Dear Thomptos, Hansons, Trunnells, Daleys, Deppes, and everyone else in the vicinity of 121st Ave. NE and Davenport in Blaine, Minnesota during the mid-80s, Please accept my dearest and most sincere apologies for being so…
Date Archives June 2011
Very many Arthurs and all of them good
The novelist Arthur Phillips had me when the character Arthur Phillips mentioned the Minneapolis Star back when Minneapolis was a two-paper town. I have no idea why this small bit of Minnesota trivia charmed me…
What’s in your bag?
I’ll be wrangling, the Naughtiest Tibble, for the next few weeks. He’s had a few problems at the Y Daycare, so he’ll be spending time at Aunt Jodi’s Supergenius Daycare while his brothers continue at…
The 5 stages of reading Genre Fiction
I don’t often read genre fiction (mysteries, horror, sci-fi, fantasy). It’s just not my thing. I prefer fiction where the story is moved forward by characters and character development. Genre fiction, in my experience, is…
I enjoyed Mamba Point even with my ridiculous snake phobia
When you’re an adult a weird and mild form of multiple personality disorder overcomes you when you read Middle Grade Fiction. When you’re reading a really good book, in this case Mamba Point by Kurtis…
One bitchy post about the neighbors
Supergenius HQ is located in a row of townhouses. There are four in my row. Two luxurious corner spots with actual yards, and two squeezy, teeny, slum spots with the equivalent of a postage stamp…
Googling every new person I meet
I’ve been so busy that I’m only just now getting to Googling the other students in Vodo’s writing class (two of whom have garnered the nicknames The Inquisitor and Sweet Sassy Molassy). Our first night…
Like a drunk at a bar
It’s very weird to say you didn’t particularly care for a novel because most of the story wasn’t “real.” What? You didn’t like a fictional book because it wasn’t real? It sounds like just about…
I love Tina Fey
Tina Fey gets a lot of shit. She’s too much of a feminist, she’s not feminist enough. She’s funny, she’s not funny. The woman cannot win. The latest is that her “memoir” Bossypants isn’t revealing…
You’re my favorite thing: Turntable.fm
About a week ago someone at The Nerdery tweeted about Turntable.fm, and ever since then I’ve been a little bit on the obsessed side of newfound love. It helps that the very same day it…