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Can someone please explain this to me? I am confused.

So here I am in sick bay, doing my best imitation of Nurse Ratched, and my Child With Stitches sort of needs me, but not in a hard core way, so we spent the morning redesigning my LJ and my MySpace.

Any comments?

And Child With Stitches thinks I should have a FaceBook page, too. What do you think?

Stef is here and shared some Deutsche silliness with us. (Watch if you dare, the song sticks in your head.)

…. not because he’s one hell of a storyteller (though he is one of the best), not because he supports his community in a wonderful way, not even because he had the smarts to marry a great woman.

I just fell in love with Stephen King again for writing the most common sensical piece about the Harry Potter phenomena and quietly eviscerating the arguments of the literary snobs and handwringers. (Note: link contains HP7 spoilers.)

I am out of town taking care of another family member recovering from surgery. All is well, not to worry; she came through the long procedure well and is fairly comfortable, thanks to medication. (I am pretty sure BH is taking advantage of my absence to finish the basement. This should be interesting.)

I am kind of in limbo right now…. trying to develop the new story, but feeling unsure about so many elements… waiting for the last reader comments on my historical so I can do the last “polish” revision…. starting to think about the speeches and workshops I’m giving this fall, but not quite ready to write them yet…. still very confused about how it got to be August.

But you know what is helping to ground me? The NFL preseason has started. I don’t even care that the Evil Empire beat the Colts last night. Football means autumn means apples means bonfires means chili means color means rightness. Autumn is my time of year and it’s coming. I swear.

Back to my chicken soup and TLC duties!

PS – I’ll give the hint I promised for the TWISTED teacher contest next week, when I get home.