La Bene Vita

Friday! and mega-millions for pharmaceutical whistle-blowing

Since I work in the pharmaceutical industry (Abbott), I'll probably hear about this Pfizer news when I get to work today:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Pfizer-whistleblowers-ordeal-rb-1977940162.html?x=...

When the media rocks the pharmaceutical industry, Abbott CEO Miles White always sends out a political memo to all Abbott employees explaining the situation and how Abbott stands on the issue.

NEW: Advertise "October Novel Prep Challenge"  [13+].
Goal met, with the link above, a scroll plug (although, more people frequent my blog than scroll these days! ), and sponsorship. Some related goals:

NEW: Update "October Novel Prep Challenge"  [13+] calendar.
Pending.

NEW: Update "October Novel Prep Challenge"  [13+] entry log.
Pending.

NEW: Pull out "October Novel Prep Challenge"  [13+] spreadsheet and prep.
Pending.

Learn one new cover band song per week.
Pending.

Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Pending, although I have a related project in progress. I'm compiling all my current songs into a tighter format, with just a chords list and first line to prompt me. I'm trying to wean myself off of my crutch-binder full of lyrics/chords sheets.

Write one new original song per month.
Pending.

NEW: Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
Pending. I need to pick a song by 9/19, which is the date of our first rehearsal. For now, I'm focusing on buying meat, moving Keith's big grill over to my house, and getting cable installed by 9/12 (the date of the big OSU/USC game), in time for Emily's and my Praise Band kick-off party. If I don't get that OSU/USC game running on my new HDTV, I may have mutiny among Praise Band members! Fortunately, the cable dude/chick is scheduled for next Wednesday morning.

Work on music instruction books for fifteen minutes per day.
Fail.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Pending.

Write one Textbroker article per week.
Goal met, and for some strange reason, I also wrote seven Helium articles last night. I must have been going through withdrawal over the lack of decent Open Orders on Textbroker.

Submit one short story/article per month.
Pending.

Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch"  [E] every day.
Fail.

Complete and edit "Poor Witch"  [E] by 6/30/09.
Fail.

Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Fail. Isn't this sad? I haven't read in over a week, and I was at the beach all week last week! I was too busy knitting.

Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
In progress.

Maintain 150.0 lbs.
Weight: 152.8, yikes.

Meals:
7:30am Coffee (1)
8:00am Granola bar (2) ...so far, so good...
11:00am Apple ZonePerfect bar (3)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
4:30pm Chai (1)
6:00pm 1.5 pieces banana bread with butter (5?), Wildfire chicken salad (just the chicken, lettuce, and tomatoes; very little cheese, tortilla strips, and dressing) (7?)