Don Calame





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Don Calame

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October 10, 1968 in New York, The United States

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Don Calame the author of SWIM THE FLY and BEAT THE BAND. He is also a professional screenwriter whose film projects include EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH and HOUNDED. Of his many prior occupations, he says his most satisfying was teaching elementary school for four years in Los Angeles, where he received the LAUSD District Intern Golden Apple Award and a Los Angeles Education Partnership Grant. He lives in British Columbia.


This blog is going to ramble. Just to warn you. It will go nowhere. It will have no theme. Or any particular point for that matter. I just decided to sit down with nothing particular to write about and simply vamp. Sometimes it’s fun just to string a bunch of random, disconnected thoughts together and see what happens.

I think I might be just a little too excited about the upcoming Avengers movi... read more »
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Published on April 28, 2012 16:39 • 1 view
Average rating: 3.86 · 1,274 ratings · 429 reviews · 3 distinct works
Swim the Fly (Swim the Fly,...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 971 ratings — published 2009 — 20 editions
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Beat the Band (Swim the Fly...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions
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Call the Shots
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — expected publication 2012
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Swim the Fly Beat the Band
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Desperation by Stephen King
Desperation
by Stephen King
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A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates
A Widow's Story
by Joyce Carol Oates
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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Half a Life by Darin Strauss
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Duma Key by Stephen King
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Sex and Death to the Age 14 by Spalding Gray
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More of Don's books…
“Oh, by the way," Coop announces as he weaves his DeathBot ship through a barrage of space debris on his laptop screen. "In case you didn't know. It's national 'That's What She Said' Day."
I give him a thumbs-up. "I like it."
We're camping out in Sean's backyard tonight. It's another one of our traditions. One night, every summer, we buy a ton of junk food and energy drinks and set up Sean's six-person tent in the far corner of his yard.
We've got an extension cord running from the garage so that we can rough it in style, with computers and a TV and DVD player. There's a citronella candle burning in the middle of the tent to ward off mosquitoes and to mask the thick stink of mildew. Everyone's brought sleeping bags and pillows, but we aren't planning on logging too many Zs.
Sean enters the tent carrying his Xbox. "I don't think there are enough sockets for all of these."
I waggle my eyebrows at Coop. "That's what she said."
Coop busts up.
Sean stands there, looking confused. "I don't get it."
"That's what she says," Coop says, sending him and me into hysterics.
Sean sighs and puts the Xbox down. "I can see this is going to be a long night."
"That's what she said," me and Coop howl in chorus.
"Are you guys done yet?"
Coop is practically in tears. "That's what she said."
"Okay. I'll just keep my mouth shut," Sean grumbles.
"That's what she said." I can barely talk I'm laughing so hard.
"Enough. No more. My cheeks hurt," Coop says, rubbing his face.
I point at him. "That's what she said."
And with that, the three of us fall over in fits.
"Oh, man, now look what you made me do."
Coop motions to his computer. "That was my last DeathBot ship."
"That's what she said," Sean blurts out, laughing at his nonsensical joke.
Coop and I stare at him, and then silmultaniously, we hit Sean in the face with our pillows.”
Don Calame, Swim the Fly

“Excuses are like male nipples. They're completely useless.”
Don Calame

“...The Things we do not want to speak abot are the very things we need to speak about most”
Don Calame, Swim the Fly

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