Ha ha…. I’m not in Notepad…. Browser about to get shut down any minute, again.
Dave, I DO (eventually, after much weeping and Ogden Nashing of teeth) spend an awful lot of time in Notepad, and probably shouldn’t be writing this here online, lest someone at Microsoft is watching.
Wondering why Vista actually even includes Notepad. (Or does it? I still have XP…)
Luckily Notepad is so simple that some DOS friend of mine or other could writenew Notepad, ha ha. Like, say, you.
Should invent browser just for Litmocracy. Litmocrolinux! Never crashes!
JWB…
“Ed’s parents have no real interest or understanding about the house itself—they probably wouldn’t have bought it if they had. Ed, however, is constantly curious about it, learning more and more. His knowledge of the yard and its obstacles is similar, and he uses that for his payback.”
Well then, maybe it doesn’t need to be part of a longer piece, per se, but rather have some things inserted thoughout House discussion, to more obviously indicate Ed’s interest, and parents’ lack thereof. When I was reading it, it seemed like just a description of a house, but I suppose you could try to insert some child perspective in there so we can see that Ed himself is actually thinking about the house.
I am supposed to be writing a short story for children at the moment, sigh.
Somehow, because I am supposed to be, I can’t get into it.
Groan, moan.