This week’s mailbag has been very light. I have to say, I’m worried that people don’t care about me anymore. After all, I’ve written about my doubts on the human origin of global warming and got nothing. No one even bothered to call me an idiot or wacko. I outlined my plan to change the way books are marketed in the USofA and no one called me pretentious or a “know-it-all”.
The internet just isn’t what it used to be.
Recently I decided that I needed to find at least a part-time job to supplement my income from freelancing. Grant writing has been too up and down for me, and I’d rather have something to count as a regular income. The first step in doing this has been learning how the job hunting game is played, since it’s been a while for me.
Sadly, I had no idea how apt it was to call all of this a “game”.
Minnesota has an extra holiday, all its own. The third Thursday and Friday of October are what we call “MEA Weekend”, the time when the state teacher’s union holds their annual seminar and convention. The kids have off from school for it, so a large hunk of the state simply shuts down. Nevermind that the teacher’s union isn’t MEA, but “Education Minnesota” these days. We’re talking holiday, we’re talking tradition. It will always be “MEA Weekend”.
Before my regular blog entry for the day, I would like to make an announcement:
Annette Funicello will turn 65 this Monday, 22 October 2007.
That’s right – the original Mousketeer and later star of “Beach Party” movies depicting an endless summer of fun will be eligible for Social Security.
The Baby Boom Generation is now officially old.
That is all.
The amount of effort that goes into writing a book is enormous. It’s hard work, and to me a kind of method acting where I do my best to be the characters for a short while. I let the characters figure out what they are doing and let the story flow like water. If you’ve ever written a novel, you’ll know how draining that is.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 