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1907 - A stagecoach robbery organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph
Stalin killed an estimated 40 people and netted approximately 250,000
rubles. Ten years later ...

1917 – Vladimir Lenin issued a decree establishing the Cheka, the
first Soviet secret police.

Source: Wikipedia

Refrigerator Repairman!  Our freezer-bottom contraption experienced the death of its defrost thermostat.
After a great deal of disassembly, I finally reached the piece and did a bunch of diagnoses.
$20 later, it's up and running, and has been so for the past month.
And don't nag me about brands, OK?  It's an "Amana."

The scenario: You’ve grilled a few shrimp using some fine metal
skewers and have brought them into the kitchen. Skewers and all,
you’ve placed the shrimp onto your plastic cutting board, forgetting
that the skewers are now fiendishly hot. The shrimp does fine, but
the metal skewers melt into the cutting board. (And why do you have a
plastic cutting board? Are you insane?)

The lesson: Never place fiendishly hot items on your plastic cutting
board. Nor on your wooden or bamboo cutting board. In fact, never
place anything on your cutting board that you’re not about to cut.
It’s a Cutting Board, dammit!

That is all.

From The official site of Colonial Williamsburg - http://bit.ly/2NbZPp

I've resumed my labors after several weeks of forgetting what I've actually written.

I have only nine holes remaining in the story, each of which involves no more than simple mechanics -- get this character out the door, get that character into the room.

My  70-page historical radio drama -- part one of twelve -- is nearly done!

Good thing I'm not involved in nanowrimo!

I played pretty well, but the master of Keeping It Together was Mr Dumovich.

It was a wedding, you see, outdoors.  Some rain, but a good time for everyone.

Sunday night's burgers were delicious: home-ground chuck roast, grilled peppers from the farmer's market, etc. Tasty. But O those buns.

When you're a celiac like me, off-the-shelf buns are not an option. Not knowing any better, I called my pizza mix into play, letting it rise a lot longer for better lift. And things looked promising.

But then came the baking. Oh yes, they baked up well, and after 40 minutes they were fully cooked.

The exterior was hard as a turtle shell. I microwaved one to soften the exterior a bit, and that helped, but not enough.

I conclude that the oven needs a lot more moisture. I might even do the next session using a pan of water and paper bags for the dough. 

... it's not a happy time.

I've needed some period given names for some time.   A fellow named Douglas Galbi has some very useful lists at galbithink.org.
He has separate lists of surnames, male and female, which list names by their descending frequency of occurrence. It's a great help.