TODAY:

• the Economist’s China column returns
• thank god we’re four years away from another election

OPERATIONS: I have a script on deck that simply refuses to be written, I have a week left to generate a piece of consulting work, and I just got the commencement payment for a short-ish story I haven’t started writing yet.
STATUS: a little over six hours sleep due to Minnie cat picking a fight with Bowie cat in the bed at fuck o’clock in the morning. Inbox 70, all quiet. I haven’t even looked at my RSS reader in a few days.
READING: CHOKEPOINTS, Edward Fishman (UK) (US+)
LISTENING: right now, Night Tracks

THINKING ABOUT: Hunter Thompson’s suicide note

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