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…was my blood count this morning, which is dangerously low. Not enough rice last night. This balancing act is a funny thing. Drinking some OJ and scarfing toast to even me out before breakfast. How strange, to have a body that’s totally broken.

I haven’t been 176 lbs since I was 14. Until today, that is. Everybody has a favorite horror novel, one that just cuts right to the bone. Mine is Stephen King’s, Thinner. I had my first follow-up appointment today. My doctor, Dr. S, says my sugar levels look good. He’s concerned about the numbness in

I’ve got a free last-minute Wiscon Membership – a buddy of mine who was going to go can’t make it. First person to email kameron_hurley AT hotmail.com gets it (please only ask for this if you can make it last minute to Wiscon!). I’ll be in Madison around 1 or 2pm on Friday and can

“I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamour, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.” Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Marlow, in Heart of Darkness (1902). (thanks,

Well, I managed to get out here and clock in… an hour. I’m now tired and going home. I have the rest of the week off – working from home on Thursday. Gonna blow this popsicle stand.

If I get fired, I can go on unemployment!

“If I could go back in time to when I was first submitting work to publishers and give myself one piece of advice it would be: If a publisher wants to publish my book, it’s because they believe my book will make them money.”

Dilbert cartoon tacked above the copy machine this morning: Dilbert is sitting eating a banana. Below is the caption: “Doing it right is no excuse not to meet the schedule.” We have 36 sites to integrate in two weeks. HAH HHAHA AHAHa hHAHA AHAHa hahAH AHAH AH We’re so all going to lose our jobs.

Sometimes, The Onion scares me. (thanks, Patrick!)