OK, now I'm ready.

This afternoon I made a run to the store for four of the five basic food groups: cat food, cigarettes, Coca-Cola and coffee (the fifth is Vlasic kosher dill sandwich stackers, but I'm pretty well stocked up on those).

During the trip, I realized I'm hankering to get to work on the rewrite. I've divided the Ms up into what I hope are manageable chunks, and tomorrow I'm going to work on Chunk 1. I know pretty much how to do it, having spent about six weeks chasing it around and around in my head. Thanks to Ramey and Jed for reading the first draft and making valuable, thought-provoking comments--and even just plain provoking comments.