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Finding a good grenadine
Like maraschino cherries, modern grenadine isn’t what it used to be. The original product was colored and flavored with pomegranate juice. These days, it tends to be high-fructose corn syrup colored with FD&C Red #40, and flavored with … well, … Continue reading
Shakespeare on the Boston Common (spoiler alert!)
(Not that you shouldn’t expect spoilers for a review of a play that’s over 300 years old.) Last Friday, Donald and I went to see the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s free performance of Othello. Every year the company stages a free … Continue reading
The Wheel of Time turns … and turns … and turns
I’m about two-thirds of the way through the latest installment (Book 12) of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. This is the first book of the series to have been finished by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan’s death. Sanderson has said … Continue reading
Cashing in on the vampire craze?
Not you too, Bath and Body Works! Can there be any other reason for a new scent called “Dark Kiss”?
It’s time to buy a new computer when….
Today I got absolutely no writing done, because my desktop computer is so ridiculously slow. My plan was to submit a story that had recently been rejected to another magazine, to see if they were interested, then spend the rest … Continue reading
Tell, Don’t Show – another link to an old post
Another entry in the category of Stuff I Should Have Linked To When it Was New, but at least this time it’s only from June of this year, not 2005. This is from my boyfriend Donald’s blog, an interesting critique … Continue reading
Environmentalism through laziness
I really hate drying dishes. We have a dishwasher, which solves a lot of that problem. But some things aren’t diswasher-safe, and some other things–well, there’s just no point putting them in the dishwasher. The salad spinner, for instance. Or … Continue reading
How much money do writers make?
This is so old that it’s almost embarrassing to post it! But I didn’t have a blog back in 2005. Author Tobias Buckell collected and analyzed a bunch of data (from a survey he took of published authors), to determine … Continue reading
Why did I just waste my time on that?
I have a hotmail address that I got when I still lived in Vancouver, so when I sign out, it drops me off at msn.ca. Once I get there, they always have links that I can click on and waste … Continue reading
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Curse you, Robert Jordan!
(and your evil sidekick Brandon Sanderson) No time for blogging today; I spent too much time reading the latest installment in The Wheel of Time.