Daniel Scott

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference." — Elie Wiesel

1. Human Nature
2. Rock with You
3. Smooth Criminal
4. Get on the Floor
5. Wanna Be Startin Somethin
6. Billie Jean
7. P.Y.T.
8. Beat It
9. Bad
10. She's Out of My Life

My love's bigger than a Cadillac -- Buddy Holly

Milan was a friend. He was very encouraging to me and my writing. He will be missed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/theater/18stitt.html?_r=1

I've been asked to pass this along. I suppose it's real. It came from a usually reliable source.



"Quincy Jones has started a petition to ask President-Elect Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts. While many other countries have had Ministers of Art or Culture for centuries, The United States has never created such a position. We in the arts need this and the country needs the arts--now more
than ever. Please take a moment to sign this important petition and then pass it on to your friends and colleagues."



www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html

I've been encouraged to spread this around:

"I've been talking to booksellers lately who report that times are hard. And local booksellers aren't known for vast reserves of capital, so a serious dip in sales can be devastating. Booksellers don't lose enough money, however, to receive congressional attention. A government bailout isn't in the cards.

We don't want bookstores to die. Authors need them, and so do neighborhoods. So let's mount a book-buying splurge. Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party. Buy the rest of your Christmas presents, but that's just for starters. Clear out the mysteries, wrap up the histories, beam up the science fiction! Round up the westerns, go crazy for self-help, say yes to the university press books! Get a load of those coffee-table books, fatten up on slim volumes of verse, and take a chance on romance!

There will be birthdays in the next twelve months; books keep well; they're easy to wrap: buy those books now. Buy replacements for any books looking raggedy on your shelves. Stockpile children's books as gifts for friends who look like they may eventually give birth. Hold off on the flat-screen TV and the GPS (they'll be cheaper after Christmas) and buy many, many books. Then tell the grateful booksellers, who by this time will be hanging onto your legs begging you to stay and live with their cat in the stockroom: 'Got to move on, folks. Got some books to write now. You see...we're the Authors Guild.'

Enjoy the holidays."
-- Roy Blount Jr.
President
Authors Guild

So here's the problem with blogging: there's nothing to say. Everything that needs to be said is said in the stories. Everything else is negligible.

Oh. Ok. A blog. Sure. Whatever.