Monthly Archives: December 2007

We’ve Got Some Ketchingup to Do

Had enough of the Antic­i­pa­tion theme?  Me, too. No condi­ments this time, just real news. This has been in the works for a week, and I’ve been about to pop the whole time. Mon­day, my won­der­ful agent sold SOUL TACO ENCHILADA to Vir­ginia Dun­can at Greenwillow/HarperCollins, as part of a two-book deal.  Pub­li­ca­tion is set for …

December 19, 2007 – 9:37 am | By thunderchikin | Posted in Blog | Comments (56)

Whew! I’m Glad That’s Over

The ketchup’s finally out of the bottle.

December 17, 2007 – 8:16 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Zen | Comments (1)

For the Principal and Detective

This video about the Con­sti­tu­tion gang is da bomb. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q_TXJRZ4CFc

December 5, 2007 – 8:22 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Zen | Comments Off

The First Amendment Also Protects Stupid Speech

This link leads to a story about a Wis­con­sin teacher who made a tongue-in-check (albeit insen­si­tive, cruel, and short-sighted) post on a blog.  It landed him in jail. Police Capt. Toby Netko defended the arrest. He said the teacher who com­plained was dis­turbed by the ref­er­ence to “one shot at a time” and other edu­ca­tors agreed …

December 4, 2007 – 11:13 pm | By thunderchikin | Posted in Zen | Comments (4)