I got my cholesterol results back yesterday and I feel like I won the lottery. Well, okay, maybe more like I won a few bucks from a scratch-off card, but still pretty good. My total cholesterol is 201 - an all-time low for me. Triglycerides - 139. That's a huge turn-around, considering they topped 500 just a couple of years ago. HDL and LDL levels are very acceptable. Best of all, my doctor doesn't want to check me again for another year. Whooooooooo!
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Story ideas are just zipping around like crazy. It's a real challenge to decide which idea to work on first, but for now I think I've figured out which one to place over the hottest burner. It's important for me (at least at this stage) NOT to think about potential markets, but to just try to tell the story. As I was working on a story this morning, I found myself thinking in very broad terms whether the story was headed in the fantasy or horror direction. I'm trying not to listen to the "market demons" inside my head, but it's tough. After all, you don't want to end up with a pretty good story that doesn't fit anywhere. But I believe every story belongs somewhere (even if it's in the round file). Onward.
Now Playing = Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Now Reading = 1066: The Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry - Andrew Bridgeford (as recommended by John - Thanks!)
In the Car = The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
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Another reason to like Bridgeford: his is about the only readily available study of Eustace II of Boulogne. Nearly everything else about the man is a tangential reference from something about his sons, Godfrey and Baldwin, the first Crusader monarchs of Jerusalem. Which seems a shame, because Eustace comes off--at least from Bridgeford--as an intriguing figure.
And congratulations on your victory against insidious fatty acids, and may the might of your diet and exercise keep them forever from the hallowed halls of your arteries.
(I tried to post this yesterday, but it seems that my computer ate it--that's right, the computer ate my homework, Mr. Wolverton.)
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