Things are better for me personally than they were this time last week, although the end of last week and the start of this one has been filled with far too much grief for others ( Read more... )

I'm back in Colorado now after a particularly rough last couple of weeks, and am busily working to unearth myself from beneath the pile of things that have accumulated in my absence ( Read more... )

Inspired in part by
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After taking one look at my calendar, I can tell that it's going to be a busy December. Time to roll up my sleeves and dig in ( Read more... )

The subject line says it all, really. I spent at least two days this week thinking that it was a day earlier in the week than it was, to the point that I actually started wondering if I'd wandered into a time loop somehow.

("Yesterday was Tuesday, right? But today is Tuesday too!"

--Sam Winchester, "Mystery Spot")
But it's Friday now, no one died ( Read more... )

I guess we can call it 3.75 deadlines achieved, in the end ( Read more... )

Three of five major deadlines completed on time.

Two yet remain.

The clock runs out at 11:59 pm local time tomorrow, January 27th.

Let's see how this ends.

(In the meantime, tonight I am letting all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies play in the background while I work. I feel sure that there are far worse life choices ( Read more... )

Progress report:



6415 / 50000 words. 13% done ( Read more... )

Quick progress report update:



5841 / 50000 words. 12% done!

More later when I've figured out how in this world to write about Steve Jobs' passing. In the meantime-- may you rest in peace, sir. You will be missed. Thank you for everything you did. You changed the world for us all.

This entry was originally posted at http://silveraspen. ( Read more... )

Progress report:



5625 / 50000 words. 11% done!

Miniscule advancement, but editing was involved, so there's that.

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Obviously, I'm going to be making posts on a daily basis for a while. Therefore, I'm throwing the floor open for discussion: what would you like to see me write about? Pretty much anything is fair game in this ( Read more... )