I received the following e-mail from NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty: Dear Author, You remember those overachieving participants I talked about in last week’s email? The ones speeding past us with word counts in the 20,000s, and “kick me” signs fluttering from their backs? Most of them will be cruising into the 50,000-word winners’ circle this […]
Outcast Genius 100 % Nerd, 56% Geek, 52% Dork For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia.A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one.A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half
This is petty. I realize this. I went to Panera Bread yesterday to do some writing (out of work early), and this really annoying guy was working at the bakery counter. Luckily, he didn’t take my order. For example, this older gent walks up to the counter with an older lady, pretty obviously his wife.
By Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson. It’s hard to judge a book like this–a plot written by the late Heinlein (it’s definitely a Heinlein plot…oh, it’s a Heinlein plot), but the story was actually written by Spider Robinson, a man who much admired Heinlein, but who has entirely different sensibilities. He wasn’t instructed to
Ray’s totally into Scooby Doo right now. We watched Scooby Doo: Where’s My Mummy? tonight. There’s a part where Fred is trying to put himself in Scooby and Shaggy’s places in order to figure out where they might be, and mimics their voices. So imagine my amusement when I was watching the credits, and the
You know the part of the novel when you’re done with the beginning and just beginning the middle? I hate it. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. I have finally passed it, and I only have another six thousand words to do tomorrow before I’m caught up again. For now. (NaNoWriMo.)
Ray and I went to the Veteran’s Day parade this morning… Last night, we went to a Chinese buffet. Lee was working late, and I figured I could get some writing done at the mall while Ray played at the playground, so I offered up mall plus supper at anywhere Ray wanted to go. (I
Sorry. Philsophical day. I am vehemently against adult human beings following a moral system over an ethical one. The reason the 10 Athetistic Commandments bother me so much is that they outline yet another moral system, in place of an ethical one, with the very people you’d hope would reject morals. You could take them
Find a good spot in the mezzanine area over the play place at the mall. Bring one laser pointer. “We have to catch the ruby spot! There it is! Go get it! Go get it!”
