4-hoof drive is better than 4-wheel drive

One of the many wonderful things on YouTube (from poster ccalhoun1):



Brings literal meaning to the question (oft heard on SportsCenter, or refering to automobiles) "Do they have the horses?"

France seeks to use more horses for transportation.

This can only be described as AWESOME.

"It's great for workers and the community to have contact with a living thing," Linot said.

"The civil servants are on strike now, but I tell you if they had their hands on a horse they'd be happier – I've never seen a driver kiss his truck."

Bring back the horse; go green; save the Earth.

As I tell small children who hold their noses and make faces walking past me and Chip in Philadelphia:

Horses smell better than diesel.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Mississippi (190th) and to my alma mater, Emory University (171st).

Odd Laws

According to the History Channel, it is apparently illegal to stare at the mayor of Paris.

But you can relax. It has been legal to stare at this guy since he left that post in 1995.

What's New over at thedrafthorse.com

Despite my being busy at work, I have added quite a bit to my website, thedrafthorse.com. I've added sections about my lighthouse photography and about my favorite draft horses, my coworkers.

Day 30: 18166 words

Even nanowrimo losers are winners, right?

I finished with only 18K. But that's 18K more than I had.

I forgot exactly how busy the end of November was for us at work... The week of Thanksgiving was busier monetarily than any other week I've been at the carriage company. So that's a small reward for my nanowrimo failure.

I do intend to continue with my novel, and will post updates here.