Nothing in the mail.  It turns out it's a lot easier to get a start on a story on paper than it is on a computer.  I think I attribute this to the ease of deleting on the computer.  It's like there's always something better out there.  Few other things I've noticed:

              • Can't write anything at all when there's sound going on.  Not even classical music.  I thought I might be able to filter my thoughts through an intermediary but all that comes out is a reinterpretation of what's on the screen.
             • Much easier to write when you have the name of characters.  Read some more interviews, lots of authors don't know what's going to happen to their characters and don't have a giant preplanned outline.  About all school is good for is telling you to implement arbitrary rules.  But maybe I'm just special.
             •Everyone has a novel in them?  That makes it seem like if you just work hard enough for long enough it will exist.

             I went to Subway, Rochambo, AND American council for the blind today.  This might not seem like an accomplishment but I'm agoraphobic.  I have no problem going out and doing anything I feel like when I'm with someone else, but when I'm by myself I lack the motivation.  I've never had to do anything out of necessity, never "wanted" for anything.  Baby steps.  I'm Bill Murray in What About Bob. 
           So I think my story is going to be about the strong man in a circus winning big at a casino.   He buys a new house, hires servants, repays all of his old debts, rewards his friends for their loyalty.  But he doesn't have to be strong anymore.  Yeah made up.
           Today sucks for writing.  This is what we call writers block.  Already.  I guess I should read more.  Let's cultivate our imaginations awhile.