Thanks to some construction workers who accidentally dug through the line for my ISP, I was without Internet for 36 hours. And though it made some things more difficult, it also made me realize a few things about being able to turn off email and news to focus on writing while being guilt-free about it.
**[Listen here.](http://shawntoday.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/shawntoday-2011-07-07.mp3)** (Five minutes.)