You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. - Thomas Wolfe
I doubt that I’ll ever completely get to that pinnacle and stay there. Too much baggage. But it’s still worth shooting for. So for me, I’d word it a little differently: “The less interested in money, compliments, or publicity I become, the more successful (satisfying?) my life will be.”
Body-Conscious Boys Adopt Athletes’ Taste for Steroids
“…it is in the high schools of middle America, and the gyms that cater to students off campus, where use of body-enhancing drugs has taken off — particularly among nonathletes. And for all the recent concern about an epidemic of youth obesity, the mania over instant bulk shows another side of the struggle for self-image.”
It’s almost been two month since I last posted. The creative non-fiction writing class I’ve been taking is winding down (two more classes to go). When I posted back in late October to “expect less quantity over the next two months” in this weblog, I didn’t intend to stop altogether. But the longer I went without blogging, the more I seemed to be able to focus on the class homework. Or so I told myself. Maybe I just needed a break and couldn’t quite get to the point of admitting it.
I’ve do have one essay completed (yeah, that one, retitled and vastly revised) and now I’m learning how to write a query/pitch letter to a magazine editor. I’m not going to post it online, though. Too risky. I’ve removed earlier blog drafts of it, too.
So the Real Joe Blog is back, though I’m not quite sure in what form. I’ll try a few things old, maybe a few things new. Let me know what you think.