Suzanne – Page 91 – Suzanne Warr

Happy Feet

First let me say that my enjoyment of the movie was affected by the company I had while watching it.Â We saw it as part of our five-year old’s Bday party, and had a dozen young friends of hers to keep track of while we watched the show. I know, more brave than brainy. The

Basking in the Pleasure of Another Rejection

11DecemberSuzanne2 CommentsWriting

IÂ checked on the contestÂ at AlienSkin, to which I submitted Icarus, and found that my name does not grace the Winner’s Page. Bummer. Okay, deep breath.Â Shrug.Â Send it back out.

This Week In Words (12-10-06)

10DecemberSuzanneWriting

AberrationÂ >n. a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome: they described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration. Delineate >v. describe or portray (something) precisely: the law should delineate and prohibit behavior that is socially abhorrent. EntenteÂ >n. a friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or

Top Ten Things to Give as White Elephant Gifts

8DecemberSuzanne2 CommentsJust for Laughs

10Â -Â TheÂ ‘vote for me’ pamphlets they gave you last election.Â 9Â – A diaper with unwrapped chocolates inside.Â 8Â – TheÂ hairball your cat threw-up. 7Â – All the margarine lids in your tupperware drawer. 6Â – TheÂ dead (pet)Â fish you’re keeping frozen in the freezer. 5Â – AllÂ your unmatched socks. 4Â – Your rattiest and ugliest old text book. 3Â – Your old kickboxing

Cold or Allergy

8DecemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Uncategorized

Since this has been on my mind lately, here’s a guide to the difference between a cold and allergies, as put outÂ by the Mayo clinic. Best of sniffle season to you!Â

Introducing Change In a Story

7DecemberSuzanneWriting

I’ve been spending some time thinking about the impetus for change which often kicks a story off the ground and gets it rolling.Â Â Some change is essential to adventure or character driven stories in which action will play aÂ key role, but a balance must be reachedÂ between catching the reader’s attention with a wild new thing, and

Levitation

6DecemberSuzanneSpeculative Science

Some pretty cool pictures of critters in the zen mode–scientists inÂ China are playing with levitation.Â I haven’t figured out how to stick a picture in my blog, so you’ll have to follow the link.Â Sorry.

Extended Moon Vacations — Get Your Time Share Now

5DecemberSuzanne2 CommentsSpeculative Science

An article on Yahoo News is reporting NASA plans to build a lunar outpost on one of the moon’s poles, so that astronauts could be staying on the moon for stints of six months by 2024. There is someÂ noise of commercial interests, but what they really need (if they’re going toÂ fund the Mars expedition) is

Playing Dead — A Life or Death Strategy

4DecemberSuzanneThe Human Condition

One of my fish likes to play dead.Â He’s an algae eater, and occasionally sits at the bottom, his body swaying and his eyes glazed over, for all the world like a fish that’s beginning to rot. As a strategy, playing dead canÂ have life-saving advantages.Â Just look at a fewÂ aggression triggers: Competition for resources —

This Week In Words (12-3-06)

4DecemberSuzanneWriting

Ailurophile >n. a cat lover.Â Dacha >n. a country house or cottage in Russia, typically used as a second or vacation home. –origin mid 19th cent.: Russian, originally ‘grant (of land).’Â Inexorable >adj. impossible to stop or prevent: the seemingly inexorable march of new technology. — (of a person) impossible to persuade by request or

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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