Talk to the hand

Random quote of the day:


"It’s not what you say, it’s what they hear."

—Red Auerbach on coaching, 2004 NPR interview










( Illustrated version. )

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

The number is five

1. I'm currently finishing up the rewrite of a section of A Rain of Angels that I'd forgotten to finish. I thought it was done, but I'd stopped in the middle of a scene. One of my lamer-brained moves. Sure glad I reread that part before sending it out. The new material makes it stronger, I think, but my overall feelings about the novel are not helped by the fact that I've been working on my least favorite part of it. I've lost perspective on whether or not it works, or is enough, or if there are more changes I need to make, or if that's just rampant perfectionism getting in the way of sending it out. I have no idea at this point.

2. So, I posted this Steven Wright quote on Twitter: "What's another word for Thesaurus?" Some dear heart who I did not know actually tweeted back with a list of synonyms for thesaurus.

3. Sometimes I wonder if I have the intellect of a magpie. Someone posts something/does something and my magpie brain says, "Ooo! That looks like fun! I want to do it, too!" And off I go in a cloud of bright, shiny objects. I am highly distractible these days. All sorts of siren time sinks are calling my name, trying to woo me away from whatever I should be focusing on. I ping pong, therefore I am. Bright shiny objects!

4. This week's irony: When I originally sent out the Dorothy Parker quotation on rewrites, I misspelled her name and had to correct it and send it out again.

5. I seem to be spending a lot of money which I do not actually possess these days. Bright, shiny. I guess I'm just being patriotic. I must stop, though. The spending, not the patriotism, of course.