admin

Picked up some writing music yesterday, as work on my stand-alone novel (was “Jihad,” now is the more all-inclusive “God’s War”) petered out earlier this year and needs to get back on track so I can have a finished book by year’s end. Going through the library catalogue to get more research books. There’s jack […]

If you’re not familiar with Cookie Monster, he’s a muppet with an unhealthy obsession with cookies. He completely lacks self control when it comes to his favorite food and often gets himself into trouble because he’ll do just about anything for a cookie. For the past three decades the Cookie Monster has been the monstrous

…at 10 years old, Makeba Elliott, an honor student at Blackhawk Elementary in Park Forest, has won two consecutive boys’ state wrestling championships. Last month, the Park Forest fifth grader — whose quickest takedown was in 18 seconds — ended a 54-5 season by taking top honors in the boys’ 2005 Midget State Championship. She

Just think of all the work I wouldn’t have to do!

You know, I don’t carry a purse, but I sure could see myself toting one of these to my next shindig.

via boingboing BlogHer: Woman-centered blogger con, Sta Clara, Jul 30 The BlogHer conference is a woman-centric conference on blogging to be held on July 30 in Santa Clara, CA: BlogHer Conference ’05 will provide an open, inclusive forum to: 1. Discuss the role of women within the larger blog community2. Examine the developing (and debatable)

“At Last, You Could Become America’s Next Best Selling Author and Reality Show TV Celebrity!” You know, when we were at Clarion, the idea of a “Clarion Reality TV” series came up – for about three seconds. SF writers – in fact, writers in general – are not the world’s most beautiful people. We’re just

The study found that having obese parents, suffering from depression, and engaging in radical dieting like forced vomiting, were all risk factors for future obesity in adulthood. “Engaging in these radical behaviors isn’t going to stop you from being obese,” said psychologist Eric Stice, Ph.D., the lead author of the study. “In fact they’re likely

A Greek court will rule on whether to allow sales of a cartoon book from Austria depicting Jesus Christ as a drinking buddy of Jimi Hendrix and a marijuana-smoking, naked surfer. They charged `em with: “Malicious public blasphemy.” Dude, I so want to charged with malicious public blasphemy. Imagine what it would do to my

Another day, another dollar, again with the too much creamer in my goddamn coffee. It’s like drinking milk.