Daily Thoughts 05/08/2012

Etching for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" by Édouard Manet. Published by Richard Lesclide, together with a French translation of the poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, Paris, 1875.
Date	1875(1875)

Etching for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" by Édouard Manet. Published by Richard Lesclide, together with a French translation of the poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, Paris, 1875.
Date	1875(1875)

Etching for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" by Édouard Manet. Published by Richard Lesclide, together with a French translation of the poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, Paris, 1875.
Date	1875(1875)

Etching for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" by Édouard Manet. Published by Richard Lesclide, together with a French translation of the poem by Stéphane Mallarmé, Paris, 1875

Daily Thoughts 05/08/2012

This morning, I relaxed a bit on the train.  Sometimes I just like sit and relax.  Last night I read some more of Steve Jobs.  Steve Jobs was supposed to have been able to distort peoples sense of self and get them to do things which they thought were not possible.  He also was incredibly demanding and a perfectionist when it came to the appearance of his products.  There was a real sense that he appreciated beautiful design in machinery.  His sense of design was so intense that he had trouble buying furniture.

This morning, I got some boxes ready to ship to Better World Books.  There is some material left over from the Friends of the Mount Vernon Public Library book and bake sale.  I also checked the displays, updated the Twitter and Facebook account, and checked the gift books.

I am getting ready for tonight, I have the microphone ready, made sure the room layout was written up, and checked in with Ellen Datlow.  I think things will go well tonight.  I am looking forward to hearing the authors read from Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe.