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Monthly Archives: October 2006
To get ‘ya in the voting mood
Via Publishers Marketplace, here’s a Election Day countdown treat with a writerly twist: a “Match the porn with the politician who wrote it” quiz. :-) UPDATE: Okay, I linked first, read later, and really, the quiz title should be “Match … Continue reading
Okay, 50,000 words . . .
Here I come. I’m doing the National Novel Writing Month thing. Here’s my situation. I have an idea for a novel. I have some quirky stuff that I love for the premise. I have some characters. I have, at a … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
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This one wasn’t
Why did I walk away from my clubs and ball, you ask? Because it was so windy today that the flags on all the greens were blown over. Once I got close enough to (theoretically) get onto the green on … Continue reading
Posted in Golf, Rochester, New York
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Okay, this was a mistake
The camera didn’t expose the image until several seconds after I hit the shutter button. But it did a better job of capturing the weather today (overcast, wind gusts strong enough to occasionly knock me slightly off balance) than any … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
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Love that word of mouth, too
It’s a thrill when the dog training book I co-wrote gets a mention in the press, of course, but I also love when someone says something like this, which I just found in a dog training forum (Terry Ryan is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dogs
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Curiosity killed a water bill
One of my cats loves to watch moving water. I’m really really glad he hasn’t figure out how to do this! Via Miss Snark. Technorati Tags: Friday catblogging
Posted in Cats, Friday catblogging
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At last
It’s been such a peculiar fall. Cool, yet no bite, and so much rain that the turning of the leaves has been listless and tentative. Then last night our first serious frost. And this morning, even without a breath of … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Rochester, New York
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The Long Day Called Thursday
Newly awakened, I recognized the day — it was yesterday, it was yesterday with another name, it was friend I knew to be lost who came back to surprise me. Thursday, I said to it, wait for me, I am … Continue reading
Another reason I love the British
As if I needed any more — I just found out that this fellow (bloke??? lol) Michael Wright mentioned Outwitting Dogs in a February piece in the Telegraph — and what a delightful piece — I got a wonderful belly … Continue reading
And don’t forget the doggy bag
Via one of Michael Blowhard’s always-worthwhile round-up posts, here’s a Christian Science Monitor piece that makes a point I’ve noticed myself: the cost of eating out is on par with, if not lower than, the cost of buying and preparing … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Pop Culture
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