11 642

I'm in that weird state where, while writing, I feel wide awake; but if I turn from the computer I'm sleeepy. Since I'm at a good part, I might as well give it up and go to bed.

I got caught up in a bunch of research about clubs and the beginning of jazz in New Orleans, so I've only been writing steadily the last hour or so. Now we can measure my actual writing speed:

3:26 - 9637
4:44 - 10 345 (708 words / 78 min)
6:00 - 11 642 ( 1297/76 mins)
2005 words / 154 mins = 13 words per minute

Need to write 3197 words per day to finish on time.
3197 / 13 = 245 minutes / 60 = 4 hours

I have to do 4 full hours of writing, excluding all the procrastinating and researching, per day.

10 345

9637

It's been so long since I've worked at my desk, my butt is KILLING ME. I didn't realize some sort of workout was required before sitting in a proper (and I might add high quality) office chair. Better go find a cushion or something...

some serious irony at work here

Just reading about Jim Crow (segregation) laws in Louisiana. Check out this one:

The Blind The board of trustees shall...maintain a separate building...on separate ground for the admission, care, instruction, and support of all blind persons of the colored or black race. Louisiana (U Dayton)

Reminds me of the Chappelle skit about a black blind racist who thinks he's white:
"HOW could this have happened?"