Merry Christmas!
God bless you, Every One!
Behold the Apocalypse!
End of the Mayan Calendar? No! The Elf King alphabetized his Wii games. By himself. No one told him to do this. Or even suggested it. Surely, the End is Near… Or a wondrous new beginning!
No longer living in the Slums of Limbo
Sometime about a week or two ago, I woke up from NaNoWriMo and realized I was living in a truly terrifying state of disarray. There were malebolges in Hell more pleasant than my house. On top of that, a friend donated all sorts of stuff to me when she moved. Something had to be done.…
The Next Big Thing
The Next Big Thing is a round robin effort to promote authors new works. Here is mine. Below are some links to others…or at least to their websites: What is the working title of your book? The Raven, The Elf, and Rachel – Volume Two of: The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin Where…
Christmas is Coming…and advice is needed.
The wonderful Christmas largess from my father-in-law has arrived. Juss finally will receive his well earned DS…which he's waited for for years. So…I need to buy a DS and a laptop for my daughter…any suggestions as to where or what? I was going to get Ping-Ping a used model…but she wants to pay for part…
Casual Vacancy — Take Two — Actually pretty good!
After my previous review, I read some reviews of J.K.Rowling's Casual Vacancy on Amazon. Some people said that the second half was better than the first, so I decided to keep reading. And, it did get better! All the secret reasons for the behaviors of the characters unfolded in the second half, so one's sympathy…
Interview with Professor Crazy
Nice interview with Douglas Cobb, who has appeared here, over at Nick Wale's website. Just posting it to give a shout out for both of them (Douglas and Nick) Excerpt: "Douglas Cobb is a man on a mission. I noticed from the start of the interview that he was easy going and self assured. I…
Magic Forever and Do Anything
The title phrase refers to my husband's youthful answer to the question: what would you wish for if you had three wishes. His answer: I would want to be magic forever and do anything, then I wouldn't need the second two wishes. Assuming being magic forever and doing anything was NOT an option…what would you…
The Toothfairy vs. Zeus
Recently, I've been wondering: how many traditions and superstitions of the past were like Santa or the Toothfairy or the Easter Bunny. — all of these are carried on by people who do not believe in them, and yet who, year after year, do the correct things to keep up the mythos. How many of…
Overheard at the Wright Household
The boys were doing something odd with the Master Mind game. Mom: "What are you doing?" Juss: "Nothing. Just watching an evil demon lose against Orville." Orville: "No actually, it's an evil master mind from outer space." Juss: "You think that if he were a master mind, he would be good at Master Mind."…