Ah, Yes, the Writing Process

Posted by on Sep 15, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Ever wonder what goes through a writer’s mind as she’s staring off into space at odd times, like in the grocery line or while stuck in traffic? Wonder no more. Imagine that your muse(s) work something like this:Lord, help us all.
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Text Message Morons

Posted by on Sep 9, 2007 in dish | 0 comments You gotta hand it to Celia Rivenbark. Anyone who’d title a book Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank has my undying admiration and gratitude, but I digress. Today Ms. Rivenbark takes on the army of text-messaging zombies at a live theater performance and scores a direct hit. Check out her diatribe here.Too bad the zombies will be too engrossed to notice. As Ms. Rivenbark notes at...
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No, *I* Can Has Cheezburger

Posted by on Sep 8, 2007 in dish | 0 comments LOLcats. Sorry, I just don’t get it.Maybe it’s because I’m a dog person.
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Practice, Schmactrice

Posted by on Aug 23, 2007 in dish | 0 comments This year, I’ve told myself I’m going to do the better self-care thing, so that means the Thursday afternoon yoga class is on the schedule. Not only can I twist and unkink, but I’ll be able to have dinner at Moe’s after with a bit less guilt.Class today was v. small, probably because it’s the first week of school, and most of the teachers are mental tapioca. No...
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Operation Kerosene Update #4

Posted by on Aug 8, 2007 in dish | 0 comments I have now successfully weeded off the dry sink in my kitchen and done something productive with all those school papers and reports cards and such. The paper flood has been dammed and tidied and filed, and now I can actually get to the cookbooks.I nearly blew up our shredder tearing through pages and pages of old check stubs, credit cards statements from years ago (shamefully, some with a...
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Deb Dixon, Goddess!

Posted by on Aug 4, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Survived a virtual butt-kicking from the inimitable Deb Dixon, she of GMC fame. Great program today from CFRW. Got the streamlined GMC this morning, which amazingly I have never attended before, and a special workshop on the Big Black Moment this afternoon.Considering that the writign has been, well, waysided for a bit, this was a good hook to yank me back into the fold. And I figured out why...
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