A new start --

Well -- I'm 104 pages into the new Allie book, but this other thing with creating a Fantasy-mystery out of BLIND TIGER is nipping at me. Here's today's tally:

2,250 / 125,000 (1.8%)

We'll see if I've learned to write two books at once.

Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design

More confirming the "F" pattern of web design, and also including the currently amusing pass-around that shows a photo of George Brett at bat. The women were focused on his face, while the men alternated between face and crotch.

On another site (the one I came from) a commenter claimed that this was the strike zone. Well, yes...the belt is. But there's almost always a cut to the pitcher releasing the ball. Apparently, men also check out even the equipment of dogs when asked to browse the American Kennel Club site.

So yes -- between thinking about women and comparing themselves to other males, perhaps men ARE thinking about sex every 3 seconds... ;^)

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070312ruel/index.cfm

The Zen of Chocolate....

http://zenrhino.org/chocolate.aspx