Have 2 Nagila,Have 3 Nagila,They’re pretty small… (Rowan & Martin‘s Laugh-in) “That’s funny. That’s the way we elect the president.” “I’ve never played that one.”

After a long summer filled with petition hounds at every major place you can buy groceries in town, I am tired of filling out paperwork. I am tired of being hassled by people whose petitions I don’t want to sign, either because I’m busy* or because I don’t want to see the damned thing on

The Career Novelist: A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success, by Donald Maass. I haven’t read this yet…

From this summer, Hot Springs. Two cousins and a haunted tree.

My characters have had a long night, and now they’re yawning. So am I 🙂

“Like swimming in a lake at night.” – Tom Waits

All-ages pirate band, Captain Boggs & Salty. I love the way the kids’ faces light up when the Cap’n walks in – total Liam jam. (via Ann)

Seriously. This was one of more unappetizing-looking things I’ve ever made…but it’s the kind of comfort food that makes you want to smile on a bad day. Don’t make this if you find hot dogs offensive; I’m pretty sure the materials that go into a package of Mexican chorizo are similar, if not worse. They

I’m brainstorming this morning for the next NaNo story, trying to find a good middle ground between having no idea what I’m going to write and plotting the whole thing out. (The first is interesting but has caused me a LOT of heartache trying to do rewrites; the second is more professional but caused me

I hate pie crust. Bleah. But I like pie. So I made up a new pie crust, because I was determined to make peach pie. I stripped the baking soda out of a biscuit shortcake recipe and called it good. I left the egg in because pie dough is so hard to work — I