So…we’re playing a Harry Potter game in which our fellow students are characters from other books and stories. One of the players is playing the Princess of Magical Australia. She had a special magic power that makes it so that if she shakes someone’s hand, she sees the alternate universe the other students actually come…
This is a test post for working out the website/LJ process.. But because I have to type something: I have noticed that my daughter is inundated with Chinese things: Chinese grocery stores, Chinese TV, Jackie Chan in Chinese on DVD. Sometimes, I wonder if she would be better off if there was less. If she…
After years of hints and wheedling, John is FINALLY reading the Harry Dresden books. Yesterday, Juss blurted out the dire cliffhanging ending of Book 11. John objected. Orville: “Don’t worry, Dad. You’ll forget it.” Dad: “I don’t forget anything except phone numbers and your names.” Orville thinks about this carefully for a minute: “Just pretend…
Website Joy I remember the first time I saw a URL (is it an URL or a URL) on a motion picture poster. I laughed out loud. “What a good idea!” I thought, “Instead of cramming a million bits of info onto a poster, they can just put a website and put their info there.”…
Wright’s Writing Corner coming soon. Meanwhile: Juss: “Whose this Luna character? Why is she inportant enough to be in Harry Potter Clue? She’s not even in Griffindor!” Mom: “Luna’s a lot of fun.” Juss: “Why?” Mom: “She’s loopy” Juss: “Does Ron like her?” Mom, baffled: “Ron…not particularly.” Juss, who just heard the end of Harry…
Intersting article about St. John’s College’s struggle to keep actually books in the classroom. Article here. Comments
If you love libraries or are in the mood for a bit of humor, check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AhSxoVmZQs&feature=email It’s delightful and funny and really made me laugh. But for some inexplicable reason, in the middle of the song at the end, I burst into tears. God bless librarians! comments
Happy Birthday, Orville Evander Wright Comment
New website flourishing apace. You can see it here. (Behind me, Juss just declared, “And with his glasses off, he was a chick magnet!” Where does he get these things?) Comments
The Bad Ass Faeries Anthologies now have their own website! The site includes info about the series, the authors and artists, and info on submitting to the next volume: Bad Ass Faeries: It’s Elemental. It also has a blog. Our first entry is by series editor in chief Danielle Ackley-McPhail. You can read it here:…