shipping stipulation about overseas postage.

At this rate, I will be about six dollars in the hole.

Sigh . . . all for art . . . .

 

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Bringing on yet more–rhetorical redundancy

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Though I will say this: These falls are amazing (or is this a singular FALL?), and I was astounded that NO ONE was down there when I was.  I believe that is the first time I’ve been there without at least some contingent of swimmers or bait fisher-people there.

Yeah. I know.  Footage of actually catching fish would be more useful and/or entertaining than listening to some beanied yapper saying things like “these falls are beautiful.”

Truth is, trying to accurately convey fly fishing at the mercy of a selfie-stick is nearly impossible.  Plus, I don’t want to get my iPhone wet.

Oh yeah. And then there’s this.  I have no idea what kind of malicious code in the Youtube load system rigs the game to make sure that the representative still frame for the clip is possibly the WORST one that could be chosen.  That nose scratch was so brief . . . yet, so ridiculously cast in stone . . .

Also, I’m too lazy to edit out the part where I shut off the camera.

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Even more useless chatter about the McCloud River

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

More shallow, non-pontificatory chatter:

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Mr. Ron, proving he has a face made for radio, decides to wax for a moment about the morning temperaments of the McCloud River

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I was going to include this in a larger post about the day in general, but I figured I’d pare it down a bit:

Of course there is zero useful information in this river report. But this should in no way stop reports from happening, or sports reporting would be eliminated entirely.

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I was going to blog from this place

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  But this place is closing soon. Instead, I’m sitting in front of the also-closed Heritage Junction museum in MCCloud, charging my phone on the only exposed outlet in town.

If I’m not cited for vagrancy, I’m going to hopefully shoot a time-lapse of the mountain or something before I leave.

If I do get hammered for loitering, I’ll be at Siskiou County Jail.

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No filters (And blogging from the banks of the McCLoud)

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

IMG_5421Sure. It isn’t a huge fish. But it sure does have color.

Hat tip to Mike Mercer. It’s his fly (Mercer’s missing link. An absolute TERROR to tie, but I did it).

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On into Friday 

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

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As the weekend comes rolling towards us all, I will have the next few days to think about the book idea I’ve carried for years, the general attack plan,  and the cool idea my daughter gave me to help me avoid plowing my literary ATV off the Deux ex machina cliff.

But I am also packing my gear for the McCloud River. Saturday, the only blogging I might be capable of will be from Floyd’s Frosty—the sole hamburger joint in that little town that brags its Bison Burger.

And that’s always a mere probability, because the WordPress app for the iPhone is an appallingly-horrible venture into the unweildy and traumatic. I can lose formatting quicker than I could drown at Ash Camp.

Beyond that, I’ll be in the woods with the Bears. 

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Stant Litore: The Haunted Edition!

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Apparently, my eBay auction of the book has given the author of the actual book himself reason to think I’m a genuinely funny guy.

Well, he’s a genuinely great writer.

I thank him for the visibility–especially the Facebook torrent that is going on. Go check him out.

stantlitore's avatarStant Litore

This is pretty much the best ebay auction ever: http://www.ebay.com/itm/231540472001

From a fan of the series, too. 🙂

WOEHW_haunted

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Peripatetic blogging and the start of a novel 

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  I’ve got a novel in my head. And I’m going to start discussing it in the general, even if I avoid the specifics.

A while back, I wondered about the idea of sharing snippets of a novel on the blog. And some people do. 

I am reluctant. Not because I think anyone could pick up a gauntlet I’ve thrown and make it fit their hand, but because I know the world is full of nasty, advantage-taking proprietary purse-snatchers. With my luck, someone would Jack my idea, write a horrible novel, and get a book deal because of some magical connection they have.

So yes. I’m paranoid.

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Zombie Bible Book–It’s Now on Ebay

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

Because I had to.  Sometimes, there are no easy answers.

Bid on it. If you dare.

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