Back of the Envelope

You may be wondering where I've been recently. You'd be forgiven if you thought I went home for Thanksgiving and was visiting my family, but you'd still be wrong. I stayed in Boston for Thanksgiving, going to a friend's house for Thanksgiving, but staying home for the rest of the weekend. I wasn't bored, though. I was playing Neverwinter Nights 2. If you played the original Neverwinter Nights, you should know that the sequel is much, much better. I'll give a complete review once I'm finished, but right now I've got to make some magical weapons and then see about finishing Khelgar's monk quest.

I've been having trouble writing recently. The big thing on my plate is Eyes, but the problem is that it's been the big thing on my plate for the past year, and I'm tired of it. I want to get it done, but I'm stuck. There are problems with the version I currently have, but I really need the opinions of other people in order to see those problems clearly, and I'm having trouble getting feedback. Does anyone out there feel like they can give it a look and give me some advice? I'm not just looking for someone to read it and say whether it's good or bad, mind. I'm looking for detailed comments delivered on a timely basis (a couple of weeks). Anyone feel like giving it a shot?

I had jury duty yesterday. I didn't actually sit in a trial. Basically all that happened is I went to the courthouse (itself an adventure--it took fifty minutes to drive the 12 miles to get there, due to Boston traffic), turned in my questionnaire, and then waited in the jury pool room for an hour and a half. Then the judge came in to explain that none of the cases were going to trial today, and that we could go home. Apparently, most cases never go to trial. So I went into work for the rest of the day.