R.W. Alley Gets a Shout Out
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Around the Web, Jigsaw Jones | No Comments »Hey, I was very glad to see that my friend R.W. Alley -- the artist behind Jigsaw Jones, and recently interviewed here on these premises -- was given some much-deserved attention by Elizabeth Bird at A Fuse #8 Production. Elizabeth reviews ...
Garfield Minus Garfield: 12/17/08
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »I've praised this site before; it's on my blogroll under Random Pleasures. Before Dan Walsh hit upon the idea of removing Garfield from these comics, I found them utterly useless and unfunny. But now there's something entirely different, and deeper, ...
One Santa . . . Separated at Birth?
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »Looking up some images from Eric Carle the other day, I came across this one. Very nice. If you took away the signature hat -- put on a fedora instead -- it would almost look like any number of dads ...
Writers on Writing: Five More Quick Quotes
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in the writing process | No Comments »I still have that list of quotes that I found at the bottom of my t-shirt drawer a couple of weeks back. Here's five more, perhaps more artfully strung together: "Often with writing, you begin by writing too much. And out ...
James Preller Interviews . . . the Bloggers Behind “Literate Lives.”
Sunday, December 14th, 2008 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations | 3 Comments »WARNING: Long Post Alert! After I began this blog, it slowly dawned on me that I wasn’t alone. There were other like-minded bloggers out there, dozens maybe. Which led me to a site called Literate Lives, hosted by a classroom teacher ...
Snow Day Superstitions
Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in Family | 2 Comments »Growing up on Long Island, I failed to realize the degree of control I had over the weather. For example, was everyone else aware that if you slept in your pajamas inside out, that you increased the likelihood of a ...
Santa: Terrorizing Tots for Generations
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in Around the Web | 1 Comment »There's a new book out, Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland, featuring photos submitted by readers to the chicagotribune.com. Great idea. I was shy as a child, and there was NO WAY ON EARTH I was ever, ever ...
Overheard
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in Family | No Comments »“I know what name they call President Bush!” my second-grader, Maggie, announced over lunch. “Oh?” “He’s a LAME DUCK!”
The Fuse Is Lit
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Around the Web | 2 Comments »Hey, cool. I was mentioned this morning at one of my favorite blogs, A Fuse #8 Production. And, well, yes. Complimenting Elizabeth Bird on her blog is like going to traffic court, ticket in hand, and praising the judge's new hair ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #22
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Fan Mail | No Comments »Welcome to the triumphant return of Fan Mail Wednesday. I'll do something different today, for here in my hands I hold a veritable sheaf of letters, all from awesome children from Tokeneke Elementary in Darien, Connecticut. I visited there a ...