Publishing Has Changed My Life!
Friends! — because we are still friends, even though I am now a rich and famous person — This year I published a book. What did you do? *wink* Okay, […]
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School Starts Again! Huzzah! I Think . . .
Remember when you were a kid, and summer break lasted approximately 2.9 million years, and the whole thing was a giant sun-drenched swath of swimming, sleeping […]
Back Pain? It Might Be Your MASSAGE THERAPIST!.
Dear People Who Have Lower Backs: Are you tired of back pain? Of being unable to pick up a piece of lint without throwing your […]
Book Review: Sara B. Larson’s “Defy”
I oughta write a book. Have you ever thought that? I have thought it so often that a few years ago I enrolled in a […]
I Would Have Saved Life as We Know it Had I been Aboard the Mayflower. Like Totally.
I should have been a pilgrim. But not the regular kind that arrived half starved and scurvyfied aboard the Mayflower. No, no. I couldn’t have been a firstie to this country. I’d have to have arrived with a later group. Say, on the June or Julyflower. Maybe even the Septemberflower. After everything had already been beaten into submission … er … civilized. You know, buildings built. A/C, central heating, and a direct connection to BBC America established. I should have been one of those pilgrims. Because I totally have the whole Put-Up-Food-For-the-Winter thing down, and those people would not have starved if I had been there.
Government Shutdown: The Pattern for a Happy Life
Do you know who just impresses the living shortcake out of me? The United States Government. I mean look at them! They decided to work together […]
Salt Lake ComiCon: I Believe!
I was abducted by aliens last week. 50,000 of them. Hordes of beings dressed like Ironman and Link. Aquaman and Leonidas. Medusa, Mary Poppins, Wonderwoman, […]
Righteously Judging the Royals
Well, Her Royal Svelteness and Prince Will'eeHaveHisDad'sHairline gave birth to a bouncing baby prince last week. Which means the statute of limitations on snipey comments […]
Dear Man of Steel: You’re Taking Your Title Too Seriously. Seriously.
I remember, Man of Steel, back in the olden days when you wore a blue unitard with foam muscles sewn in, red spanks, and, at least […]
The Answer to the NSA’s Problems
You're going to have to sit a little closer to your screen to read this today. I am writing very quietly. Because from what I've […]