January 2012
3 posts
Better than you.
WARNING: this post is going to be as whiny and selfish as humanly possible. If that bothers you, quit reading and go find some goth girls in trees to look at.
Dear Dad:
I was having a crisis today. I’m writing you here because frankly, I don’t think anyone ever reads this thing, and the chances of you ever bothering to do something that changes your world are as remote as Bhopal to...
Nights of Old, Nights of Today
Let’s be perfectly clear here, I used to HATE the daytime. When you’re a twenty-something misanthrope working retail, daytime blows. Bosses are about, people are about, it gets to be a little much. So you pack your bag up at the end of the day, and when you’re twenty, and .socially inept(see the last post), night time is a great time. Less people around to make you feel like the...
Whew, it's dusty in here
Haven’t posted here in ages, wonder if anyone besides the future son-in-law will give a crap. Need to figure out how to post to both this and FB, and make my own damn site. So today is 1/2/12, wonder why no one’s making a big deal out of it. Just as significant as any other date, and looks cooler. I made a personal vow to write at least 500 words a day, and since no one reads this...
March 2011
4 posts
This is a Rant and Manifesto part 2
Warning: some of the new planks in the Immanent Party platform may be offensive, or worse yet,funny. Here’s my third attempt at writing this thing
15)All government officials and workers will be subjected to random drug tests. If you can’t drive a car or fly a plane drunk or high,why should you be able to do so to a country?
16)Illegal immigrants from a country in North America,...
This is a Rant and (maybe) a Manifesto
So I’ve been watching the news,and frankly, my disgust with my fellow Americans has reached a new height, So many people standing around, watching as a corporate funded plutocracy steals this country right out from under us. I have no interest in the Right Wing of this country. Your Koch Brothers rimming, Goldman Sachs sucking, jackbooted thugs in nice suits serve their corporate masters,...
Toys in the attic: weekend assignment 3/8/11
Weekend Assignment #360: Toy Show Do you have any old toys or dolls from your childhood, either the originals or replacements purchased as an adult? If so, tell us about them.
Extra Credit: Is there a particular toy from your childhood that you especially remember as a favorite?
I don’t have a lot left from my childhood. Having a single father vanish one day, leaving a suicide note...
Return from the dead part 1: Weekend Assignment
Weekend Assignment #359: Career Day 2 It’s often said that most people will change careers several times over the course of their working lives. If money, age and educational resources were all conducive to your trying another line of work, would you do so? If so, what new career would you choose? Extra Credit: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Would I keep...
September 2010
1 post
Kickstarter - POWERCHORDS - Magic, Music & Urban... →
A great new sourcebook for the best Urban Fantasy RPG ever, Deliria. Phil’s a great writer, so help out if it sounds good to you!
Mr. Graffiti Artist, bomb this wall!(WA is back)
Weekend Assignment #333: Writing on the Wall Have you ever written on a bathroom wall, or left graffiti anywhere at all? Confess! I promise we’ll go easy on you! How do you feel about the ethics of graffiti, and the level of discourse sometimes found in illicit art and messages in public places? Extra Credit: If you were to leave a message to the world on a public wall, what would it...
July 2010
2 posts
Cuz it's Hot(WA salty remix)
Weekend Assignment #327: Beat the Heat! Summer is well underway now. If you live in the northern hemisphere, the days are long and the sun is on its way to being about as hot as it gets in your particular climate. How do you stay cool when the weather gets hot? Extra Credit: If you’ve ever relocated hundreds of miles to a new home, did the climate play a role in your decision to move?
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My secret weapon(WA again)
Weekend Assignment #323: Tech Savvy When you bring home some new piece of technology, do you usually get it up and running with pleasant anticipation and calm confidence, or is there more likely to be much swearing, wailing and gnashing of teeth? What’s the most trouble you’ve had with a new computer, tv, phone or related tech gadget?
Extra Credit: Who do you call in to help, if you...
June 2010
5 posts
A letter from my daughter(weekend assignment)
Weekend Assignment #324: America 2062 Next Tuesday is my birthday, I am not quite 50 yet, but when I was a little girl I liked to sit and imagine what the world, more specifically, America, would be like when I reached 50! Having nearly arrived at my goal age, I am now aiming for another 50 years! So, in honor of my 48th birthday, I want you to search your imaginations, and tell what I can expect...
My brain is on vacation(Weekend Assignment again)
Weekend Assignment #323: Vacation TimeLook out - here comes summer! Kids are out of school, community pools and seasonal ice cream stands are open, and temperatures north of the Equator are on the rise. Summer is traditionally the time for families to go on vacation together. What are your summer vacation plans, if any? What time of year are you most likely to pack up the family and get out of...
My mistress (is not Weekend assignment)
Weekend Assignment #322: Product Placement Okay, let’s shift gears to something very commonplace. Product Placement. We all have a certain product in our lives we simply couldn’t live without. Tell us about your favorite product. How long have you used it? Why is it the best? If it were no longer on the market, what would you use instead? Give us all the details! Extra Credit: Time to...
A shelf full of Buggy whips.(shh..it's weekend...
Weekend Assignment #321: Where’s Your Buggy Whip? We sometimes hear the expression, “XXX has gone the way of the buggy whip.” In other words, technology and society have moved on, and something that was once commonplace barely exists anymore because it’s no longer needed. Do you still have something in your home that has become essentially useless? If so, why do you still...
Outside shots(weekend assignment this week)
Weekend Assignment #318: The SCOTUS Choice Recently, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he will retire, at the end of his term, later this year, leaving the position open to be filled by President Obama. As you know, Obama has chosen Elena Kagen as his nominee. I would like to hear your thoughts about this. Good choice? Bad choice? Indifferent? Who would you like to see...
May 2010
4 posts
All the world's a stage(yet another in the weekend...
Weekend Assignment #319: The Play’s The Thing. Nowadays we get most of our comedy and drama from television, from movies and even from Internet downloads. Perhaps we sometimes forget that all of these evolved from a much older art form, the stage play. Do you ever attend plays, musicals or operas? Why or why not? Extra Credit: Have you ever seen anything by Shakespeare performed live?
I...
My second home:weekend assignment #318
The mission:
Weekend Assignment #318: Library Books Recently, it was discovered that George Washington had forgotten to return some books he had checked out of his local library. They were only 221 years late, mind you, but late all the same. How about you? Have you ever checked out a library book and forgot to return it? Tell us about your experiences with checking out, returning, or forgetting...
I'm invisible(A weekend assignment rant)
Weekend Assignment #317: Merry Meetings People used to socialize with each other on street corners, at cocktail parties, at club meetings, and in a later era, at shopping malls. These days, however, we seem to do most of our socializing online. Where do you go most often for face time with friends and acquaintances? Extra Credit: Do you ever hang out with co-workers after hours?
Warning:this...
Me and poetry: A love/hate affair at Cafe...
Weekend Assignment #316: National Poetry Month As April wraps up, let’s not let it get away without celebrating National Poetry Month. For this assignment, please share with us something about poetry. Tell us about your favorite poet, or quote us a few lines of your favorite poem, or if poetry doesn’t happen to be something you enjoy, tell us why! Extra Credit: Write a Haiku!
Me and...
April 2010
3 posts
First try at weekend assignment
So there’s this blog,Weekend Assignment, which gives you a new question every week to answer in blog format, and to spur your writing. And since I’m in a crisis with that right now, I figured I’d give it a try. Here’s their question:
Weekend Assignment #315: It seems that we’re all too busy these days to get around to everything we’d like to do, even if we had...
The top 10 reasons I haven't been blogging
1) Trying to write 100 pages of script in 30 days is driving me slowly insane.
2)Volcanic ash from the one in Iceland.
3)Fighting the urge to go to the top of a tower and pick off anyone in a Snuggie.
4)Trying to figure out why I got assigned a story on skin care by an editor.
5)Massive addiction to mass media.
6)My eyesight still hasn’t recovered from the 3-D in Clash of the Titans.
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Where have all the Smothers gone?
So,I’ve been reading this book,”Dangerously Funny”, about the rise of the Smothers Brothers, and their censorship battles with the CBS network. For a couple of guys whose show started out as a simple variety show, they were very revolutionary. Watch the video for “Give Peace a Chance” sometime, the one filmed at the bed-in in Toronto. That’s Tom Smothers you...
My favorite book, or where the name of this comes...
If I was captured by aliens, and asked to give them a book that shows them why American Literature should not be wiped off the face of the planet, I would hand them one thing:
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving.
Some of you are now questioning my sanity, if you’ve read the book. If you’re just judging on the basis of the gods awful movie version, do me a favor and defenestrate...
March 2010
5 posts
Chop wood, carry water
I’m amazed at the output of some writers. I have one acquaintance who is a professional writer who churns out words like Disney spews out teen idols. I don’t seem to be able to do that. I want to, but I think I have to develop one thing:discipline.
There’s a word with some instant reactions. Most of us either hearken back to school or parents who tried to mold us in some way to...
Random ten facts about me
1)I attended college with one Oscar winner(Janusz Kaminski, Best Cinematography, Schindler’s List.)
2) I have my mother’s ashes in my office.
3)My great great uncle was William Henry Porter,also known as O. Henry.
4) I have predicted that Backstreet Boys, Matchbox 20, and Smashing Pumpkins were all going to fail miserably.
5) I’m a former altar boy.
6)The first song I sang...
The beginning is the half of every action.
So here we are, at something I have come to late, as usual. While half the universe is on Twitter, I am on my first blog. Not really the first, if you count Live Journal. I don’t,mainly because I never did it enough to really get the hang of it.(That’s what she said.)
So why this blog? I’m not l sure. It took me a half hour just to come up with a name. Here are the rejected...
