Comments on: A Month of Writers, Day Seventeen: Jay Lake http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/ DEVISING A SYSTEM FOR REMEMBERING EVERYTHING Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Pfhortipfhy http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7980 Pfhortipfhy Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:08:31 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7980 The vids don't exist on YouTube anymore. Just letting you know. The vids don’t exist on YouTube anymore. Just letting you know.

]]> By: Matt McIrvin http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7979 Matt McIrvin Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:10:47 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7979 ...And this shows I didn't read the page carefully enough: the elevator carried the missiles but not the launchers, which they had to be manually moved to. …And this shows I didn’t read the page carefully enough: the elevator carried the missiles but not the launchers, which they had to be manually moved to.

]]> By: Matt McIrvin http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7978 Matt McIrvin Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:08:40 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7978 I think those missile sites along the East Coast were generally <a href="http://alpha.fdu.edu/~bender/N-view.html" rel="nofollow">Nike antiaircraft batteries</a>, not ICBMs. The hole is actually the shaft of an elevator that carried a launcher with several missiles. I think those missile sites along the East Coast were generally Nike antiaircraft batteries, not ICBMs. The hole is actually the shaft of an elevator that carried a launcher with several missiles.

]]> By: Jerry Wright http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7977 Jerry Wright Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:23:39 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7977 Hey, welcome to my stomping grounds. I live in Moses Lake, and have for the last 22 years. The old missile silos are indeed weird. A friend of mine spent several years back in the early seventies salvaging tons of lead used as counterweights in the silos. --Jerry Hey, welcome to my stomping grounds. I live in Moses Lake, and have for the last 22 years. The old missile silos are indeed weird. A friend of mine spent several years back in the early seventies salvaging tons of lead used as counterweights in the silos.

–Jerry

]]> By: Chang O.C., who is 39 and closing! http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7976 Chang O.C., who is 39 and closing! Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:31:12 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7976 Mainspring just arrived in the mail! Yay! Hey, the Jon Spencer? Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion Jon Spencer? Mainspring just arrived in the mail! Yay!

Hey, the Jon Spencer? Jon Spencer’s Blues Explosion Jon Spencer?

]]> By: jon spencer http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7975 jon spencer Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:19:48 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7975 Seems to me that those holes are a real safety hazard. Dump truck loads of fill would be a easy fix. Cheap too. Wonder what has fallen in already. Seems to me that those holes are a real safety hazard.
Dump truck loads of fill would be a easy fix.
Cheap too.
Wonder what has fallen in already.

]]> By: Nate http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7974 Nate Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:07:26 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7974 Mainspring was a great book up until about 3/4 of the way through when the love interest is an orangutang and the happy ending for the protagonist is living as a cripple in the jungle with more orangutangs. ps-those sex scenes were horrific Jay:( Mainspring was a great book up until about 3/4 of the way through when the love interest is an orangutang and the happy ending for the protagonist is living as a cripple in the jungle with more orangutangs. ps-those sex scenes were horrific Jay:(

]]> By: Nathan http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7973 Nathan Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:18:06 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7973 MZW, Thanks for the link. Nice to know that with the 300kt version, my house is gonna look like crap, but that's o.k. 'cause I'm vapor. MZW,

Thanks for the link. Nice to know that with the 300kt version, my house is gonna look like crap, but that’s o.k. ’cause I’m vapor.

]]> By: KIA http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7972 KIA Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:17:29 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7972 Two comments: 1) There are missile silos in the greater Washington D.C. area. I've seen two and find it fascinating that even 50 years or so after they were decomissioned and filled in, grass still withers and dies in a perfect square above the silo. You need to wait until spring to see this, though. A good example is off of I-95 and Rt. 123 at Lorton, back behind the old prison. Sorry, don't know what the road name is, and there is a lot of construction so I can't provide the exact route, but it's there. 2) Hey, Mad Mike posted! Why don't you have Mike up and Freehold listed? Bought my copy of Better to Beg Forgiveness - liked it, but still prefer Freehold! Two comments: 1) There are missile silos in the greater Washington D.C. area. I’ve seen two and find it fascinating that even 50 years or so after they were decomissioned and filled in, grass still withers and dies in a perfect square above the silo. You need to wait until spring to see this, though. A good example is off of I-95 and Rt. 123 at Lorton, back behind the old prison. Sorry, don’t know what the road name is, and there is a lot of construction so I can’t provide the exact route, but it’s there.

2) Hey, Mad Mike posted! Why don’t you have Mike up and Freehold listed? Bought my copy of Better to Beg Forgiveness – liked it, but still prefer Freehold!

]]> By: Scott http://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/21/a-month-of-writers-day-seventeen-jay-lake/#comment-7971 Scott Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:42:40 +0000 http://scalzi.com/whatever/?p=221#comment-7971 Wow. Neat post. I got a total Half-Life 2 vibe from those images. I may have to take a trip down there and see this myself. Wow. Neat post. I got a total Half-Life 2 vibe from those images. I may have to take a trip down there and see this myself.

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