Carissa Thorp

• 14:16 @rickybuchanan Been having trouble with itchiness myself. Beginning to suspect it might be a hayfever season/allergy thing. #

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• 16:03 Just baked a loaf of gluten-free, wheat-free, milk-free banana bread. Might not sound great, but it tasted good when I cleaned up the . . . #
• 16:03 . . . mixing bowl. Just waiting for it to cool down. #
• 17:41 I just entered Paperback Writer's latest comp "Blogging Inspiration" bit.ly/1DeMI9 #

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• 08:56 15 mins - 251 words #
• 08:57 Lesson learned. Do my writing before aXp stuff. #

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• 05:07 15 mins - 461 words #
• 06:53 @crisetta Well done! #

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• 20:59 @redtoffee I like the Snowflake method. Not planning on "planning" for nano; just writing. I'm "unofficial" anyway. 15 mins every day for 30 #

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• 05:36 Great archive of video & audio from Poisoned Pen's 2009 Virtual Mystery Convention bit.ly/21pJsH #

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• 12:01 New Blogpost "Recommended Read: A Case of Chronic Denial by Hillary Johnson" bit.ly/30U27b #CFS #
• 13:14 @rickybuchanan Wow, cool. I'll see what I can do. How long do you want it? Have you heard of Hazel? That's prob. appropriate for atmac too #
• 13:16 @rickybuchanan ahh, so apple have done the work for us. Great! #

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Here's an excellent overview of the new research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and its controversial history from one of the best and earliest reporters on the illness. The most interesting idea for me, and one I haven't seen reported elsewhere in my reading, is the new proposed name: X-associated neuroimmune disease or XAND. At first glance this seems entirely appropriate, even given that there's no proof that XMRV causes the illness, because it's X-"associated".

• 22:10 @redtoffee Good luck with it! I'm hoping to do an "unofficial" NaNo myself bit.ly/3FUeqx #

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I'd love to be able to do NaNoWriMo, but it's a bit beyond me. Every year I think about giving it a go, even if in an "unofficial" capacity; just trying to write every day, no matter the word count I get. Maybe this year. . .

Anyway, here's some NaNoWriMo related links I've found.

A "best of" selection of NaNoWriMo Desktop Wallpapers to use to keep track of where you should be: