Given the horrible weather we have experienced so far this winter, I have been pleasantly surprised by the Power Company. I’ve lost power three times, but each of those outages has been very short.

Nevertheless, I’ve made a major improvement to Studio Milliscent.

It is now completely self-contained. A very large electric start generator will now provide all the electricity one could desire whenever the power lines go down.

7000 watts of pure power awaits the turn of a key!

Posted by Milliscent at 7:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

My studio has an uncommon hot water heater. Environmentally friendly, and extremely efficient, it makes hot water only as it is used, storing none.

Equally odd however is the fact that it is located outside, as opposed to inside the building. Such a location is OK because it contains a small electrical heater within itself that turns on when the temperatures go below freezing, so cold weather will not break it.

Last night of course we were predicted to get a huge windstorm, which never occurred.

I was however concerned that I might loose electricity if the wind blew as predicted, and without that electricity the hot water heater’s delicate workings would freeze and break. This concern in mind, I decided to drain all of the pipes in the building, and the hot water heater, knowing that I could fill them right back up this morning.

Thanks to my plumbing genius I was able to accomplish this normally impossible task in about three minutes. When he plumbed my studio a few years ago, he truly thought of everything.

Into the basement, turn off one valve and no more water will flow into the building. Turn on two other valves and all the water in all the buildings pipes and fixtures flows out of them. Perfect.

I didn’t end up loosing electricity, so the exercise was not necessary after all, but it’s nice to know that any damage can be prevented so very easily.

Posted by Milliscent at 11:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

On November 6, 2006 Studio Milliscent suffered horrible damage from raging floodwaters. The building, the studio, did however stand. It survived. Survived as my most wonderful cocoon for another day, survived as the home for my art, my sadomasochism another day.

On November 7, 2008 Studio Milliscent was once again threatened by raging floodwaters. I am thrilled to report that it stands. It was not damaged in any way. It remains ready for me, ready for you, ready for the magic we shall make together.

Join me in Studio Milliscent; join me in celebration of it standing firm through yet another natural disaster. It is a truly magical home for my art, my sadomasochism. Home to my cruelty, home for your suffering.

Posted by Milliscent at 2:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

People who know me know that I take tremendous pride in my studio, my dungeon. It is totally unique, comfortable, and I think beyond compare when it comes to places to play. Additionally, it’s chock full of so much wonderful equipment that one could never hope to list it all.

Part of keeping it that way though is maintenance. Tomorrow is the big day. Starting bright and early we plan on removing everything from the space and once it is empty maintaining each and every inch of it. When we are done it should be just as perfect as it was when it was built not all that long ago.

We plan that this process will take an entire day and that we will not finish until late tomorrow night sometime, especially since some pieces of equipment will actually have to be disassembled to get them out of the space. It will all be worth the effort though because it is important to me that my space be the very best it can be.

A huge thank you to everyone who is coming to help with this project. Tom, Mark, Eagle, Chris & Sandy, without each of you none of this would be possible.

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