Noah and the Ark

How silly of me to forget — but then, I’m so bad about the blogging habit. (Or good about it, since I don’t have the habit?) My brother’s latest book is out, and if you have kids and like the Bible, then it’s definitely one to check out:

Visit www.BibleRhymes.com

Watch Out for the Bird Flu

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning people that the bird flu is on the move again, and that we’d better all watch out. You know what? This is another instance of big business gone stupid. Here is the picture that goes with the article, distributed by the Associated Press: 

Do you see the condition these chicks are in? This is modern factory farming, and THIS is where Asian bird flu spreads among birds, and rarely onto their human overlords. These birds are pooping on each other because they’re stacked one above another in their tiny pens when they become hens.

There is an excellent book called The Great Bird Flu Hoax by Dr. Mercola. I highly recommend getting yourself a copy. It takes you through the MONEY of this whole scam and will give you the insiders view  on it for the day when they start pushing vaccinations.

Ron Paul One Day Earnings

Well, this seems like a worthwhile addition before heading to bed. Especially because I goofed before. I thought Ron Paul had already set the one-day earnings record when he raised $4.2 million in a day in November. But apparently John Kerry earned $5.7 million in a single day back in 2004.

So here it is: in the end, Ron Paul beat that one day record. At the end of the day here, he raised just about $6 million. You can see a snapshot I took at 11:59 p.m. EST. They’ll probably provide a refined number, but it certainly raises the bar.

The Ron Paul March

I didn’t realize when I wrote the post earlier that this was one of THOSE days for Ron Paul’s campaign — in the 3 hours since I wrote the last post (meaning an hour ago), they had raised another million. Looks like they’ll break their record today and score into the $4 millions again for a one-day total.

 

Now, an hour after I took that screen shot, they’re up another $344,000. This is the excitement generated by someone who’s ready to stand against the establishment, which gives me hope about the chord Darwood & Smitty may strike.

Ron Paul and “Darwood and Smitty”

Well this has just been interesting to watch. In case you haven’t noticed, Ron Paul — formerly considered a fringe Republican candidate — came out of the proverbial woodwork on November 5 with a record-breaking $4.2 million raised in a single day! So far in the 4th quarter of 2007, he’s earned over $15 million — one of the top earners of either party!

That total comes from more than 100,000 donors averaging just $150 each in donations. And $3.5 million of it has been raised in just the last week, which I’ve noticed by checking in each day. He’s raised $1 million in just the last couple hours.

What’s cool about Ron Paul is how he largely fits the personality and principles of the president featured in my manuscript, Darwood & Smitty — although Ron is not so tall and powerful looking as my character. Probably the major likeness is the fact that both are ready to stand on principle against special interests, which is a key topic in my book.

The book still needs final draft revisions, but hopefully will be in agent hands in the next two months.

You can check out Ron Paul’s political positions on his website: Visit Ron Paul

Done. Done. Done.

Phew.

I’ve just written the words “THE END” after 63,000 words of Darwood and Smitty. The first draft is complete. My goal has been to start pitching it to agents by the end of January. As I’ve scoured the first draft several times, there is mostly just clean-up work and term consistencies to address throughout the draft. I think I’ll be about on target to get it into some hands by then, and we’ll see just what happens from there.

Time to go celebrate by going to bed? Nope, wait — maybe an episode of Scrubs to celebrate. That’s got to be what successful people do.