One of the chicas at work said she’d awakened one morning to have her boyfriend asking her, “Who is DeAnna?” “DeAnna? From work?” “I don’t know,” he’d said. “But last night, you sat straight up in bed and said, ‘That’s her anthem!’ “‘Whose anthem?’ “‘DeAnna’s,’ you said. Like I should have known already. “‘DeAnna from […]
A man I worked with died recently. He was the kind of guy who drank gin with a touch of scotch for extra flavor, the kind of guy that could comfortably wear clown costumes to Halloween parties. He’s much missed, but I can’t help smiling whenever I think of him. DEATH When I dielay me
is out! The game is a luau-themed murder mystery party game for 6-12 guests plus a host. Personally, I will always associate the characters with the initial testers. It was a little like seeing a movie made out of a book you wrote. Thanks, guys 🙂
You can’t take the redneck out of the truck, but you can put in better speakers.
“…I’m just saying I don’t eat toast.” “What do you eat with your eggs?” “Okay, I’ll eat toast at a restaurant. I don’t even own a toaster. I have a toaster oven.” “You don’t own a toaster?” “I own a toaster oven.” “You know what you’re getting for your wedding? About nineteen toasters.” “You get
“You know what I want to see? A caveman reality show.”
The latest writerly ramble… Everybody keeps saying you have to have conflict in a story. And then they just assume you know what that means. You’d think a guy saving the world from chaos would be sufficient conflict, but no. Guy vs. Chaos isn’t conflict. Now, order vs. chaos, that’s conflict. Why? Because who knows
My guess, given the nature of cats and small spaces, the cat will be in in the box. (via bOINGbOING.) …Also, Eddie Izzard, not for the faint of heart: “I don’t believe they’re religions. I believe they’re philosophies with some good ideas and some f—‘in weird ones.” (via BD.)
sequacious (si-KWAY-shuhs) adjective Unthinkingly following others. [From Latin sequax (inclined to follow), from sequi (to follow).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
