There was a break in blog posts for a bit while I finished up NaNoWriMo (yes, I made it to 50K!) and had a very lovely Thanksgiving weekend with family. Now, back to business. Here are today's web wanderings: Speaking of Thanksgiving, here are 15 dogs who were a bit less than well-behaved for the … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Dogs Ruin Thanksgiving, Creepy App for T-shirts, Writer Gifts, and Bad Gaiman
Wednesday Wanderings: Muppets and the Stray Cats, Unhappy Mothers, Thanksgiving Pick Up Lines, and What Cats are Really Saying
You know you have been waiting for someone to do a mash-up of the Muppet Show Theme and the Stray Cat Strut, don't you? Well, here it is, and is just as weirdly amazing as it sounds: Muppets and Stray Cats These have got to be the unhappiest mommies ever painted. The captions are hysterical: … Continue reading Wednesday Wanderings: Muppets and the Stray Cats, Unhappy Mothers, Thanksgiving Pick Up Lines, and What Cats are Really Saying
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Monday Musings: Author Interview: Casia Shreyer
This week, I am posting an interview with Casia Shreyer, a Canadian author whose book, Nothing Everything Nothing, has just come out. The book deals with the sensitive subject of teen suicide. I'll put links and other information after the interview. Here's the book's blurb: No one in Molly’s life expected her to pose for … Continue reading Monday Musings: Author Interview: Casia Shreyer
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Friday Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love Neil Gaiman's writing. He is one of the authors that just strikes a chord with me. I have thoroughly enjoyed everything I have read by him, and this story is no exception.The unnamed narrator of the … Continue reading Friday Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
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Wednesday Wanderings: Black Hole Model, Sounds of Space, Funny Tumblr Posts, and Oh, So Cute Sesame Street Moment
The movie Interstellar has led to a model of what a black hole actually looks like: http://bit.ly/1rsJoLt In more space news, this is what outer space really sounds like, and it is kind of cool: http://bit.ly/1t2XiJV 29 funny Tumblr posts: http://aplus.com/a/best-tumblr-posts Oh, Sesame Street, sometimes you are just too cute: http://bit.ly/11hUxK6
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Monday Musings: Outdoor Work, and NaNoWriMo
We managed to get a lot of stuff done outside yesterday. It was not a bad day, and the rest of the week looks pretty good, also. The BaldMan mowed the lawn for the last time on Saturday, and took the mower deck off the tractor. Yesterday, we put the chains on the tires and … Continue reading Monday Musings: Outdoor Work, and NaNoWriMo
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Friday Review: The Short Man by Joshua Cejka (Meg Brown Mysteries #1)
My rating: 4 of 5 stars A fun short read. Meg Brown is a detective on the Minneapolis Police Department. She is called to a local college campus when the body of a campus security officer is found shot. She's barely into this case when another body turns up. Meg needs to use her Sherlock … Continue reading Friday Review: The Short Man by Joshua Cejka (Meg Brown Mysteries #1)
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Monday Musings: NaNoWriMo, Here I Come!
November has started, and that means a lot of things. Halloween is over, we are off Daylight Savings Time, Thanksgiving is on the way, and Christmas is careening around the corner. But that's the small stuff. For many of us out there, November 1 means the start of National Novel Writing Month, that lovely insanity … Continue reading Monday Musings: NaNoWriMo, Here I Come!
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Halloween: Things That Go Bump in the Night
Just a short short ghost story for your Halloween reading. Things That Go Bump in the Night “But, Mama, I don’t want to go to bed! The monster is there!” Mom pulled Katy into a close hug, smoothing her hand down the back of the little one’s head. “Katy, you know there isn’t a real … Continue reading Halloween: Things That Go Bump in the Night
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Friday Review: Changeless by Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate 2)
Changeless by Gail Carriger My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the second book in the Parasol Protectorate series and is as much fun as the first, despite a rather underhanded cliffhanger ending. In this part of the series, Alexia, the new Lady Maccon, is awakened mid-afternoon by her husband yelling. Now, Lord Maccon … Continue reading Friday Review: Changeless by Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate 2)
And So On... 