I shall require a larger version in Corinthian leather. It needs to be able to suffocate a mug of coffee, a fifth of whisky, my laptop, and the boulder that sits on my shoulders. It needs to block WiFi, the smell of food, and sound. It needs to warm to the same exact temperature as a hearty winter stew, and massage my winter-dried scalp for extra ideas. Do you take the Discover card?
Kawamura-Ganjavian has created the Ostrich pillow — perfect for napping just about anywhere. Imagine the possibilities on a plane, in your office, outside in the park…
Since we have been working more and more hours, we certainly need some time to rest. Most cultures have not yet included “siesta” time into the workday, but I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that a power nap is actually very beneficial to productivity and focus.
“It is neither a pillow nor a cushion, nor a bed, nor a garment, but a bit of each at the same time. Its soothing cave-like interior shelters and isolates our head and hands (mind, senses and body) for a few minutes, without needing to leave our desk.”
If you’d like to jump over to the other side of rejection, watch this first of several vlogs, Fridays With Agent Kristin: “Episode 1: How To Become A Literary Agent.”
“Literary adaptations look set to sweep the board in Hollywood this year.”
Six of the nine nominations announced this week for Best Picture are based on books, reflecting a recent pattern in which the Oscar lists have consistently and gratifyingly affirmed cinema’s dependence on literature.
“That is one thing I am sure of amid my many uncertainties regarding the literary vocation: deep inside, a writer feels that writing is the best thing that ever happened to him, or could ever happen to him, because as far as he is concerned, writing is the best possible way of life, never mind the social, political, or financial rewards of what he might achieve through it.”
… It is hard enough to write at one’s best without wearing a hundred pounds on one’s back each day, but such is your condition, and if I were a man who believed that prayer was productive of results, I might wish to send some sort of vigor and encouragement to you, for if you can transcend this situation, more difficult than any of us have known, if you can come up with a major piece of literary work, then you will rejuvenate all of us, and literature, to that degree, will flower.
- Norman Mailer to Salman Rushdie in support of The Satanic Verses.
So… in my house, if you’re asked to do something over and over again, or asked if you’re going to do something (over and over again), you need to be suspicious. Either you should’ve have done something long ago, or you’re being asked to remove yourself so something can happen.
Tonight I was asked over and over when I would take a shower. This is normal.
When I came down, the first floor was decorated with all things Chinesey. Chinese New Year is this coming Monday and tomorrow I plan to cook a feast for my family like I always do as a way of keeping sacred my origins and to celebrate my love for food.
I don’t mind driving in snow and related junk. In fact, I like it. But sometimes it’s not about me and what I’m capable of but about the other person and what he’s incapable of. Add ice and you’ve got a dangerous mix.
So texted-off the sitter. Going to spin on the trainer. Get the meatballs made and in the oven then sauce, a few games of Wii with son. Tonight, first season of “Breaking Bad” along with a few Fat Tires.
