It’s About Danged Time

Posted by on Apr 6, 2010 in dish | 0 comments A friend sent me a link to this brilliant ad campaign for, of all things, tampons. The model in the first ad is actually a former intern at JWT who helped design the concept of the ad campaign. Clearly, she gets it (unlike the idjit who came up with the “have a happy period” tagline, who probably thinks we all dream of the day we can wear white during that time of the month and spin...
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Rev. Robertson FAIL

Posted by on Jan 14, 2010 in dish | 1 comment I can’t even begin to describe the ridiculousness that is Rev. Pat Robertson’s comment on the Haiti earthquake, so I’m going to let this letter from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune say it for me:Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so...
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Roundup

Posted by on Dec 31, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Closing the book on 2009–it’s been a good year. Interesting. Weird. Frustrating. You know, the usual. I did manage to read 135 books (some re-reads, but mostly new titles). I’m finally unstuck with the current WIP, and even though it’s moving more slowly than I’d like, it’s moving. We took a family trip to Washington, DC (awesome!), rode/survived the train,...
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Logjams

Posted by on Dec 2, 2009 in dish | 0 comments mimi has finally had a breakthrough of sorts. I had to go all low-tech, printing out a calendar, but I can see holes in ye troublesome mauscript and now have some inkling of what to do with them!See, this is the trouble with a NaNo book. You get so busy lunging from beginning to end, you don’t see the pitfalls because you skip right over them. I’ve set a book in the fall and given my...
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Redesign in Progress!

Posted by on Nov 29, 2009 in dish | 0 comments As you can see, we’re undergoing a revamping here at the dish. A new look always takes some tinkering, so be looking for expanded book and blog lists as the days pass. Let me know what you think about the new look!
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