I’m So Doing This: Free Lorax Pumpkin Carving Template
Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »Click here to download a free pumpkin carving template. This has been a pumpkin service announcement.
When Sharks Attack
Friday, October 14th, 2011 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »This is terrible. Just awful. That poor child, swallowed by a shark -- a land shark, if my identification is correct -- and somehow, still smiling. ' Thank you, Best Week Ever!
“Blog Breakdown” by Roz Chast
Monday, October 3rd, 2011 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »Snagged from the Sept. 26, 2011 issue of The New Yorker, by Roz Chast. Coincidentally, Chast became a staff cartoonist to the magazine in 1979, the year I graduated high school. It's like she's always been there, and I'm grateful ...
Raymond Carver: Quote of the Day
Thursday, September 29th, 2011 Posted in Around the Web, Readings | 3 Comments »In this age of desperate self-promotion, of tweets and status updates and high-cost book trailers, of authors being told, over and over again, about the importance of having a web presence, and -- God help me, I've heard this -- ...
Stay Home, Please. Don’t Celebrate Children’s Book Day at “Sunnyside” in Tarrytown, NY, 9/25
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 Posted in Around the Web, Current Events, Happenings | 6 Comments »Just stay home. Please. Find something else to do. Each year I do this event, which features more than 60 amazing children's book authors and illustrators, and it's always such a disappointment. For starters, check out some of the people who'll be ...
In Case You Missed It: “Webcam 101 for Seniors”
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 Posted in Around the Web, Fun Clips | No Comments »[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcN08Tg3PWw] This is one of those amazing viral clips that everybody on the planet absolutely has to see. I assume that some of you saw it already. For those that haven't, you can thank me later. Basically: An elderly couple tries to ...
The Yoga & Reading Connection
Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Posted in Around the Web, The Gender Gap in Reading | 2 Comments »I've been enthusiastic about yoga lately. I'm just a beginner, no peacock pose for me (yet!), but I've been getting more into it. I practice at home with DVD's and do my best. I can feel that it's healthy for ...
Warning: Sarcastic, Hilarious Graffiti Added to Well-Intentioned Signs
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 Posted in Around the Web | No Comments »This is a cheat today, I'm just passing along a few laughs and the name of a website that's ideal for time-wasting. Seriously, if you've got a lot of time to kill, it's no easy task. You are going to ...
Einstein’s Desk
Monday, August 15th, 2011 Posted in Around the Web, Readings | 2 Comments »I've been reading Walter Isaacson's warm, affectionate biography, Einstein: His Life and Universe. I purchased a copy when the book first came out, but it sat on my shelf for a few years before I tackled it. Einstein's popularity was, ...
Best Last Lines from Books
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 Posted in Around the Web, the writing process | No Comments »Stylist magazine has put together a list of The Best 100 Closing Lines from Books. Here's a few of my favorites . . . The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." Animal ...