Thursday, August 12, 2010

Dead Tired

Tired is the word of the day. Of many a day now. Haven't been feeling that well. Don't know if it is the heat or something else. Some say it has never been so hot. I remember frequent days over 100 quite well when I was much much younger. Temperatures we haven't reached. But I don't recall it ever being this humid for this long. Misao likes it. She says it is like Japan.

Three days of riding and then a trip to the gym today. Got in my walking and then felt a bit uneasy so I walked more and skipped any strength training. Oppressive humidity slows the pace but have gotten to several tasks despite the heat. One secret to putting up with the humid temperatures, especially when most of your house is not air conditioned, is to scrub well every time you bath. One of those long plastic like rough wash clothes to get rid of all the gunk coming out of your pores. Listen and learn young people. Why pay good money for a sauna when your house is one.

We have a free ticket to the fair so we need only buy one. Keeping it to a single cob of corn each and splitting a cream puff. I liked it when they had all the animals the entire fair. Now you have to check the schedule to see what animals you will be missing. Misao has found the rabbits in our yard like to eat breakfast cereal. She enjoys seeing them in the yard.... and fattening them up. We're going to miss the rabbits at the fair I think.

Dead tired, wondering if that cold ever really left me, I pulled myself out of bed this morning. Trying to make myself a cup of coffee the phone rang and I answered, eyes crossed. The copy edit on my book was done and later I looked over the edits and editors notes briefly. Pleasantly surprised on a confirmation of what I thought/hoped the work was. In brief, well developed and flows well with a spattering of mechanical issues. Have I ever mentioned that I do well at everything I invest myself in. Will go over it in detail tomorrow before we go to the fair in the afternoon. Maybe the pressure of waiting for the copy edit tired me out.

I guy I know at the gym promised to buy a copy of my book when it is done, and gave me a lead on another odd job. Then he said someone could take my book and put it up on the Internet so people wont need to buy it. Why he said that is unclear to me but with some security issues I've had with my computer it is something that has crossed my mind more than once. And I see the Mormons have a new ad campaign, showing themselves just to be ordinary people. Lets face it, lots of people liked Mitt Romney but his chances were/are very slim to none to become President  because he is a Mormon. After 150 years and still having to try to convince people you're normal. You can imagine how it would be if your religion were only 50 years old.

Not clear on how the marketing works but my book will be available as an e-book. And if you don't have a Kindle, see the image and link. I put out real money to get a proper hair cut for a profile photo. Then found studios are really expensive for poor folk like us, so will have to take one myself. Got some photography tips from the guy who is working on the book cover. Most important, full zoom and the background should be twice as far away from you as the camera so the camera focuses on your image. Sunrise or sunset and use the flash.

The publishing costs are squeezing me but I qualified for a larger free poker tournament and if I do well, and get lucky, winnings will guaranty no delays. And a new tire for my road bike. $190 in on the book and hoping to keep the additional costs under $750. I have another book started and am outlining three more.

The humidity is supposed to break next week. I hope to get out to ride much more. I was falling a sleep at last nights mountain bike meeting. Haven't been keeping on top of things. The Ore to Shore bike race is this weekend. Same time as the poker tournament. I couldn't afford to travel anyway. Will have to update the issues and activities of meeting lore my next post. You'll have to read one of my other blogs to learn of any poker glory I may or may not achieve.

A man at the poker table once asked what is the greatest cause of death in the world. He claimed religion. I said, its people deciding who's saved or not. As if one could speak for God.

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