Let's go, America!

1. Went to the dentist yesterday. I can't believe that we're not perpetually discussing the humiliation that is having your teeth cleaned. Someone is penetrating an orifice for 30 minutes with noisy metal tools, scraping, blasting, and we're just like, great! See you in six months!

2. Can't stop thinking about my cousin's battered edition of MAD's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions that we obsessed over for a brief period as kids. Drawing of man gathering sticks in the woods. "Are you building a campfire?": "No, I'm cleaning up the forest." Classic!

3. Really not excited by food lately. Sad about this.

4. Early, at least earlier, to bed, super early to rise. It's working.

5. Most children's books are complete crap. Would love to find a truly great children's indie press. Would love to start such a press but I'm just not a starter of presses. Any suggestions out there? My most beloved job was working with children's books for this company but I'm since pretty out of the loop. I want like the Dalkey Archive equivalent for kids.

6. Probably going to do a few push-ups today, maybe a pirouette or two. Happy Friday jailbirds.