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Sep
24
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Impatience a virtue?

Usually I’m all about being patient. Over the past couple of years it’s a skill I’ve worked to develop, but not always successfully. However, I read a story this week about impatience that made me giggle uncontrollably for a good ten minutes. A PASSENGER on a bus got impatient of waiting on the driver to start his shift – so drove the vehicle herself. Chen Li decided to do the... ...Read More
Sep
23
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God is a Hater (10 points)

I can’t even remember how I got to the site God Hates Protesters yesterday, but this sign (BELOW…the one to the left I made myself as a tribute to the comedic genius who wrote the real one) was absolutely priceless, so I just had to share. The signs I’ve been seeing on TV shows about recent US political protests both frighten me and crack me up at the same time, which really is quite a... ...Read More
Sep
22
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Sexy Clowns?

I was just browsing around the web, thinking about selling some of the extraneous websites and domain names that I own (don’t ask how many… it’s embarrassing. really.) and I came to a website brokerage thingmy. Poking around on it to see what other sites were worth, I discovered that for the low low price of $20,000, I could own sexyclowns [DOT] com. (Yes, it’s a real working... ...Read More
Sep
21
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Whew

Good grief. I have just spent two days importing and editing posts from my old Bitter Women blog. I deleted ones that weren’t by me and ones that weren’t funny. (Sorry, I do try, but sometimes miss the mark.) Because of my health problems lately, it’s going to take me a month to get this site up and running! On the upside, I now have a new mailing address that makes sense: india [AT]... ...Read More
Jul
6
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Writing Adventure Group: Results #17

The theme for the Writing Adventure Group 17 was The One That Got Away” From your own point of view (or the point of view of a stranger you observe) write a short scene about someone from the past who comes into the picture back suddenly. For those who participated, please cut and paste the links below (and instructions for next week, if you wish) to your own blogs.  This will help promote the group and... ...Read More
Jun
26
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Everyday Weirdness

I got a note the other day from Christine Kirchoff in which she told me that one of her Writing Adventure Group posts was accepted by the online magazine Everyday Weirdness (they publish horror, science fiction and generally weird pieces). Three cheers for... ...Read More
Jun
24
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Writing Adventure Group: Results #16 / Instructions #17

WAG #16 Results and WAG #17 instructions below. All are welcome to join next week’s adventure! The theme for the Writing Adventure Group 16 was “True Love” Go people watching and select a couple. Write about the “secret” part of their relationship… the things about this couple that they don’t show to the world. The Writing Adventure Group is on Facebook.  Join us there too, and get weekly... ...Read More
Jun
23
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In the News

I’ve found myself captivated by the Iran Elections for the past fortnight. It has everything a good story should: suspense, drama, sympathetic heroes and larger-than-life villains. Highs and lows, courage and adversity. I wish I could construct plots as compelling as this one. Now I just pray for a happy... ...Read More
Jun
22
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Writing about Pain and Illness

I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit lately: the pain we writers inflict upon our characters. They sometimes get shot, beaten up, maimed or sometimes suffer from physical or mental illness. Since most of us don’t get shot or maimed, how do we write about it realistically? Each of us have likely rolled our eyes when watching a film in which an action hero gets shot fifteen times, but keeps... ...Read More
Jun
19
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There’s Nowt as Queer as Folk

I love that expression: “There’s nowt as queer as folk”, which means simply “there’s nothing as strange as people”. I saw a man on the street the other day that I could only describe to my sweetheart later as “an albino cowboy”.  (The albino label is self-explanatory, the cowboy part because he was severely bow-legged.) It wasn’t his appearance that... ...Read More
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