This quote annoyed me recently. I forget where I saw it, but it ticked me off, and I thought I’d rant a bit about it. Because, hey. I feel like ranting. “Noticing so many people talking on their phones while walking as if the solitude would kill them.” Now, do I want to be in […]
Join me in a wallow? I promise I’ll bring it around. Through the amazing generosity of friends, I went away last week. It was the first time in…eighteen years? Something like that. I’ve run away for weekends a few times, but this was a whole week of near-complete freedom. I didn’t have to worry about
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So if you’ve been around a while, you may be wondering…why squid? If that’s all you’re wondering, you’re doing well. 😉 Because squid are versatile sea creatures. You can smack someone mantle-first and it’s going to hurt, or you can let the squid get his tentacles into things and it’ll hurt more. Why marine life?
So I’ve mentioned here and there on the great wide internet that I’ve had a nasty cold this past week. From the first day it affected my voice, so every single person who talked to me knew I had a cold. Almost every single person had a sure-fire cure-all they had to share with me.
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So, remember the race? Yeah, okay, that didn’t go so well. Actually, it went great–right up till the shopping. See, we’re not in emergency mode over here at Casa de KD, but we’re cutting it close every month. Bills, in their sneaky nasty way, go up. And sometimes paychecks, in an especially sneaky nasty way,
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Is that even a saying anywhere but my hometown? And if people don’t know what it means to get a smack upside the head, can I do it anyway? I really think it would make the world a better place.
Someone reviewed one of my novels the other day, and in the review she made mention of the occasional homophobia my boys run across in my SF. Okay, first, a clarification–I know it’s common usage (I do it too) but it’s not homophobia. These persons aren’t pathologically afraid of GLBT people. They do not spot
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