Quote 345 of 495

He [Nicholson Baker] lost a month of 2003 to his obsession with the
news, swore off Google News and blogs--he now has a Post-It on his
screen saying ONLY E-MAIL--and finally wrote the first draft of
"Checkpoint" in April 2004, during the siege of Fallujah, because he
could think about nothing else.
		-- David Gates, "Target: The President", Newsweek, 2004-08-09
		   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5567879/site/newsweek/

Tags: obsession newsweek checkpoint email target firstdraft google nicholsonbaker siegeoffallujah davidgates