Friday, November 16, 2012

I am thinking about Nancy Kerrigan (sorta)


        I am thinking about Nancy Kerrigan
    

            “RT @NECN: Mass. judge orders Mark Kerrigan to return to jail for 6 months for violating probation http://ow.ly/fmBGC”
    
    
        
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     Nancy Kerrigan on GetGlue.com




It looks like her brother is causing more trouble for the Kerrigan family



“RT @NECN: Mass. judge orders Mark Kerrigan to return to jail for 6 months for violating probation http://ow.ly/fmBGC”

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

From the @elizabethforma headquarters

#masen #mapol From the @elizabethforma headquarters:We need you to do three things before you go to bed tonight:    Plan a time to vote. Polls will be open on Tuesday from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM. To look up your polling location, or to request a a ride to the polls, visit our voter information center:http://elizabethwarren.com/vote    Remind your friends to vote. Even if you think your friends are going to vote on Tuesday, send them a quick reminder. This is going to be an extremely close election, and we can’t take anything for granted. Use this simple page to send your friends an email reminder:http://elizabethwarren.com/votereminder    Volunteer on Tuesday. We still need volunteers to help make sure our supporters get to the polls on Tuesday. Please find your closest field office anytime after 7:00 AM and stop in to volunteer - even just a couple of hours can make the difference.http://elizabethwarren.com/fieldoffices
#masen #mapol From the @elizabethforma headquarters:

We need you to do three things before you go to bed tonight:

    Plan a time to vote. Polls will be open on Tuesday from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM. To look up your polling location, or to request a a ride to the polls, visit our voter information center:

http://elizabethwarren.com/vote

    Remind your friends to vote. Even if you think your friends are going to vote on Tuesday, send them a quick reminder. This is going to be an extremely close election, and we can’t take anything for granted. Use this simple page to send your friends an email reminder:

http://elizabethwarren.com/votereminder

    Volunteer on Tuesday. We still need volunteers to help make sure our supporters get to the polls on Tuesday. Please find your closest field office anytime after 7:00 AM and stop in to volunteer - even just a couple of hours can make the difference.

http://elizabethwarren.com/fieldoffices

Monday, November 5, 2012

NaNoWriMo/NaBloPoMo – Day 4 and other things


So I am informed by Ye Trusty ole NaNoWriMo Word Count stats cruncher that:

Your Average Per Day
778
 
Words Written Today
1,020
 
Target Word Count
50,000
 
Target Average Words Per Day
1,667
 
Total Words Written
3,114
 
Words Remaining
46,886
 
Current Day
4
 
Days Remaining
27
 
At This Rate You Will Finish On
January 3, 2013
 
So I have upped my word count slightly but I need to pick up the pace to at least hit 50,000 words within this year.



An interesting development is that while watching this:
  , (which is about these guys  ),
I found a key to unlocking the soul of the story I want to tell.  The music from Unknown Pleasures and Closer albums really inspired me.



I came across more writing tips online:
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About the Author: Brian Clark is founder of Copyblogger and CEO of Copyblogger Media.


AND

Go Into the Story’s contribution of …
“Get the damn thing done!”:
http://gointothestory.blcklst.com/2012/10/get-the-damn-thing-done.html


Lastly, I was tooling around on GetGlue.com (I should say old GetGlue (o.getglue.com), because no one likes the new GetGlue.com website and found this:
I am thinking about Jack Klugman

And so I shared the excerpts from his book, “Tony and Me” on GetGlue that spoke to me:
“I tell young actors all the time: learn your craft and the rest will take care of itself.”

and

“I don’t like to preach, but I’m going to now because I feel this is too important not to say.  If you’re like I was, or you’re someone who likes to hold a grudge, or you’ve never really let someone know what they mean to your because you’re afraid, ask yourself this question: what are you really protecting?

If you look, you’ll see it: nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Just phantoms from old wounds that never healed. Give them up and join the people in your life who love you.  Risk it all. For me, it was the best gamble I ever made.”

On Saturday, December 14th

 I spent a good portion of the day watching the Flintstones holiday marathon (with some breaks for “A Christmas Story,” “Knots Landing”-the...