43 years old today.

You'd think I'd be grown up by now.

Rewriting involves decrease in word count.  Bollocks.

How do you get your kids to respect your writing time?

Irritable as FUCK ( Read more... )

Ok.  Must get to bed at a decent time tonight, as I am now getting up earlier (all part of the NYR ( Read more... )

Of course Helen Thomas got the axe.  Come on, naive much?

Big thanks to jmhenry for the link.

Peretz, Thomas, and the Middle East Double Standard

An excerpt:

Indeed, former New Republic editor Andrew Sullivan and Slate’s Jack Shafer have criticized Peretz for his recent remarks but have also suggested that his stewardship of the magazine should mitigate ( Read more... )

Never let cool-headedness and reason prevail when hatemongering and violence can trump.

Hijacked Art, Sidetracked Peace

Thanks to sasha_khan for calling this to my attention.

Yeah, I know, I was all happy the other day about myself and my life.

It's true I am feeling better. I got up before 6 today (which was a surprise, because I didn't realize that's how the clock was set) and got myself to the gym, where I did some happy crunches, tried some squats (don't get excited, it was with a wooden bar only, about 20), and ( Read more... )

I feel pretty good so far this morning, despite allergy issues and two consecutive nights of shit for sleep due to kids, spouse, and dog. But if you nag me or ask me to do something other than what I want to do, I'll rip your head off ( Read more... )

The house is a fucking mess. I will not charm you with descriptive passages.

Another reason why I'm not writing these days--I have to clean it.

But I did do a 20-rep squat last night.

Next time I will put weights on the bar.