But people just keep using Microsoft Word because it’s entrenched and people are just too used to it. Then I got further distracted by articles advocating for WordStar (WordPerfect’s even-more-archaic cousin), an article on how much Microsoft Word sucks, and a very enlightening article which argues that all word processing software (especially Word) is inherently obsolete because it assumes you are writing words to be printed on 8.5″ x 11″ sheets of paper, when most writing nowadays is shared electronically. I thought that getting back to that plain blue screen with friendly white letters on it that fueled my writing in my teenage years would inspire me, but I got distracted by figuring out how to make old DOS programs like WordPerfect 5.1 work in 64-bit Windows. (It’s an awesome game by the way–I should write an article on that sometime.) I’ve just been sitting on my butt playing Kingdom of Loathing and watching the world go by.

So you would think all this solitude would help me produce the world’s greatest teen romance/mystery/fantasy/scifi novel ever? Nope. I was invited, but money and work issues kept me at home.

She had to go back home to the Midwest to do some family reunion thing.

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