I had to run an errand before coffee this morning -- so to amuse myself I had dancing llamas with the drama part on the accent beats.

I thought it was funny.

and I know you can't stop beating on yourself, but many, may famous,good authors missed deadlines. Creativity does not always work on a schedule - so just keep moving forward.

"sacrelicious"?

Sacrilegious + delicious!

many, may famous,good authors missed deadlines.

Yeah, it was Douglas Adams who said, “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”

I think it's also useful not to think of writing as some magical thing that very few people can do, or that requires a special muse or whatever. It's a job. Some days you call out sick. Some days you don't do your best. But if you keep showing up, you can get it done.

sacrelicious: 1) A description of a recipe that should not exist for religious reasons, but tastes good anyway. 2) Any cooking done with communion wafers.

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Huh.

Oops. I llama dramaed again, at my desk. I think no one saw.

Aw Allyson, I would so give you an A!

I am looking things up today, first paw paw and now sous vide. So I am feeling a bit brainless, but at least I have the good sense to follow the lead of my mom the librarian and look things up.

This is a horrible word. There shouldn't be a word for that. It just endorses it.

It is a horrible word. That's what happened to my mom, but I never knew what to call it so I just had to describe it, which is worse. I'm sorta glad there's a word for it.

How?

Cook one chopped onion on high for 6 hours, stirring once an hour (you can get fancy and add some other ingredients for part of that time, I like garlic and apples), then 1 pound of chicken liver stirred into the onion and cooked for another hour. At that point everything is pretty much falling apart and stirring with a wooden spoon will "chop" it. Maybe add a tablespoon of port to smooth out the texture. Add chopped hard-boiled eggs if you like that sort of thing.

Way easier than any other method I've tried.

I think it's also useful not to think of writing as some magical thing that very few people can do, or that requires a special muse or whatever. It's a job. Some days you call out sick. Some days you don't do your best. But if you keep showing up, you can get it done.

Amy I love this! So true!

Have we seen this Malvin and Cobbes T-shirt?

My friend Karen made that shirt! Everyone should buy one!

Today's lunch: baked asparagus omelette, pancakes and hot chocolate with whipped cream.

Damn, that sounds good. My lunch was microwaved TJ's Indian food, but maybe tomorrow I should go out for pancakes instead.

I've been mildly sick for two weeks and I just wish it would go away. It's not miserable or anything, but it makes it hard to sleep and I'm so draggy these days. Bleh. But I did go for a short walk at lunch today, and it improved my mood hugely. Sunshine! Fallen leaves! Fresh air! Must do that more often.