Things the World Needs More Of:

by Jenn on July 30, 2010

Carrot cake.

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Random

by Jenn on July 28, 2010

  1. I think NASCAR should run the track clockwise next year.  Just to change things up.
  2. Wondering what the calorie value of a whole field-mouse would be?  Check rodentpro.com
  3. Facebook.  15 seconds of fame every time you post a status.  Andy would be appalled.
  4. What sound does an alligator make?  There are no crocodilians on my See~n~Say toy.  Fisher-Price should diversify.
  5. Word of the day today was psychopomp.  I have a new career goal.
  6. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.  Just because.
  7. What did Dr. Seuss have against Green Eggs and Ham?  Makes you wonder about his mother’s cooking, doesn’t it?
  8. I hate Monopoly.  I put hotels on other players’ property when they aren’t looking to make the game go faster.  Is that cheating?
  9. Traffic signs confuse me.  What’s the difference between “Yield” and “Merge” anyway?
  10. Copy machines are really alien drones, sent here to collect data.  That’s why they jam on the important stuff.
  11. Lots of things come in “tens” and “twelves”.  Poor eleven gets the short end.  Except in sports.  And that movie I like.  And the franchise store.  And the nightly news broadcast.  And Janet’s puppies.  Never mind.

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Not a Kodak Moment

July 27, 2010

Last week on one of our hikes with Dadd, Jack ate a snake.  A dead, half dessicated snake.  He ate it.  All.of.it…
That was when I became aware that Jack considers any creature alive or dead as worthy of his lunchbox.  Flash forward to Sunday evening.
After a full weekend of whippet racing, I’m enjoying a nice [...]

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Missing Missy

July 14, 2010

A testament, I suppose to my whacked sense of humor.  I read this a couple days ago, and I’m still laughing….
Straight from the original blog of David Thorne, who is Seriously Funny.
http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html

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The Final Frontier…

July 14, 2010

Having undertaken and conquered denuding the vegetation, stripping the bathroom, and leaping from the sofa onto the dining room table, Jack is now under the deck digging holes.
He’d better succeed in making China, because the deck is only about 15 inches off the ground, and if he stays down there too long, he’ll grow up [...]

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Multi-tasking

July 13, 2010

Attempting to work this morning, which involves sitting at the computer, writing stuff, and not watching the 13-week whirling dervish.  Jack de Sade, who rose at 5am, is still awake some three hours later.  But I know he’s playing happily with his toys, because I can hear him behind me making his toy skunk scream [...]

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Droplets

July 13, 2010

Breaking news:  Writing is difficult, if not downright impossible with a 13-week old whippet puppy in the house.
Just FYI.

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For Auld Lang Mind

June 16, 2010

Sweat pours from my brow, furrowed in concentration.  The tension is thick, knifeworthy.  I cannot catch my breath, and I’m swaying on my cute little black boot heels.  The woman across the room smiles kindly, and the woman next to me offers encouraging words, such as, “would you care for a drink”?
Such is the scene [...]

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The Princess Emu, er Bride

May 27, 2010

I worry sometimes, when I write, that my ideas are too far-fetched.  The emu, in my novel, for example.  Would anyone really believe that there’s an emu, sometimes wandering loose in a small Washington town?
The unbelievable emu inserted itself into the story against my will several months ago.  I’ve been trying to figure out how [...]

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Life’s a Beach

May 26, 2010

So I finally decided that I’ve had enough.  Over the past two years I’ve put on twenty pounds.  Some is from my anxiety meds, some of it is from not getting as much exercise, and some is just plain bad eating habits.  I love starchy snacky things, and I dislike almost all vegetables in their [...]

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