To be honest, I’m not having much fun with NaBloPoMo this year. I don’t know why; perhaps it’s because this week I’ve started getting emails again of the “You call yourself a writer? Then how about you clean up your grammar?” variety. Which, on one hand, hooray! It’s been a while since the narks have…
Read / November 14th, 2008
See the drought-struck land outside. We need rain bad. Take a look below if you’re interested. The talk went really well, I had a lot of fun. If anyone has any questions, do ask.
Books recently bought: Dracula by Bram Stoker The Mind of Your Story : discover what drives your fiction by Lisa Lenard-Cook 2009 Children’s, Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market (US version, 21st ed) Books recently borrowed: The Believers by Zoe Heller Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Books recently abandoned: The…
…in a practical kind of way. There’ll be one on turning cat furballs into something functional out there somewhere, guaranteed.
When we remember the fallen.
I enjoy this time of year. I enjoy sitting down to write Christmas cards to my family and friends. I don’t know if it’s the exuberance and hope of this week surrounding the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, but I am really looking forward to this holiday season. To go…
After a combination of taking a long weekend and our Victorian public holiday for the Melbourne Cup, Adam has 95% finished off our new cage for the vegetable garden. He’s pretty pleased with it. And yes, the chicken wire has kept out the neighbourhood creepies thus far. What’s left are the multi-various species of insects…
Karen: I was watching a television show the other day which said the average male has sex 100 times a year. Adam (with dazzling mental speed): That’s once every three and a half days. Karen: Yeah, well, anyway, it was also said that if the total amount was increased then his life expectancy will in all…
Damn right I do. Amazing what happens when you Google a riddle to find it’s location on one of the scenarios. Score! Yes, I am one of those people who when faced with a choice: give up or cheat? I usually choose the latter…
