If it weren’t for Christa’s rave review, I’d have never picked up The Song is You. See, I read Arthur Phillips’ Prague back in 2002 and was underwhelmed. After that I promptly forgot Arthur Phillip’s…
Date Archives 2009
I watched a Spelling Bee and then I cried
I had no idea watching the National Spelling Bee would be so entertaining. Not only are the nerdy kids super smart and kind of quirky, but the dude handing out the spelling words was kind…
Some notes from a long weekend, a list that isn’t so much about the weekend
I’ve been unemployed for 10 days. Today is the first one spent entirely in pajamas. I will probably have nightmares about Sleestaks tonight, because I’m in the midst of a “Land of the Lost” marathon…
Last night I met an author and didn’t do anything stupid, which is a first
It isn’t often when my love of Rock & Roll collides so beautifully with my love literature. Last night it did at Arthur Phillips’ reading for the delightful, delectable, delovely The Song is You Phillips,…
The one where I turn into an alien from V
I woke up this morning, the first time at 6:30 a.m., to discover there is a dryish, scaly-feeling sort of rash-like thing happening on the back of my neck. The right side specifically. I went…
The Goth Family Robinson
There is a sort of adage passed down from writing teacher to student, usually after workshopping a student story where the last paragraph involves the main character waking up only to discover the previous thirteen…