Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 22 March 2005
Got up expecting to dive into Chapter 2, except Warren's email lost. So bug him at home. He resends. I receive. Get it on my Mac and head to basement. Have my Vonne-crafted breakfast roll and java all set, lighting just so, open the file, and it's absent any comments from Mark!
So waste morning revamping my bio (when in self-doubt, self-stroke). Mark finally gets it to me just before I'm leaving for business lunch. I am stunned by his number of comments (42 compared to 15 for Chapter 1), and at a loss on how to intro chapter.
So I head off to lunch, nothing accomplished.
Lunch with guy from Oak Ridge National Lab is pretty cool. This man really knows how to woo someone just like me. Geez, if Naval War College had this guy's smarts, I never would have left. And he's a retired 1-star USA general!
Very impressive LLC that runs Oak Ridge for DoEnergy. U Tennessee plus Battelle. Smart set-up, smart company. I'd be stupid to not want to make something happen with that much talent shoved into one private-sector entity.
Plus, I worked out my issues on intro to Chapter 2 with this guy over nice lunch!
Back in basement, spend about 5 f--king hours to write 3-page intro. I'd rather have my tonsils out again. Feel so bad at end, I call Mark and read over phone in desperation. He loves it!
I am spent for day at that point. Watch a bunch of "Incredibles" with Jerry, the real "Dash." Then work out to second 45-minute chunk of "Emma." Then phonecon with NRSP colleagues.
Too much, too fast, but good day. Once past Chapter 2, Mark and I are convinced it's smooth sailing. Having tried out a bunch of material on Oak Ridge guy today, I am getting more and more convinced that BFA will be a BFD!
Tomorrow, I deal with the 42 "issues" Mark has with chapter. He threatened to "kick my ass" on 12 of them . . .
Really, he actually writes stuff like that!
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