Waaaay too late

So It's about 1:00 and I've been writing for about six hours today. And I'll still probably write for a few more hours. Which brings me to today's topic.

The Writing Groove.

The most popular writing question I hear is "How do you write through writer's block?" And I usually give the answer walk away from it. Go do something else.

Today, after writing for maybe two hours, I went out and cut the grass. It's been rainy, so the grass was long, soggy. It forced me take it slow. The drone of the push mower drowned out all other distractions. During that time, I plotted out the rest of my story. Not word for word or anything, but most of the main twists and turns.

And now, since I've been typing pretty solid for the last three hours, I believe I'm in the groove. That is, my words and ideas are just coming together like they are already written and just waiting for me to make them appear on the screen. And it's possible that if I stay awake long enough, I could finish the whole thing tonight. However, since I type with two fingers, it's highly unlikely that will happen.

It's not often I get in the groove. And I can't make myself get there. So once I'm there, I'd be crazy not to stay and ride the groovy train.

Yeah, you knew I had to throw a cheap pun in there.

That's all my insight for tonight.
Back to work.

Good thing I kept my aluminum foil brainwave protector beanies

So in Canada, scientists have created a machine that can tell a person's preference between two items using a fiber-optic headband and a near-infrared light aimed at the head.

Basically, it measures oxygen levels through light absorption.

Their explanation: "When your brain is active, the oxygen in your blood increases and depending on the concentration, it absorbs more or less light," one scientist said. "In some people, their brains are more active when they don't like something, and in some people they're more active when they do like something."

Hmmm. Why do I care? Jack Bauer's interrogations will be more reliable. The government and aliens that want to read my paranoid thoughts can get a closer look.
My wife will have proof of all the thoughts she's accused me of having!

I'm doomed.

reference link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/newdevicereadsmindsprettywell

Now this is what I'm talking about!

Spider-man and Obama comes out next week! The future president has said he read comics as a kid. Now he gets to star in one. I don't think my Spidey collection will be complete without it.