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Passing Along My Love Of Books (Plus A Gift Card Giveaway)
Between the list of books to read from y’all on Facebook and an NPR interview with James Patterson, we needed a family trip to the bookstore.“I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love...
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The Weekly Internet Moral Outrage Cycle
The Internet not-really-news cycle goes something like this:Sunday Night: OH! SHE DID WHAT? SHE SUCKS! {insert photos} {add gifs}Monday: OH! SHE DID WHAT? HERE’S WHY SHE SUCKS!Tuesday: OH! SHE DID...
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Reading Stephen King Again And More Enough Links For You
I didn’t plan a single second of this photo. I just snapped it as quickly as possible because it is the Halloween-iest photo there is — or an ad for Stephen King. Put your Stephen King book down and...
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On Not Writing
Lately, I haven’t felt much like writing. I don’t know why. I do know the key is to force myself to write until I get though it. Writing is a muscle that must be exercised, but I am so far out of my...
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Net Neutrality Died And It Should Matter To You
Image from WikipediaNet neutrality is no more. At least for the foreseeable future. A ruling by a federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) 2010 rules to protect...
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Pain Does Not Lead To Joy
I have been thinking too much about dichotomy. The songs which swear, hand over heart, we don’t know happiness without sadness. The philosophers who contend we don’t appreciate something until it’s...
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My Son Writes A Poem And Typing It Here Means I Cannot Steal It
It seems like every month is dedicated to enough issues for me to ignore the entire concept, but April is National Poetry Month, and my son broke out the shortest, wittiest, loveliest poem I’ve heard...
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Free Comic Books For Everyone Not Just The Guy Dressed Like Spawn
Saturday, May 3 is Free Comic Book Day, and my family will be heading to Velocity Comics to celebrate FREE! and COMIC BOOK! This is why…I have a strange relationship with comic books. It’s similar to...
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Thank You Maya Angelou (PS. Do I Tell My 7-Year-Old?)
I shared in the world’s mourning of the inspiring and forever-missed Maya Angelou mostly by listening.As famous people, who have impacted our lives, pass away, Scott and I will discuss it, but I have...
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Edgar Allan Poe As A Children’s Book (Plus A Giveaway)
A local Richmond author and friend of a friend took an Edgar Allan Poe work and made into a children’s book. Ricky’s Spooky HouseThere will be a subset of people who read that first sentence and say...
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I’m Back!
I’m back after taking most of the summer off of writing.I wish I had some sort of interesting reason for my absence. I tried! I thought: Am I too happy to blog? Too depressed? Lost? Dazed? Confused?I...
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Top Ten Reasons
Top Ten ReasonsI wanted to see if I could count.My ideas are 10 times better than yours.I couldn’t think of something to write.Two hundred social media gurus told me more lists will make me more...
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Somebody Got To Have Some Sense On This Highway
I read a New York Times op-ed on Martin Luther King’s legacy, which was fine, but a story it quoted stood out to me.… one night [Martin Luther King’s] brother A. D. drove him to Tennessee. Infuriated...
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Goodbye Books. Hello KonMari.
We KonMari-ed all our clothing from the baby to the Scott and now we had to face our biggest, most heart wrenching task: our books. We decided to start grownup books because I couldn’t do it all at...
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Lazy People Rule The World
I believe in cutting corners if it means I have more time to do nothing.Large hat? Too lazy to sunscreen my face. My first floppy hat. Soon I’ll have a matching skirt and tiny dog. If the tiny dog...
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