because mabel wouldn’t let it go: a stunning revelation
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[Pause]
Wait a minute.
[Furious recounting]
Sorry. I counted the granola bar I was eating.
Yup. Confirmed. Ten fingers.
…
Yes. This is what NaBloPoMo has come to.
We did say quantity. Not quality.
“Quality” in this case being a highly relative term.
…
This granola bar is really good.

November 27th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
I’d marked in my calendar to check to make sure, but as I’m only posting now it’s clear I didn’t look at my calendar that day. Anyway, glad you didn’t call my bluff. Then *I’d* have looked like the chump.
December 1st, 2006 at 9:36 am
Hey — this here is a chump-free zone!
… “chump” indeed…
… grumble grumble…