Update planet

Wow, has it really been almost a month since I last wrote?? Time flies when you're having fun / on vacation / polishing up a draft of the second book / attempting to live your life as a non-fool.

Yesterday morning, on assignment from my day job, I participated in a firefighter safety training drill. It was super-fun and exhilarating! I donned full firefighter gear -- the mask and air tank, helmet, suit, boots, all of it -- and navigated a maze, squirming through a mess of wires, squeezing thro...