{"id":11151,"date":"2018-08-15T20:50:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T00:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=11151"},"modified":"2018-08-15T20:50:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T00:50:50","slug":"man-of-leisure-about-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=11151","title":{"rendered":"Man of leisure, about town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday was for translation work<\/strong> and my novel. Tuesday was just the novel. Today was the Sons of Norway International Convention, held in a hotel down in Bloomington, not far from the Mall of America. I was not a delegate, but a volunteer.<\/p>\n

I wore my Viking clothes. Greeted people at the door. Sold books (I\u2019m almost out of Viking Legacy<\/a><\/em>, which is suffering a bottleneck at the source right now). Stood in the sun for about an hour, showing people what path to take to get to the light rail line, for an outing to the big new stadium.<\/p>\n

I think I was in violation of the law when I did that, because I was wearing my Viking scramasax, which exceeds the legal length for a sharp blade. Though I\u2019m not entirely sure whether I was on a public street or hotel property. However, the cops who drove by didn\u2019t hassle me. No doubt it was due to my dangerous, intimidating appearance.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, back for more of the same.<\/p>\n

Exhausting for an avoidant, but I shall persevere. What does not kill me makes me very, very tired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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