First, I’m cranky. For these reasons: Didn’t sleep well last night. Back-to-back meetings from 10-4. There’s something I need to do for a professor that I didn’t get to yesterday and I’m not sure if she needs it tomorrow or not and it’s something that’s going to take a while. Her e-mail was vague. I’m…

. . . can I write two books at once? I cheated. I admit it. I cheated on my book by working on another one. But the other one is easier. It had been running around in my head trying to get out for weeks. I had to let it go. Will I get back…

Update: There are now quite a few posts about this out there. Found by doing a search on the author’s name. Will try to read some tomorrow and post. This one with actual resources and links. The cover story of this week’s Newsweek features an article called “Mommy Madness,” explaining the overproduced way women approach…

This makes me feel a little better: In the car, Geeky Girl (5), explains that she was watching Static Shock and the bad guy was “smiling too hardly and it was really freaking me out.” Then, I asked her if she was ready to be tucked in and she said, “Uh, hello . . .…

If you’ve ever read the Phantom Toll Booth, you’ll know what I mean. In the doldrums, no one can go anywhere. Everyone is just stuck. I sort of feel that way today. I had no real direction at work, nothing pressing and nothing interesting I wanted to work on. At home, the house continues to…

That 43 folders thing–not gonna work for me. I know what’s in those folders and I don’t want to deal with it. Taxes suck. Must remember to change W4. What tax cut is Bush talking about? Cause I’m not seeing it. When you spend the weekend relaxing and organizing your work area, you end up…

my new desk! I promise a picture once I get to the finishing touches. We literally just finished setting it up. It’s huge–but I’m so happy. I don’t really care if IKEA isn’t real furniture. It’s so great for small places. I have my printer and scanner on the desk and there’s still room for…

I’m watching Two Towers with the Geeky Kids. We’ve all seen it before–twice maybe. We’re all enthralled with these movies. We’re planning to read the books as well. When I was younger, I was enthralled by King Arthur. I read every version of the tales I could. My first R-rated movie was Excaliber when I…

I’m continuing to think about my space and have made some tangible efforts toward creating a better space to work in. The first step was getting AbiWord, which I’m liking, btw. Next, I’m working on the physical surroundings. I purchased some poster adhesive to put up pictures and posters. I like to change things around…

I listened to the NPR report on the way home last night. I’m saddened to hear of his death. After reading “Death of a Salesman” in high school, I bought and read everything else he had written, one of my favorites being “The Crucible.” After that, I read Tennessee Williams, Harold Pinter, anything else I…