--For those who are interested in casting a vote for Little Nuances in the 2007 Weblog Awards in the Best Diarist category, the polls are open. Here's a link. You can vote one time every 24 hours up until polls close on November 8. As I said yesterday, when I look at the other finalists in the category I know that I'm way out of my league and have no chance to win the award. But that's okay. Knowing that it is a finalist means a lot to me.
--Thanks to the folks over at the Blog of the Day Awards blog for giving Little Nuances a Blog of the Day Award on Wednesday. It's much appreciated.
--I received a letter in the mail from the county jury commission yesterday telling me to complete a prospective jury form and return it within 10 days. In other words, I may be headed for jury duty in mid-December. And if it happens, I'm fine with that. I absolutely believe in our system of due process and the court system needs jurors to make that happen. So if I'm called, I'll happily serve.
--I saw Elizabeth: The Golden Age this week with a friend one night. I love historical plot lines in which a country is fighting to defend its freedom. Such times make heroes out of ordinary people and fools out blowhards. Unfortunately I don't know my English history well enough to know whether this movie accurately portrays events as they happened, but it was inspiriting nonetheless.
--I'm still slowly reading a novel called The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford. I'm underlining all sorts of great insights by protagonist Frank Bascombe. Here's one: "I've stood at that window, my breathing shallowed, my feet heavy, my hands cold and hardened. I've calculated my fate on the slates of the neighbors' roofs, their mirroring windowpanes, roof copings and short jaunty front walks." I've done the same thing many times as I stare out my home office window contemplating both big and small decisions and it's amazing how much the process seems to be tied to the roof on the house across the street.
That's it for this week. Hope you have a great weekend!
