Green + big box store = not
We received a gift card to Babies R Us for Kiddo#4. Some of our small diaper covers are shot by now, so I figured I’d pick up a few more to tide us over until K4 fits into the larger…
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Monthly Archive: April 2008
“This is my body”
You know those “epiphany” moments? I had one right then.
Blog tour: Queen of the World
Here’s the new blog tour question for this week: “If I were Queen of the World, President of the United States, or Silda Spitzer, I would…..” I’m going to choose Queen of the World, because that makes me slightly more…
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Lace, part two
Well, I’ve just gotten off the phone with my mother, and I’ve got some information that changes the first Lace post. Tragically, there is no more of “the real stuff.” It’s just…gone. My mother doesn’t have any. She says my…
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publication: I can haz furgiveness?
The Wittenburg Door has published my article about the LOLcat Bible. There were already twelve comments on it when I checked it out this morning. I especially like the comment about the kng jim version. 🙂 The Kiddos have been…
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Lace
[There’s an update to this post because now we have more information. Link at the bottom.] My grandmother came home from school at age ten to crochet hats for her family to sell. They needed the money. It was New…
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Jesus as shepherd
Ivy has pointed out to me that Jesus talks about shepherding from the vantage point of someone surrounded by shepherding but not actually experienced in it. Personally, I’ve always wondered why he didn’t tell parables that involved any carpentry metaphors,…
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Good review for Annihilation!
There’s a review of Seven Archangels: Annihilation in my church bulletin. (It’s not linkable, so I’ve got it saved here as a pdf file.) I had no idea they were going to do that. Very cool. (Thank you, Peter, if…
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Annihilation: chapter 15
Chapter fifteen of Seven Archangels: Annihilation is up over at MindFlights Magazine. When I open the book and want to read something cool, this is the chapter I open to. You’ve got two characters awakening in this chapter, and both…
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Action/reaction in fiction
In physics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In fiction, Randy Ingermanson talks about events and sequels. And today, I’m going to advise you to stand that on its head. I critiqued a short story for someone, and…
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