project forty: day 10

One of the really challenging things about this project that I had somehow not forseen is this: I am going to have to keep track of stuff. Holy crap. What the hell was I thinking? Considering what my strengths and my weaknesses are, tasks 1-20 should really all have been variants on "learn to keep track of stuff."

Oh well. In for a penny, in for a pound. I'm sure I'll set up a wiki or something at some point to track all of this stuff.

( cleaning, cooking and cajoling )

blurbs

Morgan's book project is to design a book jacket for one of the books on their reading list, including cover illustration, author bio, summary, and reviewer blurbs.  Tonight he was writing the blurbs.

Morgan: How do you spell "Hillary?"
Dad: H-I-L-L-A-R-Y.
Morgan: How do you spell "Clinton?"
Dad: <looks at him>
Morgan: What?
Dad: C-L-I-N-T-O-N.
Morgan: Okay, thanks.  Do you want to see what I'm--- actually, no, maybe it'll be better if you're not expecting it.
Dad: Right, good thinking.

The blurbs on the Morgan edition of A Wrinkle In Time:

"The coolest thing since electing was invented." --Hillary Clinton
"I felt more excited when I read this book than when I invented the lightbulb." --Thomas Edison
"This book was an EXPLOSION!" --The Big Boom Book Business
"This book was gripping." --Spiderman
"This book was as good as my candy." --Willy Wonka