It is finished. The word count has passed 50,000, and the last line is written. Even if the middle is edited to death the last line and the first lines do not change. It turned into a novel worthy of a blog. The worn out saying, "ripped from the headlines" applies and doesn't at the same time. The names are changed to protect the innocent so to speak. Actually it is torn from my undergraduate study and reinforced by today's news and a healthy bit of imagination. It might actually interest someone besides myself someday. In the meantime, the country is falling apart under the leadership of two presidents now. It doesn't get any better than this. I do not understand the stock market rebound; we will have to see it if holds. I think it is a lousy barometer of the economic health of the nation.