Appreciate A Dragon Day 2010
Hi all! It’s Appreciate A Dragon Day, 2010, and just as with last year, I’d like to post some dragon pictures so they can be properly appreciated. If you guys want to post your own, either post them on your…
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Monthly Archive: January 2010
Laugh long and prosper
“Oh, and you earned a gas discount, too!” exclaimed the cashier, handing me my receipt. I told her I had no idea how it works, and she said that because I’d spent one million dollars at AngelShopper, if I brought…
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More “how I got my agent” stories
Last week I mentioned having a spoof story on Marva Dasef’s “How I Got My Agent” series. Since then, she’s posted another one of mine as well as one by regular-to-the-comment-box CricketB. Please stop by and take a look! Thanks!
New novel? What new novel?
Bucky: Do you think they remember us? Lee: No one could possibly forget us. For one thing, we have our own cool logo, and no one else who posts on this blog has a logo. Bucky: Well, in case they…
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In which my head goes “boom”
Back at Thanksgiving, I felt my tooth shatter. Good news: it was only a crown, and I’d already had a root canal, so there was no pain. Most of the crown was still there. Bad news: fixing it would require…
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Secrets
I referred someone to PostSecret.com because of one of the topics covered, and she asked me if I’d ever sent them a secret. When I said no, she asked why I read it. Good question. If you’ve never been there,…
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prayer request update
My brother posted a comment over at the original request, but I’m reposting it up front: Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers. Lauren came home today from the hospital after three full days…she is resting well and is…
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Kiddo#2 goes skating
The Girl Scouts had a cookie-selling kickoff party at a local skating rink, and Kiddo#2 wanted to go. No, she’d never been on skates before. Nor roller skates. But how hard could it be? (As a side note, yes, she’s…
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Disappearing again
Yesterday we discussed how a creator disappears behind her work. Parents disappear behind their children. I’ve been watching this happen over time, and not just in my own family but in other places as well. When the family unit is…
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On disappearing
Some of us have a talent to disappear, and it’s a good one if you can control it. Nurture it, because it comes in handy if you’re an artist. But not always. Here’s the dilemma: when you’re reading a book,…
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