Dateline: Guest House, Principia College, north of St. Louis, actually on IL side of river, 1 April 2005
Sad but eventful day. Last year we buried my Dad on 1 April. This year Mark Warren turned in 140k manuscript to G.P. Putnam's Sons on my behalf.
Got up this a.m., helped Vonne head out with the four kids, then worked out (finishing Mansfield Park on DVD), then some emails and phonecons (cancelling our old medical plan since we're now covered under the National Association of the Self-Employed!). Then jump in car and drive to Boston Logan, catching an American Eagle direct to St. Louis. Only problem, it's a commuter jet with three-across. Sat next to nice lady though, so that helped in the tight quarters. Enough to make the right knee ache.
Oy! Another reminder of getting older!
Here at little Principia, which puts on one helluva annual international affairs conference each year. This year ("Understanding Globalization") being the 56th.
Benjamin Barber was last night's speaker and they have political science legend James Rosenau tomorrow, with me keynoting tonight.
Gotta get changed after quick shower, then off to dinner in my honor (2 hours), then I speak in large theater (good set-up) for about 75 with Q&A, then reception.
Then up for 0600 departure.
Tried to write intro to Chapter 4 en route. Ended up starting with intro to Chapter 5 and ending with good segue. Tomorrow I will have to come up with new beginning to intro, but at least I have head start on Chapter 5's, which will be the last new writing I do on the book, unless Mark makes me pen a new intro para on the Afterward (Blogging the Future).
Something to turn in another book. Will be using image of its cover for first time in brief tonight.
Bit of a practice here being in Midwest. Realizing that I70 takes you to Indy, our new big city.
Das ist alles. . .
