Harry Connolly's Blog, page 204
February 21, 2010
Blog to LJ/Facebook/whatever
Unlink your feeds, a manifesto. I wonder what folks think of this, especially folks on Facebook. Is it too much? Should I unlink my own feeds?
February 20, 2010
Man Bites World Revise-down!
Today I am a dumb person.
I started late this morning–waking at 6 am–and caught a bus to the Starbucks. I worked until 11, had a quick lunch, then hit the library at 11:45. I worked there until they closed at 6 pm.
How much work did I do? I was five pages from the end of the stinking book when they threw us out. I couldn't wrap up for the day so close to the end, so I went *back* to the Starbucks, bought a little food, and finished writing the new (much less dark) ending.
Success!...
Apropos of nothing at all
How to fold a fitted sheet:
February 19, 2010
And I'm back
Thank you, Mac Freedom! At about 8:45 this morning, I set it to block internet access from my laptop for 6 hours. Then I got down to work.
With interruptions, of course. My local library branch is closed on Fridays due to budget cuts. I ended up working at home instead, which was fine because I'm still not feeling so hot. And for once, my family let me work relatively undisturbed. Also, the Mac Freedom timer stops when the laptop goes into sleep mode, so I get a genuine six hours of...
February 18, 2010
Obsessive behavior
I'm at the library, working on my book at the moment. (I just couldn't stay in my apartment any longer). The guy sitting at the table with me is apparently concerned about hanging boogers, because he has been exhaling sharply ever 5-20 seconds.
And he's been doing it for 45 minutes oh I am so not even joking. Time to get the hell out of here.
(NB: I had a productive day.)
Not day-jobbing today
In truth, I feel like crap. Yay! The sun is bright, though, and I'm told it will be warm later. I'll try to spend a little time outside in it.
Instead, I'm plugging away at Man Bites World. Why not? What else am I going to do with my time, read Facebook?
Let me put a question or three to you before I log off: How do you guys feel about a book that has the same title as another book? Does it matter if they're in different genres? If the previous one is out of print? Still in print? ...
February 17, 2010
Federal Stimulus
Independent economic analysts–organizations unaffiliated with the White House or the national Democratic party–have put forward their conclusions on the federal stimulus bill.
It has worked, and will continue to work.
Just look at the outside evaluations of the stimulus. Perhaps the best-known economic research firms are IHS Global Insight, Macroeconomic Advisers and Moody's Economy.com. They all estimate that the bill has added 1.6 million to 1.8 million jobs so far and that its ultimate...
Two political links
First: Andrew Sullivan points out that Dick Cheney confessed to a war crime in a recent interview.
In fact, the attorney general of the United States is legally obliged to prosecute someone who has openly admitted such a war crime or be in violation of the Geneva Conventions and the UN Convention on Torture. For Eric Holder to ignore this duty subjects him too to prosecution. If the US government fails to enforce the provision against torture, the UN or a foreign court can initiate an...
