Since Monday–and it’s not even Friday lunchtime yet–I have written the following number of words for actual publication or web publication.

———-NRODT editorial matter……………………………1,177

———-NRO column (my October Diary)………………..2,707

(NB: My God piece posted Monday was written last week)

———-Corner posts, not including cuts’n’pastes……..1,916

———-Radio Derb transcript………………………………2,135

———-Non-NR/NRO article………………………………..3,025

That’s a total 10,960 words, which puts my output so far this week between 1 Corinthians (9,927 in the KJV) and the Book of Nehemiah (10,912). I’ve also read two books (Mark Steyn’s for review, and Dan Jenkins’s Semi-Tough for football pointers, on the recommendation of several readers), as well as good stretches of Neal Stephenson and of course innumerable web sites, postings, and emails.

I think that’s quite enough words, words, words for four and a half days. I am now going to stow away my keyboard and give my visual imagination a workout. In fact, I am going to the local multiplex to see the Borat movie. Then I’m going to come home & watch some TV–I’ve been getting lots of recommendations. Y’all be good while I’m gone.