I’ve become a fan of Aaron Sorkin’s latest work, Studio 60. Check it out, it’s very entertaining. His comments on working should be solace to all aspiring writers:
"I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it
says: ‘You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but
those days are over, Giftless. I’m not your Agent and I’m not your Mommy. I’m a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?’ And I
really, really don’t. I’ll go peaceable-like."
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In
a nationally televised speech last night, President George W. Bush
urged using State of Denial, the new book by Washington Post reporter
Bob Woodward, as an alternative fuel source by burning millions of
copies of the book.
The president, who in his State of the Union
address in January declared that the United States was "addicted to
oil," said that by burning the entire print run of the Woodward book
the U.S. could once and for all end its dependence on Middle Eastern
petroleum.
"For some time, our nation has been looking for a
cheap, plentiful alternative to Middle Eastern oil," Mr. Bush told the
nation. "I have personally burned one hundred copies of Bob Woodward’s
book and I can tell you that it burns cleanly and efficiently."
While
many Republicans in Congress applauded Mr. Bush’s suggestion to use Mr.
Woodward’s book as an alternative source of energy, Professor Davis
Logsdon of the University of Minnesota warned that State of Denial,
while a national bestseller, was not a renewable fuel source.
"Burning
Bob Woodward’s book is not a long-term solution to America’s energy
problem," Professor Logsdon said. "When all of the copies of State of
Denial have been burned, what then?"
Responding to Professor
Logsdon’s criticism, White House spokesman Tony Snow offered this
response: "Colin Powell has a book coming out next week."
Elsewhere,
announcing his plans to enter rehab, former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla)
said, "I am grateful for the support of all my friends, especially the
ones on MySpace."
A NY Times article on Saturday reported on the latest fad of Maine National Guardsmen: Providing photo replicas of deployed parents to their children.
I find it hard to believe that this helps the situation, but maybe laughter is the best medicine to treat this unique type of heartache.
