“Et Cetera Et Cetera” Update & The Laptop That Did Not Die Gracefully

For my one or two readers . . . Here’s an update on the record: “et cetera et cetera” officially went into production at the duplicator’s yesterday. This means that the release date actually will be in mid-December. For once, I’m not a liar (I’ll be a liar again soon, I promise). Check back for an update on the exact release date next month. You know what this means, folks. Do the math. “et cetera et cetera” will be on sale before the holidays, and it makes a terrific stocking stuffer for little Timmy.

In other news, my laptop shit the bed last week. The hard drive was French fried (I’m convinced the Bush administration had something to do with it—if so, I guess it was freedom fried). I had to replace the hard drive and basically start from scratch. Luckily, I had all of my important files (including confidential documents and secret eye-witness testimony proving who killed JFK) backed up on an external hard drive, so I didn’t lose anything irreplaceable.

I’m thinking about starting up one of those Meetup groups in Long Beach for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and the like. Trouble is, I’ve never been very good at organizing things (except for that Million Man March a few years back). Anyhow, it seems like a good way to network and get more exposure for my company, Novo, Inc. In the meantime, I’ll be building my business Web site that will hopefully go-live early next year (I know, I know . . . I’ve predicted things in the past that have turned out to be wildly different from my original estimation, but I think February is a reasonable goal to shoot for).

There are 418 days remaining in Bush's presidency.

“Et Cetera Et Cetera” Shipped & We Moved All Our Crap to Long Beach

The record is officially done. My double spoken word CD “et cetera et cetera” was finally shipped off to the duplicator today. This project began with me recording the spoken word pieces in March 2006. I believe that’s 21 months in the making. Lots of blood, sweat, and tears (and complaining, shouting, and nervous frustration). I’ve been giving people estimated release dates for several months now, but I can now say (with confidence) that “et cetera et cetera” will be released and on sale in the first part of December (I’ll know the exact date soon). You’ll be able to purchase it securely through PayPal by going to scottsiders.com on the day it is released and, alternately, purchase it on cdbaby.com and amazon.com a few weeks later.

In other news, we moved from Huntington Beach to Long Beach this past weekend. It was annoying and exhausting, but at least it’s over. We really dig our new place. We’re three blocks from the beach and it’s just a 10-minute walk downtown. Plus, there’s a little kid here who won’t shut up until you slam the door in her face. Needless to say, we’ve become fast friends and we’re getting along famously.

The best thing I saw this weekend? Half of a pizza just off the sidewalk, soggy and slumped in the grass. It was delicious.

I’ll write again when “et cetera et cetera” hits the streets and my new and improved Web site goes live.

There are 433 days remaining in Bush's presidency.