Life Such As It Is - November 29th, 2006

Amanda, Jared, Richie and I were having dinner at China Buffet. The requisite fortune cookies were passed around and Jared got the most unusual fortune I've ever seen.

Behind an able man. Stands many more able men.

Somehow I don't think the writer meant what we all thought he meant. But it give us one hell of a laugh.

At the moment I am drowning in The Middle Kingdom 12th Dynasty Abydos, Egypt. Finished the 1st chapter of the Legends novel. Had a fling with Alexander and sidetracked into the Greek States. Not to mention the jaunt to Rome pre-Imperial. This is all after a trip to the library and having to make two trips from car to house to bring in all 20 books I'd gotten for research. And I'm not done yet. I need to head back tomorrow to get more on Rome. And Athens. And Macedonia.

Khasekhemwy has been filling my head with his story, and it's hard to keep up, but I'm managing. Dio and Nikolai have been adding their two cents as well. Sometimes it feels like my head is so full of information, I'll never get it all down on paper. Hrmmmm.

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