I begin a new job on Monday. And while I'm fairly certain it will be better than my last one, I'm finding it extremely difficult to get excited; I have an authentic horror of corporate America and everything associated with it. Working a job is very much like serving a prison sentence for me, and my only possibility of "parole" is to become self-sufficient through my writing.

I see George Carlin Sunday evening. Carlin is one of my heroes; stand-up comedy's answer to Kurt Vonnegut.