in my cd player... Judybats Pain Makes You Beautiful   on the page... Katharine Graham Personal History Still at it. Nearing Watergate. Is that a light I see at the end of this tunnel?   found, part I... Pumpkin Ale And in the very aisle Laine and I stared at for 10 minutes, disbelieving the fact that Fresh Fields did not have any Pumpkin beers to satisfy our craving. I swear it wasn't there three days ago.   gearing up for... NaNoWriMo! Kristen and LA Michael each attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.   Because they're certifiably insane.   in need of... brighter, perkier toenails   belated birthday greetings to... Ms. Erika, the hello-kitty-waffle-making-Utah-trail-blazing-HTML-learning superwoman. That last bit was just a nudge... an optimistic push in the right direction. Happy Birthday, Erika!   found, part II... An old friend from OSU who lives in town and who I just learned isn't timely with return phone calls but is extremely punctual with return emails. I learned that and the fact that he's been working for the Bush Administration since January. I tried to keep my excitement in check and my questions down to the bare essentials "So, how well do you know Ari Fleischer?"-- but this is very, very exciting stuff.