March 9, 2010 · 0 comments

Forrest Gump…as horror

This is old, but I just ran across it. And I recently re-watched Forrest Gump in the hotel when I was traveling. Really gives you a perspective on how everything is about perspective, eh?

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March 5, 2010

Obsolete Jobs

This from NPR about jobs of yesteryear. I think the one that intrigues me the most is the lector. I could do that. Just sit on a stool and read to people as they rolled cigars….
Showed this link to the rugrats, both of whom were amazed. Of course, today C [...]

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March 2, 2010

Thanks to Larissa Ione!

Larissa Ione rocks.
Yup, really. Check out this great quote she gave for When Blood Calls (the book that I now have in ARC form in my hot little hands!!!!!)
Gripping and utterly compelling . . . J. K. Beck takes you on a dark, twisty ride that will leave you breathless. Smart, suspenseful, and [...]

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March 1, 2010

Great Writing Resource Site

So, I’ve been poking around on line for great writing sites, and since I’ve found quite a few, I thought I’d start cataloging them here on the blog (I’ll be filing them under the new Websites for Writing category).
Today, I’d like to give two big thumbs up to William Martell’s Script Secrets site. Now, [...]

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February 26, 2010

It’s here!!!!!

My advance copies of WHEN BLOOD CALLS arrived this am-perfect timing as I was rushing out the door to give a talk. Now I have visual aids!
Ain’t it awesome????
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February 23, 2010

Simon’s Cat-App Review

You need this app. No. Really. Trust me. It’s going to put a smile in your face.
And with the app, you can link through to this vid and others. Mostly, though, it’s about the game. Purrfect Pitch .
The game is addictive. You can either play as “memory” (you play what the cat [...]

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February 21, 2010

Alligators-no bad breath worries!

Okay, that’s not really true, but that was my first thought when I read the news in the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine, that a recent University of Utah study reveals that an Alligator’s lungs are unidirectional. Sounds like they don’t exhale, doesn’t it?
But that’s not what it means. It means there’s a [...]

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February 20, 2010

NASA, John Glenn, and the really Right Stuff

Today in 1962, John Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the earth.
Even in the world we live in, that makes me shiver, and not only because of what it represents with regard to science (and, back then, the cold war fears surrounding the space race), and not even because of where it led–to [...]

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February 19, 2010

Check out Jessica Scott over at PBS’s Regarding War blog

Gotta brag on a friend…go check out PBS’s Regarding War blog. It’s all fascinating, but be sure to check out Jess’s post!

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February 12, 2010

Platypuses…no, really

Egads! So much for that daily thing, eh, but things got crazy. (Deadlines and colds and house emergencies of the septic tank variety…don’t even ask…AND this was scheduled to post yesterday, but didn’t, and I didn’t notice until, ahem, 11pm…). But here’s a fact I ran across doing today’s reading with Isabella (we’re [...]

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