With Sister #4 taking up residence in my spare bedroom (which I used to call Paco’s bedroom because he liked to hang out in there but now he doesn’t because it gets too cat hairy…
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Ridiculously excited to give these gifts
Have I mentioned lately how much I love The Black Sheep, my writing group formerly known as The Chicken Fingers? Not only do I love them for being obnoxiously smart, super supportive, and just generally…
An Appreciation of ‘Things’
Here’s the thing. I’ve discovered now that I have a crapton of paying work to do (yay!), I really, really have to come up with some sort of way to reconcile the guilt I have…
Chromey’s Complaint: On abandoning Portnoy
Tonight when I turn in for bedtime reading I’ll be cracking open Anne Ursu’s Breadcrumbs instead of Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth. Why is this noteworthy? Because I am abandoning a Philip Roth novel. Those…
Detailed to death
Le Cirque des Reves is only open from dusk til dawn, and is filled with black and white tents housing illusions and acts that defy imagination. There’s a wishing tree, a cloud maze, a contortionist,…
Drive-by snark & comment moderation
For most of I Will Dare’s eleven year history, I’ve had a pretty hands off approach when it comes to deleting comments. You need only take a look at the 98 comments (and counting) on…