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3 of my favorite movies, in no particular order and with commentary
1. The Princess Bride Granted, this is pretty much a requisite pick for anyone above a certain age who claims any sort affinity with geekdom. But it’s eminently quoteable and makes for a simple yet effective “Can we be friends?” test. Didn’t like the movie? Well, I suppose there’s a slim possibility that we might…
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3 Nemeses of curly hair
Normally, I don’t mind my hair. I actually rather like it. There are, however, three things I have identified as nemeses of curly hair, nemeses capable of turning a great hair day into a nightmare.
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Writing as a third world problem
A couple of weeks ago, my then-two-month-old laptop died a rather anticlimatic death. I attempted to boot it up, only to have it try to boot from a media device that didn’t exist on the machine. Huh, thought I, I guess this might explain those messages I was getting about Windows shutting down unexpectedly, even…
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3 features I’d like my next car to have
Continuing with my “simple conceit that allows for regular posting,” I herein list three features I would like in my next car. 1. Alternative fuel capabilties of some sort 2. GPS 3. Lasers All of which I think would come in very handy in event of zombie apocalypse. I mean, assuming…
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3 things to make an online dating profile or resume objective more interesting
Because I’m lazy, and also invested in working on my novel, I haven’t been posting much. (coughunderstatementcough) But web presence is important and all that, so I’ve been trying to think of a relatively simple conceit that will lend itself to less time-consuming posts than the ones where I bake something, take pictures, and write…
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‘Scuse the mess, please
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m revamping my site to include my posts from my soon-to-be-defunct Storied Baker site (successfully imported! huzzah!), and also applying my license to use Thesis over here. Nice in theory, but it does mean I have to deal with the learning curve of Thesis 2.0. Things may be…
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Alas, poor NaNoWriMo! I knew him, Chris Baty.
First off, the post title is a poor allusion for the following reasons: 1. NaNoWriMo is far from dead. 2. NaNoWriMo isn’t human, although many humans are involved with it. It’s closer to the Borg than a single human, except for the whole group-think-annihilate-humans thing.* 3. Because NaNoWriMo isn’t human, there is no skull for…
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Hortense Montgomery, Zombie Killer, Shares Graham Crackers
Hortense gave her meat hammer an absent rub as she surveyed the horizon. So far, it remained clear; the ocher rays of the setting sun lit only the barren landscape and not shambling corpses. “These are really good, Mrs. Montgomery,” Johnny said behind her. “Thank you, Johnny.” She didn’t bother to turn; one didn’t, when…
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Changes, they are a-coming, plus an excerpt
Updates I’m 27,000 words into my WIP, so that means I’m keeping up with the lesser end of my word count goal (7,000 words a week minimum, with 10,000 being better). I also signed up for some critique partners through Miss Snark’s First Victim a couple of weeks ago, and I think I found some…
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Red, White, and Blue(berry) Bread
“Oh, look at this. Can you believe this baker? What a lazy way to show patriotism.” “Um, it’s a loaf of bread. I’m not sure it’s claiming to be a show of patriotism.” “Of course it is. Calling it ‘Red White and Blue Bread’ and presenting it near July 4 as if it’s some great…