Using Humor

50,000 words, 30 days. This is nuts

Every year since 2005 I have been a proud participant of National Novel Writing Month, affectionately known as NaNoWriMo.

Every year since 2005 I have failed miserably.

But, as Winston Chruchill said, in my new favorite quote of all time, “Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”

Every November a couple of hundred thousand people all meet on-line and start to write. The goal is 50,000 words. You can start at midnight on November 1st and you have to be finished by midnight November 30th. Piece of cake. If you average 1667 words a day, it’s a breeze. Additionally, donations are accepted and used to promote literacy and writing programs worldwide.

My best finish ever was something over 10,000 words…(a hilariously tender, coming of age, quasi-romance, slasher, cold war thriller, set in Dumas, TX) an epic I have not been able to force myself to read again.

But this year is going to be different.

This year, I am sticking with the plan and staying the course.

My heart is pure, my aim is true. And I am pleased, no, I am proud, to state that as of today, November 3…

I am all the way up to 104 words.

Pray for me.

Blue Mask, Venezia by Gret@Lorenz

While checking out an MSNBC article about Latisse, the “eyelash enhancer.” that can grow hair in “unintended places” change the color of eyes and other great things. I found these sites:

Truthinaging.com and Realself.com which, I don’t know, seem like odd names for web sites that are concerned with body enhancement procedures, whether surgical, plastic or non-invasive.

Maybe it’s just me.

This could be your heart! Image via Wikipedia

An Associated Press story this week reported:

Hundreds of auto dealers in the New York area have withdrawn from the government’s Cash for Clunkers program, citing delays in getting reimbursed by the government…”

(Here’s the link from the Dallas Morning News.)

This certainly appeared to be a simple program to set-up and administer. If you have the right old car, you could receive up to $4500 back on the right new car. There were basically only two standards to meet, and yet the program ran out of money almost immediately and now it’s taking so long to pay that dealers are dropping out.

This is the same government that wants to reform our health care by getting more involved in the process.

God help us all.