"at this point I have the liver function of a mollusk"

Today was a 5,000 word day. Maybe more, as I'm still writing, and the day counts until I fall over, right?

(damn you, arcaedia. Check your e-mail.)



Also: Tony Bourdain in Uzbekistan is possibly the funniest damn thing I've seen in weeks. Possibly my nomination for his best episode ever. Or maybe I'm just that tired.

Nah, it really is that funny.

Also? He's still damn hot.

(what? he is! an a$$hole, but hot.)

posting with actual socially redeeming context. or not.

From 5000+ words to barely 1000 today. Bah. There was cause, however -- in addition to it being an Office Day, I had Great Trauma -- having to finally bow to publisher pressure and get an offical Author Photo for PR purposes. Bleah. I have been recovering ever since.

To counteract all the soot and evil in the news, some inspirational stuff:

A 4-foot-nutin, 90 pound woman working in a convenience store in Long Island was the victim of a gun-wielding would-be robber. Or rather, the attempted victim -- she pulled a small hand ax from below the counter and chased the guy off. The video is both disturbing (she could have been shot so easily) and hysterical. You go, sister! I have to admit that I wish she'd landed a blow -- hooded and/or masked assailants of any stripe pretty much deserve to be hacked a few times.

Also, they're showing film of the supertanker dropping clouds of flame retardant on some of the fires in California -- fire retardant that is also a powerful fertilizer, to encourage the area to start growing again once the fires are done. May it be soon.

And the rest of the news was spent discussing Rudy's turncoat support of the Sox in the World Series (his excuse: he's loyal to the league, which in football at least is a totally valid reason, but doesnt seem to work so well in baseball). This amuses me, mainly because it proves once again that Rudy is a whore, even among politicians. Why does the rest of the country not see how much of a whore he is?