The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Way I Feel

Got the house's A.C. repaired last week just before the current sweat-wave hit. Feel prescient.... Edited an obituary recently that ended up in the Los Angeles Times, then re-edited it, adding more details, yesterday for the memorial-service booklet. No charge, since it was for a member of the extended family. Felt a little nostalgic.... Keep seeing a commercial for a woman who was the CEO of a professional-wrestling circus/soap opera and is now running for the U.S. Senate. "Okay, so it wasn’t a regular job," she says. Struck by the absurdity at first, but then by the oddly appropriate nature of her work experience.... I like waking up early on a Sunday morning...except for the part about being awake.... You gave me something. I understand....