Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 8 February 2005
Spent entire morning plotting out entirety of Chapter 5, which is very little reliant on past blogging and mostly about big ideas in other people's big books, sort of like Chapter 1 was in PNM, but here it will serve the same purpose as Chapter 7 (The Myths We Make), i.e., a chance to refute some arguments.
Felt good about the organizational effort, which I got done by 1pm, then I managed to waste the next four hours doing nothing, which I can do just as well as at home as at my old office. I could tell I just didn't want to write.
Then I got over it around 4pm and worked about 2,300 on the first section by dinner at six. Then from 7-9:30 I added a mere 1,000 more as my brain slowed. Happy with the content and sum, as I see the section at around 6k and wanted to get through half today, so I'll get up and nail the remainder in morning before moving on.
Gave quick interview today to Wired magazine person from the Netherlands who puts together these one-minute bits for a regular Wired segment on CBS Radio. Spoke for 4 mnutes, and he'll use 40 seconds with some narration from somebody else. It'll be on in about ten days. When, I do not know, but he'll send me a file or a URL at some point.
Got a copy of the WeltWoche piece on me in that Swiss journal and have already received several emails from Europeans on it. But the copy I received was all junked up with symbols, so I asked the journal for a clean one if possible, which I'll post if I get it. It will be, of course, in German.
Other than that I played with the pup a lot today, proving myself useful in spare moments around the house.
Brain dead now, off to sleep after last walk of pup.
