Another eight-hour day. I had to "do the board" this morning. It's a whiteboard we set out in front that has quotes and info from this day in literary history. If I'd thought ahead one second I'd have done some real research the night before. As it was, I cribbed from a Literary Book of Days that listed:



Bertrand Russell's birth (1872?)

Mikhail Bakunin's birth (??)

Patrick Dennis' birth (1920?)

and the fact that on the day in 1593, an arrest was sworn out for Christopher Marlowe on a false charge of heresy.



The usual board guy makes this fantastically detailed board with illustrations. I was not up to that, but I think I used the space well, working with the graphic elements at my command. For instance, the fact about Christopher Marlowe was written on the shape of a scroll. I got all paranoid about my handwriting because I've always been impressed by the handwriting of people in record stores. Mine is a little lumpier but it does slant forward cheerfully.