The Little Monsters!

Posted by mimi on Dec 6, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I have to admit feeling vindicated when reading about Dan McCauley, the proprietor of the Chicago-area bakery/sandwich shop A Taste of Heaven. Irritated to the limit by screeching wild creatures disguised as children that regularly invaded his shop, he posted a sign on the door of his shop reading, “Children of all ages have to behave and use their inside voices when coming to A Taste of...
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Feelin’ Crappy

Posted by mimi on Dec 1, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I spent today out of the classroom at a department chairpersons workshop. These run the gamut from really useful to mind-numbing wastes of time. Today’s leaned to the useful side of the continuum. Lots of good stuff about teaching writing, approaches to literature for students who aren’t good readers, problem solving with other English teacher types.It sucked.Not the workshop...
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Rejection

Posted by mimi on Nov 30, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Got the first rejection email on Crash Test today. This is one of those events you expect to have happen but don’t really believe once it does. Realistically, it’s going to get rejected despite having a fabulous premise (of course I think so, but so do some other folks I trust who aren’t my mom or my sister) and a fabulous agent. In the Total Fantasy realm, I’m signing a...
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Seattle Weather

Posted by mimi on Nov 29, 2005 in dish | 0 comments I don’t care how cool/trendy/earthy the Pacific Northwest is, I could never live in Seattle. We’ve had two days of gray, drizzly Seattle weather here in usually sunny Central Florida, and I am ready to hurt someone. I’d definitely need meds for Seasonal Affectiveness Disorder if something uprooted Chez mimi to the other end of the country. Plus, I don’t do Starbucks. Hate...
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