15 lines in 15 minutes

1.) The deadline forces the mind to mind. 2.) I am writing about personal things, potentially exposing things, which feels hazardous and risky; but I'm telling the story as best I can, which means being honest, which can be incredibly difficult. 3.) There are many, many jobs that are more difficult than writing, chief among them police officer. 4.) The IMPD officers wear bulletproof vests at all times, over shorts and T-shirts when the weather is warm. 5.) There is something startling about a man in shorts with a visible gun holster, and a gun inside that holster. 6.) Even more startling: that man at your door. 7.) (Everything's fine, mom.) 8.) The refrain of the subconscious, the things it wants and asks for, so different from what the upfront brain says it wants. 9.) You Are Your Brain vs. You Are Not Your Brain. 10.) Polenta with pesto, chicken cordon bleu, a glass of red wine, a green salad. 11.) My week's refrain: The World Without Aunt Judy In It. 12.) A Facebook friend referred to FB as the biggest panoptican there is; look it up -- he's right. 13.) Planning to see "Contagion" and read "The Plague" by Camus, 'cause I'm sick like that. 14.) While burping the baby I sang to him, "Who let the burp out?" to the tune of that song, and he replied, Dada. 15.) I'd speculate if he knows what he was saying, but really: do any of us?