Morning Thoughts

Went to Jenna's birthday party last night, which was a blast. Many cool people and a girl jumping out of a cake, which you really don't see every day.

Had a bizarre dream that I was back in high school and that my Features Editor was my English teacher and my Editor was the principal, and I had missed the final exam and was getting an incomplete for the year. Have no idea where that came from. I never even had dreams like that when I was in school. There was also something about eating a hot dog, but it has mercifully receded from my brain.

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Need to get a few things done around the house today, particularly my office, which has once again been overtaken by a scrap-paper riot.

Also in there, I need to do a lot of work on "November 3rd Club" stuff, because we have a submissions deadline barrelling toward us. Yikes!

Aaaaand, if I get time today, I need to take another pass through the manuscript of a book project (someone else's, though I'm involved) that I'm very, very excited about. But I can't talk about that right now.

And then I'm seeing lowhumcrush at the Java Hut. Because she rules enough to get me out of the office (as if I can pass up my old OC crowd when they're in town.)

But first, I need to do some God-damn yoga, or I'll never find my fucking center.

One Last Unsubtle Reminder

The deadline for submissions to Autumn Issue of "The November 3rd Club" is October 10th. Take a gander at our Submission Guidelines and keep us flush with things to read and (hopefully) publish.

The new issue goes life on or around Halloween -- just in time for the election!

As always, this issue of the "November 3rd Club" will be brought to you by your hardworking editors:

Victor D. Infante (editor in chief)
Carlye Archibeque & Richard Modiano (nonfiction)
Lenore Weiss & Steve Berman (fiction)
Ray McNiece & Richard Beban (poetry)
Sam Hamill (contributing editor)