From the quote box
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. — Theodore Roosevelt
Why we do what we do, on going
From Grant Faulkner, the new director over at NaNoWriMo:
We [the out-going director and Grant] both have a passionate and joyfully reckless belief that a simple act of creativity can better the world in wildly unexpected ways.
I took on this job mainly because of that last similarity. The one thing I know from being a writer, a teacher, a journalist, an editor, a book store clerk, a waiter, and a parent is that all of us are makers, and we must be bold and zealous and vigilant and giving as creators.
I agree. Every person has the ability and responsibility to use and develop their talents and to make a difference in the world. Every day.
Quiet night
Quiet night in the world of east-no-where-land. Very quiet. Too quiet.
I can pretty much say I don’t feel like sewing together 46 squares of fabric.
I didn’t do any writing at lunch time. Instead, I pondered moving parts of part three into part two, and how that might work time-line wise. I’m confused. I think I have some very nice story bits, but is it really a big tale? I guess time will tell. I’ll keep going and see what happens because it turns out I don’t have a deadline for this.
And in the little things that make my brain hurt, I went into first one cash drawer and then the other at work doing transactions and found everything moved over one slot to the right, with no five dollar slot. One had no quarters, but two rutherford dollars in the quarter bin. I have no explanation. Maybe aliens.
Finally, amid a lot of other financial news swirling around the past few days, this one just made me laugh pretty darn hard. Apparently it’s not who you last worked for, but who you worked the longest for. Just saying. I laughed and I appreciated the light moment.
And the screaming-mimi ad makes me grateful for every mute button I’ve ever known.
Head down. It must be January
Guess it’s been a few days since I posted here. I’ve been playing with iBooks Author and finally gave up on it for my purposes (looks cool to use, just not for importing large continuous text and keeping it in chapter-ized format). Been adding a bit to Part 3. Not sure if it’s going to amount to anything.
Work has been strange. Maybe just that post-holiday crash. Nice to not be inundated with crazed shoppers. Now the really crazed ones seem to be venturing to the mall though so it’s always a trade off.
Fiat went in for first oil change and the time-loss on clock is a “known issue” which seems to have surprised the service guys. Leave it to me to help expand their horizons.
Straightening up in the front room today. all the wrapping stuff etc has to go away.
