Weekly Editorial
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Searching For an Answer?
I know that I am not alone in this (in fact, my wife thinks it is a Y chromosome-linked trait), but I am a sucker for a cool gizmo or gadget. For example, in my office you can find a radio-controlled racecar, a battery-powered pistol type foam-disk shooter, a couple of little telescope devices (for looking at ducks in the pond across the road) — and sadly, the list goes on. As you will have noticed, these gizmos have almost no practical purpose – OK, absolutely no practical purpose.
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The Fall Follies
Fall is my favorite time of year for three main reasons: it is the kickoff of “back to the shop” woodworking season, it is the beginning of football season, and it is the opening of bird hunting season. Do you see a theme running through this? The only problem is that all these favorite activities compete for my time and attention — and to top if off, I occasionally have to work, too! As you can imagine, this leads to a fair bit of stress.
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Haiku from You, the eZine Readers
Last time out, I asked the eZine faithful to send in some woodworking-themed haikus. And, as usual, you did not disappoint. We could only pick three winners to receive the great prizes below, but click on over to the “Feedback” section of this eZine to read many more lines of poetry dedicated to your favorite hobby.
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Sheer Poetry
A few years ago, the Woodworker’s Journal eZine ran a woodworking poetry contest. The response, frankly, was flabbergasting. It turns out that a lot of eZine faithful are poets — and boy, do you know it.
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Learning to Turn
By now, those of you who are subscribers to the print Woodworker’s Journal magazine have likely received your September/October issues (and those of you who aren’t subscribers – what’sa matter wit’ ya?)
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Woodworking Af-Fair
Our State Fair is a great State Fair, it’s the greatest State Fair in the land….” I’m no Oscar Hammerstein, but I know a good song when I hear it, (and some might say, will perform it endlessly …) even if I’m not as keen on the whole State Fair experience as some other members of our staff. (Fellow Minnesotans, please leave your rotten tomatoes at home.)
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Going Digital: The Summer Sequel
About a month ago, I notified all of you about the very first ever, super-duper digital issue of the Woodworker’s Journal print magazine. Many of you clicked over, checked it out, and told us what you thought.
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Electronic Letdown?
We did it, our first fully digital edition of the Woodworker’s Journal is online and doing well. We received a bunch of feedback about the issue, both positive and negative, that we are taking quite seriously. Many folks were thrilled with the concept of being able to access their favorite magazine on the web 24/7. They liked the live hot-links, the video, the ease of navigation and other features too numerous to mention. Others thought the digital version was “fuzzy.” (If that happened to you, your hook-up to the Internet is a bit too slow for our magazine right now.)
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Double Digital Event!
As a member of the eZine faithful, I like to give you a heads-up when we at Woodworker’s Journal are about to undertake a cool new web-based adventure.
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Good Stuff!
If you’ve been reading for a while, you likely know that I learned woodworking at my dad and uncle’s knees. Back in the day (which day, I’ll leave you to guess…), there was no one out there offering us a cushy, already-put-together program to start a woodworking furniture business
