Oh, you grammar Nazis, you...

I'm one. I admit it. I'm even proud of it. (Yeah, I taught English for ten years.) I  hate  it when people misuse punctuation. Missp...

50 Best Literary Insults (Thank you, ShortList)

You have favorite lines from Shakespeare, don't you? Roald Dahl, Margaret Atwood, James Joyce? Lines so poignant, so rife with truth tha...

Those poor bots, man

Last week, for the first time ever, a spam comment made its way past the Blogger filters. First time in eighteen months . Like everyone, I g...

Post-NaNo Blues

On Friday I skidded past the NaNo winning line at 50,022 words and felt all good and self-satisfied with myself. I decided to take the week...

Say Thank You

Have you ever given a stranger's child a gift? Maybe a colleague invited you to their son's birthday party, or Bar Mitzvah, or Chris...

Drunk Texts from Famous Authors

A quick Tuesday morning laugh, via The Paris Review. Drunk Texts from Famous Authors

A to Z: Xenophobia

intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. ~ Mac dictionary fear of foreigners or strangers or of that which is f...

A to Z: Oracle

Do you really  want to know what your future holds? Really ? The temple of the Oracle at Delphi had its heyday in the 8th century BC. Humani...

A to Z: Negligence (Warning: Morose & Morbid)

Frida died Saturday afternoon. It was my fault. You may or may not know I love animals. You may or may not know I've rescued several dog...

A to Z: Motherhood and its consequences

I choose not to be a mother. Why? Pfff... Many reasons. One: I'd suck at it. Two: I'm not really a fan of tiny humans. Three: I love...

The Holstee Manifesto (aka Inspiration Blues Fixer)

The Life of Books (When You're Not Looking)

Fantastic video I found on the She Reads blog  yesterday!

A Simple Man & A Complex Woman (The Dushi Ode)

Dushi, happy birthday.  This is probably not the kind of birthday "card" you expected, is it?  You're not a public kind of man...

The Lost Pleasure of Reading (For a Writer)

In an  interview with Joselyn Vaughn  on  Amy Corwin's blog  (do check out the interview--great stuff, great author), something came up ...

Vaclav Havel: The Notion of Identity

Bon voyage, Vaclav Havel--and thank you. That Shakespearean Rag  has a great post on Vaclav Havel's passing  here --go ahead and read it...

Bad day? Blow something up.

No, not really.  But  Janet Reid  posted this on her blog and I just HAD to share it. Please don't blow anything up.  And yes, it's ...