So, here it is, November 15^th, which marks the halfway point of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) [1], and the expectation of having 25,000 words done by the end of the day.
My current count?
Let's see … la de da … carry the one … dum de dum … and I have a total word count of …
Zero.
The Magic 8 Ball [2] says: Outlook not so good.
Sigh.