Top Ten Ways to Cope This Holiday

1 CommentJust for Laughs

10 – Just buy everyone on the list a gift certificate. 9 – Work out the punching bag at the gym. 8 – Vent your frustration into your driving. 7 – Get in to your pajamas and stay in them ’til New Years. 6 – Buy yourself the complete Spa treatment. 5 – Start a blog, then use it to blackmail aquaintances. 4 – Tell your kids Santa

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Names For Obscure Unknowns

Just for Laughs, Writing

This is a list of names [found on Canongate] for things that you might not guess had a name.  Some of them I’ve heard of, some I’m a little suspicious of, but they’re certainly interesting. I hear my stomach wamble so I’ll go get my cup off the zarf.  I’ll nestle the cup in my purlicue and be

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Happy Feet

Movies

First let me say that my enjoyment of the movie was affected by the company I had while watching it.  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

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This Week In Words (12-10-06)

Writing

Aberration >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. Entente >n. a friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or

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Top Ten Things to Give as White Elephant Gifts

2 CommentsJust for Laughs

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

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Introducing Change In a Story

Writing

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

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Levitation

Speculative Science

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