Triumphantly

Somehow managed to fit a novel into the nooks and crannies of time in my life the past two days.

Reorganized chapters 9 and 10 into 9, 10, 11 and sketched out two bits that get inserted into them. Made a grim little joke with the word "ineffable". Looking foreward to another apocalypse tearing history totally loose of its moorings very soon.

I just realized that I don't care whether or not that makes sense.

Let's settle for two words, then: progress and hope.

24,345 / 60,000 (40.0%)

It's all been tumbling out of head since a Wednesday morning mass. Thanks be to God. I should be able to write 35,000 words in four weeks, right?

And somewhere in this mess, I put together a web site for a local political candidate. Francine did the logo, which looks far better than the content.

Yesterday's mail proved to be a stack of bills and (another) story rejection. Huzzah.

Best news headline this week so far:

Roman ruler's head found in sewer

 

Airship Glee

I've had several sightings of the Ameriquest blimp at work recently. It fills me with glee.

Planet X Found

July 29, 2005

A planet larger than Pluto has been discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system.

The planet was discovered using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif. The discovery was announced today by planetary scientist Dr. Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., whose research is partly funded by NASA.

Source: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2005-126

Hats off to metaphorge, who brought this to my attention, and the Greek Goddess Insomnia, who made darn sure I was available to notice. Back to writing now.

Other links:

NASA imaages

The Samuel Oschin Telescope

Michael Brown, co-discoverer

BBC

CNN

I say we call it Yuggoth, because let's face it, 2003UB313 just doesn't exactly roll off the tongue...