Tag: personal life
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You Gotta Fight for Your Right…to Read?
I’ve offered tacit support of SPEAK during the flair-up against the comments made in Springfield last week. I didn’t hop on the bandwagon and speak out against it for a couple reasons. First, I’m fat, and doubt I could hop on a bandwagon if I wanted to. Second, I don’t think my message would reach…
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Have Fun Storming the Castle
Current, non-syndicated television runs in 30 or 60 minute time slots. Of those slots, the actual program will run 20-22 minutes or 42-44 minutes respectively. Its this constraint that allows a writer–if he or she so wishes to apply herself–to know the plot, the outcome, and the bad guy (if you’re watching one of the…
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Per Your Request…A LIST!
The ladies over at Coffey. Tea. And Literary have started a meme. I have 25 minutes to kill at work, and thus will fill that time with this meme rather than being productive. 1. If you could have a superpower, what would you have? Why? I would be a cypher. I would speak every language…
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Another List!
Elizabeth Poole loves Westerns. I love Westerns! TOP FIVE WESTERNS! 1a. “The Outlaw Josey Wales” – Aside from giving me my namesake, this movie has a lot of things going for it. It was the first Western where all the Native Americans were played by Native Americans. They were also portrayed as the threat they…
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Fear and Cold Water
I made a mistake today. I posted a list of agents who actively participate in social media that I would like to work with. There was discussion on the list and whether it was appropriate. Checking my email quickly while I was at work, I found the discussion continued by an agent whose opinion I…