Archive for: September, 2007

Tagged

Tagged

alixwrites
 tagged me for this meme.  It was fun because it made me think.
1. Hardcover or paperback, and why?
Paperback. Hardcovers are unwieldy to hold, and I like to read with one hand.  Hardcovers are for collections. 2. If I were to own a book shop I would call it…
Barnes & Noble.  Just kidding. Cup & [...]

THE OPPOSITE OF INVISIBLE

THE OPPOSITE OF INVISIBLE

Alice is a Seattle teenager who seeks advice from a poster. She has two tree-hugger parents, one good friend, and an endless thirst for vanilla lattes. What she’d really like, though, is a boyfriend, someone, anyone who will notice her, so she asks her poster-advisor, Dove Girl, to send one her way. The [...]

Kid Logic

Kid Logic

When our youngest had a cold last week, she sneezed uncovered.  I told her, always cover a sneeze so you wouldn’t give another person your cold. Oddly, she continued to sneeze uncovered, and when I came down with the same awful cold this week, she was delighted.  Last night, as I sneezed (I cover, btw) [...]

Pick C

Pick C

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Eh

Eh

            The University of Tennessee is my double alma mater. I took my undergrad English and doctoral Education degrees from there.  Many of the landmark events of my life occurred on campus or were put into motion by campus events. I remember my university fondly (but not fondly enough to increase my annual gift, so [...]

Blink, Blink

Blink, Blink

Rub, rub. Blink, blink.  Is that daylight I see?  Yes, it is!  It’s time to come out of my cave. It’s been a long month.
I’m convinced that Punxsutawney Phil was a writer in a previous life.  Revisions are what finally did him in.
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