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Music MakersI won't be posting today's article on time. I've got my nose in a book—my own! Work I did in the later chapters of the rough draft changed the story a bit, so now I'm reworking the first chapter. Then onwards.

Of course, it took me three hours of distraction before I got to this point, but we won't dwell on that…

The article I had planned to write was about AD/HD and the tendency to obsessively worry. Instead, I'll write something tonight that's lighter and much more fun: Embarrassing AD/HD Impulses. Wait until you read what I did to poor Michael Keaton.

In the meantime, take a look at the tinwhistle collection I've started for my kids. Thanks!

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Update 11/11/09 11:13:57 PM: Edited for excessive use of the word "later". I have removed the offending occurrences and flogged myself with a thesaurus as punishment.

Comments

Morning Star said…
am i the ONLY one who wants to know what happened to Micheal Keaton??

good luck w/da book man.
November 11, 2009 3:57 AM
Claire said…
Ummm, I'm with Morning Star. Can we get the whole story sometime soon? Michael Keaton??
November 11, 2009 7:13 AM
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