Amanda Helms

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  • 3 statements improved by including “with cookies”

    In what is perhaps one of my more bizarre efforts at minimizing stress and frustrations at the day job, I have begun thinking of how including the phrase “with cookies” can improve various statements. Observe: Steel cage death match–with cookies! “And wuv, twue wuv–wif cookies–will fowwow you foevah . . .”* Handle with care cookies**…

  • On being a POHC writer

    I’ve been thinking about race recently, and how I fit in to it. Which is a somewhat of an odd concept, one might say, how one fits into race: because to most people, it ought to be obvious. Visual. Sometimes auditory, due to the inflections, timbre, phraseology, and dialect of one’s voice. Either way, out…

  • 3 things I love about writing, with footnotes

    Writing is work, and writing is hard, and therefore, despite those who believe that writing is this lovely thing that happens magically when fairies sneeze or angels blink, or as the result of some other event that requires no effort whatsoever (these people tend to not be writers themselves), I sometimes need to remind myself of what I like…

  • 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.    

  • 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…

  • Post the first

    Hi. Future posts will include recipes. This one does not. If you think about this site like you would a cookbook, cookbooks don’t dive right into the recipes. There’s a table of contents and maybe a dedications page and quite frequently an introduction. All the lead-in material. And maybe most people don’t read it, but…