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My housing crisis is turning into a chronic clean-up, which means things will be a mess for a long time.  I've gotten a few dollars for about forty pounds of books, and I'll always second-guess myself on what I let go.  I probably need to clear out another four to ten shelf-feet of papaerbacks (besides those I'm shopping around now), but I may not be able to find buyers for them.

Okay, so now I'm trying to get back to business.  In the next two or three days I want to start to catch up on reviewing, and to start writing again.  It may take me some time to pick up where I left off.

Meanwhile, I'm having my electronic design skills challenged.  See users.ece.gatech.edu/mleach/headamp , first design (dual-ended common-base amp, no current mirrors).  A very nice design, but a long start-up (settling) time because of the extraordinarily low-frequency limit on its input side.  The output side's low-frequency limit appears to be a decade higher (but still below  the stock 20 Hz).  And the floating battery means that powering two of them off a common supply requires some trickery.  (The article tells of a manufacturer who did it with an incandescent lamp and photovoltaic cells--the sort of exotic excess that Truly Impresses audiophiles.)

Adrenaline tends to overcome both pain and injury, with a high price to be paid later.  But if Catherine is worried and doubting the injury will overcome her sooner.

Can she be lashed to her horse?

Just stay a safe distance from K ...

10 kV, but how  much current or charge is behind it?  Your typical static-electric spark can break the 10 kV limit, but with little harm unless you have an explosive atmosphere.

Does that mean that Alina's death has ramifications beyond just opening the Crypt?

Too dumb or too self-centered?

Yes, I think I remember you said you're a super socks sorter.  I'm sure you mentioned it at some  point.

Time came, after Luis Aparicio was established in the AL, he was involved in a trade between Chicago and Boston.  The next day's headlines?  "After 12 Years, Aparicio changes Sox"

Amy, you have created a situation of great depth and complexity.  The payoff, if you can get everything just right, is huge.  But if you're having trouble, you should dial back carefully on what you are imputing to the characters and circumstances.  I suspect that you'll want to do that in one or two places, leaving those parts of the story untold.  But most of it I am expecting you'll tweak and fill in.

This is actually a question of detail and gestalt.  You need to go from the socks back to the pile.

I need to crash for an hour or two and then do a couple hours of noisy cleaning.  I'll look after that.

A modest rewrite, with some shading I want for later.

Don't get too excited.  I'm trying to figure out what to do next in the apartment, and I've got to get on with my life.

'Additional information' is exactly what is meant by a non-restrictive clause.  A restrictive clause specifies further which individuals/instances/occurences are meant; a non-restrictive clause (or other modifier) does not limit the instances, but only provides additional information.

I tripped over a 1997 copy of the AP stylebook.  They use 'essential' to mean 'restrictive' and 'non-essential' to mean 'non-restrictive'.

I would say the relative clause 'who is ...' is non-restrictive, precisely because 'favorite uncle' refers to one individual and further restriction is not possible.  This non-restrictive clause is parenthetical in effect (try it with Real Parentheses) and so should be set off by commas.