Dateline: above the garage in Portsmouth RI, 24 June 2005

House is looking scary. Vonne emptied everything to go into #2 POD into piano room and the overflow of stuff spills throughout first floor.

Kids are hiding in their rooms or ours because no furniture to sit on elsewhere and basement no longer a place to play (nothing down there). I fear it's the weird segregated future of the apartment.

Gone all week so so much to do when I get back. Lawn first, and now some pick up and cleaning while wife relaxes. I am so far behind on keeping records etc. Feel like I'll just have to start tomorrow on that before tackling BFA.

It looks pretty cool, except the left upper corners that dog chewed off. But no matter, I will build edit file on Mac, so hard copy is pure artifact anyway.

Quick phonecon with Greg Ip of WSJ today. He's writing on China and economic engagement. Had to help him out because Greg Jaffe helped me out on my piece yesterday. Did it all between call-up for Preboard and cabin door shut on flight 84 from Midway to PVD. I like the time drama of such interviews.

Took the China Esquire piece from just under 5k to 6.5 k on two flights home. Got in all the extras I wanted in. Feel like it's ready for Warren's edit.

Nice long phonecon with Steve DeAngelis of Enterra, partner extraordinaire of NRSP. Exciting things happening with that company. He exhausts me everytime we talk with all the possibilities he raises. Gotta get this move done and then it's pedal to the metal with Enterra.

Nice scotch, some cleaning, quick shower, watch DVD with kids. Tomorrow the text awaits. Glancing over it, my sense is that I will not dick around with it that much. I wrote much closer to the truth of what I wanted to say in this one right off the bat, so the edits got it closer still. My rule is going to be: change what needs to be changed for the reader 25 years from now.