Beg, Borrow, or Steal?

Posted by on Jan 11, 2008 in dish | 1 comment If there’s one thing English teachers agree about, it’s that plagiarism is bad. Very, very bad. Kick you out of school and pile on the shame bad. Which is why most of us work ourselves into a bulging-vein froth when we INSIST that our students CITE THEIR FREAKIN’ SOURCES, for Pete’s sake. Doesn’t always work, but that’s not for lack of trying.So I have to...
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Musings: Stranger Than Fiction

Posted by on Jan 7, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Santa brought me this movie for Christmas, which became an immediate favorite after it reached the top of the Netflix queue. For one thing, it’s a fanciful view of the life of a writer, and for another, it’s an examination about the relationship between life and art (truth being, after all, “stranger than fiction”).In short: Harold Crick, an IRS auditor, begins hearing a...
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Gutsy Broad: Elizabeth Edwards

Posted by on Jan 4, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Okay, I admit it. I have a fangirl crush on Elizabeth Edwards. There’s just something about her I really respond to. Like her willingness to call out rude, mean-spirited behavior (yes, I’m talking about that Coulter woman). Or to keep on keepin’ on despite a cancer diagnosis–and recurrence. She lost a son in a car accident. She has two small kids at home and a daughter in...
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Ten Predictions for the New Year

Posted by on Jan 1, 2008 in dish | 7 comments Florida will not get hit by a major hurricane despite Apocalyptic reporting from The Weather Channel and nearly every Florida newscaster drawing breath.Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination for President.Mitt Romney will win the Republican nomination for President.Get used to saying “Madam President.”Britney Spears will do something stupid. Oh, wait a minute....
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For Auld Lang Syne

Posted by on Dec 31, 2007 in dish | 2 comments This is it…the last day of 2007. It’s been a decent year overall for Chez mimi. Not so much for friends and family. In my group of loved ones, at least three pending divorces, money troubles, an extended combat tour for baby bro, etc., etc. Writing slowed down considerably, and there was an overwhelming sense of blah. Kind of like tonight’s gray, drizzly weather.On the plus...
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Girl Time

Posted by on Dec 29, 2007 in dish | 4 comments Today, I took my soon-to-be sister-in-law (she’s engaged to Baby Bro, and they’ll be married whenever he gets back from his latest round of Mideast fun) for a pedicure. Hers are coral; mine are O.P.I. “I’m Not Really a Waitress.” Maybe I should have checked this out first:Your Toes Should Be WhiteA little funky and a little fresh, you’re constantly evolving...
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