A poster on macOSXHints has posted an applescript 
for Quicksilver which provides a quick list of words, characters and lines in the form of a Growl alert.
After copying the text of the script to Script Editor and saving it off in your ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions folder, all you need to do is select some text, activate a “Command window with Selection” and then type “word” (or whatever matches the name you gave to the script when saving),:
The Growl alert is quick and simple:
Of course, this is not the only way to get a word count in Quicksilver.
Spell Catcher X’s statistics service is available within Quicksilver and provides even more information, including how much fog is in your prose:
Spell Catcher X is shareware (USD 39.95) but good enough to be in my Top Ten Things every Mail.app user should have.
One reason for the latest pause on Hawk Wings is the new 
Here’s is a simple tip that was new to me.
ConceptDraw Lab 
Entering text then creates to-dos attached to the selected calendar.
Somehow mutt never dies or outlives its usefulness (see earlier Hawk Wings post, “
I am still working out how to manage my new Real Life job better so that Hawk Wings gets more of my time.
Chris Landon emails with a reasonable request, something you don’t miss or even think about until someone else mentions it. 
