Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 25 March 2005
Feel pretty bad with cold. Still, work to be done. So, got up at 0700 and did 2.5-hour interview by phone for Esquire story. Used my cell and taped it all with my new microcassette recorder. Worked well.
Did later interview in afternoon same way. Will send all FEDEX to Esquire on Monday for transcribing. This was all big practice for next week's trio of interviews in DC. Gotta remember my passport, cause I need two picture IDs and I no longer carry any USG ones.
Rest of day lost to phone calls nonstop, and general malaise of cold. Have chapter 3 from Mark and may work it tonight (opening intro + callouts in first of three sections). This is the growing-the-Core chapter and it reads well from get-go, so should be easier.
Got attempted written transcript back from French journalist (Le Point; spoke with him yesterday), but he had so mangled my responses I simply had to say no. He tried to talk me into email responses, but I'm just too down right now to make his deadline. That is first time that's ever happened to me, but I don't know what else to do right now.
I'm just wearing down. Probably shouldn't have bothered to write anything here, but I feel some responsibility to the blog.
Gonna go lie down and try to make something happen on the Mac. If I eat, that might help.
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