Every now and then, I get in this mood to call people to see how they are doing. Tonight, for instance, I called Dan to wish him a happy birthday, and then I called Jen to tell her about my own birthday celebration arrangements at the Rainbow Room in New York late in March. For…
I just heard the sad news that Don Knotts died today at the age of 81.
Most of the chores I set out to do today are done. The house is cleaned. I finally managed to get a decent haircut. I even went out and bought a new floor rug for the living room, which is something I’d been meaning to do for a while now. Now I get to spent…
Lots to do today. It’s time again to clean the house up. I need to vacuum, clean the bathroom, dust, mop floors, etc. There is also laundry to do and trash to take out. And, of course, I need to get my hair cut. Once that stuff is done, can relax a bit, and read…
I didn’t get any writing done today, but I did get started on Gotham, which is as good as I remember it on the first try. I do plan on writing this weekend, finishing up the first draft of “The Graveyard Shift”. I also plan on reading Bill Shunn’s novella “Incliniation” in the April/May Asimov’s.…
So here I am, at work, getting ready to go into a meeting where everyone will have to watch me work my way through this massive, three-scoop, chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice-cream with everything-on-it banana split from Haagen Dazs. A great way to relax on a Friday.
I’m up to 80 pushups as of tonight. I did 3 sets: 40/30/10. Ten more nights and I’ll be at my full three sets of 90 (40/30/20). Once there, I’ll probably start adding in more weights during the week. And at some point, some cardio.
I’m going to try and finish up It’s Superman this evening after I get out of the shower. If I do end up finishing it, then the next book on the list is Gotham: A History of New York City Through 1898. This is a 1,200 page, 800,000 word book that I tried reading back…
I just did another 1,650 words of “The Graveyard Shift”, covering three more parts, through part 13. The parts are getting shorter because the pace of the story is now picking up. I think I will end up finishing the story this weekend and it will end up somewhere right around 15,000 words, like I…
The April/May double-issue of Asimov’s arrived today with a new novella by William Shunn. Looking forward to starting that tomorrow evening.
Of all of the people listening to music in the world at this very moment, is it possible that one person is listening to something at this moment that no one else in the world is listening to? I wonder.