I was having trouble figuring out what to write that was set in South Dakota. –I mean, I write fables and fairy tales and fantasies, even if I throw in aliens, multiverses, or string theory from time to time. What are the myths behind South Dakota? –Children of the Corn captures parts of Iowa/Kansas perfectly, […]
An ice cream truck drives by our house on a daily basis. First, it drives down other streets, and the tinny carousel music echoes off the houses so much you can’t tell which direction it’s coming from. Then the truck drives up our street, the music sounding even more frail than it had when it
Mo’s Bacon Bar, by Vosges. Applewood smoked bacon, smoked salt, and deep milk chocolate. Unfortunately, the bacon and the chocolate cancel each other out. The bacon had to be de-fatted for the most part (to stand up to the chocolate), so I found my teeth grinding away at the bacon, going, “This should be softer
I have a lot of stuff to blog about, like the family reunion I went to last week and the June Write Brain, and some book reviews. Uh, I think I’ll go with the easy stuff first. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories by Richard Matheson. Okay, setting aside the squick factor for a moment,
No, the other Matt. The guy who does the dance.
The pickle chips seem to have disappeared.Buuuuuurp.What’s that smell?
via Ian. 100 books The Big Read, an initiative by the National Endowment for the Arts, has estimated that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. How do you do? 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.2) Italicize those you intend to read.3) Underline
A growler of beer is 1/2 gallon, or 64 ounces. A bottle of beer is 12 ounces. One growler equals 5 1/3 bottles of beer.
I heard a rumor about this today…but this is all I could find. Harnessing the untapped power of breasts.
