{"id":2821,"date":"2013-11-09T14:25:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T22:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2013-11-10T06:22:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T14:22:48","slug":"even-sewers-need-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2013\/even-sewers-need-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Sewers Need Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When two sewers become one:<\/p>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\" style=\"border-left:2px solid #cccccc; border-right:2px solid #cccccc\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.undercity.org\/_Prints\/aqueducts_undergroundrivers_sewers.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/romantic-sewers.jpg\" alt=\"sewer photo\" title=\"Two sewers become one -- click to order your copy of this from undercity.org\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Now isn&#8217;t that romantic?<\/i><\/div>\n<p>This started with an unfortunate email Subject line I saw this morning:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:455px; height:84px\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/every-sewer.jpg\" alt=\"a Joann's email subject\" title=\"40 techniques every sewer should know\" \/><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWould opening the email lead me to sewage or selvage? I clicked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftsy.com\/class\/40-techniques-every-sewer-should-know\/438\" target=\"_video\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:500px; height:153px\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/every-pretty-sewer.jpg\" alt=\"captured from a Joann's Fabric email\" title=\"It's a video by Craftsy!\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic; margin-top:-1em; text-align:center\">Click for a video of techniques by Yellen, a sewer.<\/p>\n<p>Some ladies have a green thumb. She might also. For sure, she has a sewer&#8217;s thumb:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width:432xp; height:325px\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/sewer-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"thumb photo\" title=\"Sewers have thumbs also\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style:italic; margin-top:-1em; text-align:center\">One of 40 techniques every sewer should know?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re still with me by now, here are four books for your consideration:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:-1.3em\">\n<li><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/In-Sewers-Lvov-Survival-Holocaust\/dp\/0684193205?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"Surviving in the sewers of Lvov | Amazon\">In the Sewers of Lvov: A Heroic Story of Survival from the Holocaust<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fabric-Savvy-Essential-Guide-Every\/dp\/1561582670?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"The Essential Guide for Every Sewer | Amazon\">Fabric Savvy: The Essential Guide for Every Sewer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Every-Sewers-Guide-Perfect-Fit\/dp\/1887374434?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"Every Sewer's Guide to the Perfect Fit | Amazon\">Every Sewer&#8217;s Guide to the Perfect Fit: Customizing Your Patterns for a Sensational Look<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paris-Sewers-Sewermen-Realities-Representations\/dp\/0674654633?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"Paris, sewers, and sewermen | Amazon\">Paris Sewers and Sewermen: Realities and Representations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or perhaps this strikes you better: <a class=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sewers-Aid-1-2-Ounce\/dp\/B000YQKO6K?tag=markroth-ac-20\" title=\"Sewers Aid | Amazon\">Sewers Aid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Look, <strong>I write &#8220;heavy stuff&#8221;<\/strong> for a living, OK? So once in a while I unwind a bit with this kind of post. \ud83d\ude33 Thanks for understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, this is a great (albeit limited) illustration of <strong>semantic range<\/strong>. For some better ones, check out these (the first of which is by a cousin): <a href=\"http:\/\/heartlanguage.org\/2013\/08\/08\/medicine\/\" title=\"Semantic range: medicine\"><em>medicine<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bethel.edu\/~dhoward\/resources\/WORDSTUDIESMETHOD.htm\" title=\"Semantic range: lead\"><em>lead<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/bgreek\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=12&#038;t=51\" title=\"Semantic range: run\"><em>run<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I really like <i>fix<\/i>, but I better just quit with <i>sewers<\/i>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An email leads to sewers&#8217; romantic photo<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[395],"tags":[981,1052,1053,909],"class_list":["post-2821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dumb-and-such","tag-grammar","tag-how","tag-language","tag-tips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prJUJ-Jv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}