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...and the Weird Holidays for March 10th
Since you've been waiting for these... • Festival of Lights in the Cracks Day - sounds like a horror movie in the making, huh? • Alexander Graham Bell Day/Telephone Day - the first telephone message was sent today in … -
Grrrrrr....(AKA Rant du Jour)
Celebrity authors! Bah humbug! I just checked in on my Twitter page, and saw the seriously annoying news that Lauren Conrad, star of the TV show The Hills (which I've never seen, btw) has written a YA novel called L.A.… -
...in the 'Just in Case You Need a Reason to Celebrate' Department...
...Today's Weird Holidays of the Day are (in no particular order of preference): • National Crown Roast of Pork Day (what many of our lawmakers really like to celebrate!) • Babe Ruth hit his 1st professional home run to… -
Fortune Cookie
Last night, I made General Tso Chicken for dinner. When I make my quasi-version of Chinese food, I try to add an elegant touch of authenticity (yeah, right) by putting chopsticks on the table and having fortune cooki… -
On Teaching Writing in School, Haiku Generators and Other Mishigoss...
Yo! Okay, so today was the day that I had to go into my kidlets' school and talk with two different third grade classes about (what else?) WRITING. Why writing? Well, I'm a writer, silly! (Or, at least, I play a reas… -
Penny Wishes, Birthday Wishes and Wishes in General
Hi there! Yep - I know, it's been a very long time. No excuses. Okay... So, there's a whole bunch of stuff I need to write since apparently I haven't posted here since last April. (Hard to believe, but there you are…
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