If You Can’t Say Something Nice

Posted by on Sep 30, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted has some excellent advice for writers today. In her “Dear Author: Don’t Be a Jerk. No, Really.” post at Red Room, she takes authors to task for distasteful behavior. Things you’d think authors would realize, like not calling out other authors, not dissing authors who have been kind enough to give you a blurb, restraining yourself over negative...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List: Special Edition

Posted by on Sep 27, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Why, oh why do we take so long sometimes?BED LIST: PAUL NEWMANThose iconic blue eyes enchanted women for years. He was so handsome, he actually lost movie roles during his early career because he was too good looking. Good thing they got over it so we could drool over him in Hud, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cool Hand Luke, and dozens of other roles. No offense, Robert Redford, but you were...
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Grammarrrrrrr!

Posted by on Sep 23, 2008 in dish | 0 comments
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Cool Chick: Nancy Drew

Posted by on Sep 19, 2008 in dish | 1 comment In our eyes, she is forever eighteen, resourceful, and smart. She is Nancy Drew, and she is the ultimate Cool Chick.Nancy had boatloads of freedom and resources while those of us sucked between her yellow covers (this was, after all, the 70s) ached for them. She had Ned, a hot boyfriend, but didn’t suffer by the phone praying for him to call. She had a kicky blue convertible. She had her...
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Reviewer Fun

Posted by on Sep 17, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Clever, clever spoofage going on at Amazon.com.uk. Check out the reviews for Bic Crystal pens sometime. Good Lord, that’s some funny stuff. Some excerpts:I Look Like an IdiotBy Janille ParryI thought I would add one of these to my order because it was so cheap. I received it and took it to work with me. Unfortunately, I was not prepared for the consequences of my actions. The pen itself is...
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Gender Bending

Posted by on Sep 15, 2008 in dish | 0 comments This is why I love Jon Stewart today:Can we just dispense with the hypocrisy, please? Some issues–real ones, like what to do with the economy, education, foreign policy, and the like–would be nice.
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