minor-major revelation

I can do away with one of the invasions. The superstitious wino only needs to drink himself to death, and things are much less repetititve. What a relief.

However, the chapter becomes much shorter -- 1330 words into it and it looks like I could end it now. But I'm not ready to send him out on his own. I'm just feeling a lot like my guy -- bored, aching from idleness, itching to move. I'll write a little more and then go do other stuff.

I'm not going to say a word about Anne Rice, okay?

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How come I have had so mujch trouble logging in today? First I logged in. Then I went to post and it demanded that I log in again. Post successful, so I must be logged in, right? No, when I went to comment I was not logged in again.

What?

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The words are from an article on the "People for the American Way" page, but the statement has been in the news for a while.

This year in Florida, the state ordered the implementation of a “potential felon” purge list to remove voters from the rolls

(emphasis added). "potential felon" is such a monstrous concept . . .

There's a lot more:

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=16368

Hah! a chapter in a day, at last

But a short one -- 2300 words.

I think it may be another time to look at lengths.

Chapter 14 -3104
Chapter 15 - 2926
Chapter 16 - 2764
Chapter 17 - 3535
Chapter 18 - 2300

So this chapter is significantly shorter than the "walking rhythm" of 8-10 pages, but only a little bit, but it's also the only one with a death on camera, so I think it's a good thing for it to be abrupt.

I'm a little spooked about the next chapter. I know I have notes, but it's really like the second step in the underpants road to world domination ("First, steal underpants. Third, world domination.")

I had to think hard about alcohol poisoning.