Here’s a little tip for all you parents and babysitters out there. If a five year old has a cold and is kind of cranky inventing and then performing a song and dance that includes…
Date Archives 2009
Why I love the A&P
“The deaths of others carry us off bit by bit, until there will be nothing left; and this too will be, in a way, a mercy.” -John Updike. The Vodo posted that quote on Facebook…
A crime against Rock & Roll and humanity
I have a story that features Bruce Springsteen as a character. The story has been kinda bugging me lately, which means that it’s time to re-write it. That’s how I know when it’s time, the…
Sunday night ramblies
Whenever I have the kind of weekend that I’ve just had I sit in my La-Z-Grrl on Sunday night, sigh, and think, “and the tree was happy.” I don’t particularly like The Giving Tree because…
Much like Grover, I was afraid of the monster at the end of this comic book series
There was a point in Y the Last Man: Whys and Wherefores where I knew what was going to happen and much like Grover in the The Monster at the End of this Book, I…
Identity crisis
As someone who spends most of her time reading (and writing) literary fiction, I have a hard time writing about graphic novels. I am unsure of what metrics to use to measure their success or…