Owie

Been reading the discussion of "said-isms" with interest. Special thanks to mbarker for tracking down The Said Book, J.I. Rodale, 1947.

Was to the doctor's early this morning and had the cyst removed. Didn't hurt then, excepting the needle before. Does hurt now and aspirin has been administered. Despite a nap I'm still jazzed on adrenaline, so today is hereby designated an offical Putter Day. Work to resume tomorrow, after work, and in between packing for the trip to that exotic summertime vacation spot, Baltimore, Maryland.

Yesterday's work gained some words, then lost some words -- kinda like running quarters through a slot machine. Fledgling, The Rewrite is now shorter than the original draft, a condition that will not maintain long.


Beginning word count; Fledgling first draft:

97,483 / 100,000 (97.5%)

Fledgling second draft:

97,478 / 100,000 (97.5%)