I have proof that Wal-Mart is the devil
This is going to be long and ranty, so buckle up, children. I had a lovely stay with the Bree half of Moira Rogers, and I did get to meet the Donna half more than once. She’s fabulous, as is her counterpart. Both their husbands are charming. I enjoyed myself immensely; that part of my [...]
On Health Care
I debated about whether to post this because it’s a sore subject for me, and I will have to get personal before you understand how deep my anger runs. So if you have no taste to learn some disquieting facts about my life, then perhaps you should click away. Now then. I read this and [...]
The Confusing & Constantly Changing Landscape of My Brain
Damn, that’s a long-ass title. I was talking about this with Lauren Dane yesterday, and it seemed to me it was post-worthy, which is sort of like sponge-worthy, only it’s a measure of how much I want to spend the time formalizing my thoughts. Roughly equivalent to the Seinfeldism, no? Anyway. I have a point [...]
Showing Empathy
Have you ever thought about what this means? Are you a good listener? By which I mean, you’re not thinking about other things or plotting a scene in your head, or deciding what you’ll say when it’s your turn to talk next. Maybe it’s because authors can become egocentric that I’m thinking about this today, [...]
My problem with epublishing
In the wake of the pie in face closure of Quartet Press, I am left shaking my head. Not at the closure — I think it was probably wise to shut down before wasting a lot of time and money if the plan was flawed. That’s not what leaves me gobsmacked. I was mostly offline [...]
Today’s peeve?
Miracle sperm. Not just in books, movies too. The reason I’m thinking about this — Andres and I watched Baby Mama last week, starring Tina Fey (who I love) and Amy Poehler (who I don’t hate). The movie was funny and offered a lot of laughs; don’t get me wrong. But it’s been bugging me, [...]
In praise of the idiot
You read that right. I wrote a post over on It’s Not Chick porn, wherein I confessed to finding Frye’s love for Leela deeply moving. Sure, he’s an idiot and never does anything right, but he’s loyal and devoted and sometimes…yes, even… heroic. There, I said it. Like that episode where Bender falls in love [...]
Can I be serious for a minute?
And this is where you say, “I don’t know, can you?” The answer is — yes, yes, I can. I read the discussion over on Dear Author, called The Hysterical Reader, along with all the pertaining comments. It’s a long bunch of stuff, which you can read (or not), as you like. Well, I’d never [...]