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November 15, 2014
A Blitz of Book News
Hello poor neglected blog! I apologize for my spotty attendance – November is a crazy month for both my day job and my writing work, and I confess to having chosen sleep over the internet on several occasions. But here […]
November 6, 2014
I Am Seriously Welling Up Over Here
Because wow. How do we get from “I want superpowers” to “my forehead is too big?” What’s the one thing you’d change about your body? My top choice is no more chronic pain (although I’m feeling the post-physio happiness right […]
November 3, 2014
Win a Kindle Fire Kid’s Edition – Just in Time for Christmas
Halloween is over, which means Christmas is coming a whole lot faster than I’d like to think. Fortunately, Mother Daughter Book Reviews is more organized than I am, and has organized a blog tour that includes a great prize – a […]
November 1, 2014
Optimal Foraging Theory Applies to Halloween, Too
Tech Support and I live in a relatively new subdivision, and our house is at the end of a long crescent where most of the other lots are empty. As a result, we only get 6-20 kids ringing the bell […]
October 30, 2014
I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost – But Reboots Kind of Scare Me
Me: Guess what, guess what? Tech Support: (tolerant expression of a man who’s preparing himself for some random factoid from the research for my next book) Me: They’re making a new Ghostbusters and all the ghostbusters will be women! Tech […]
October 11, 2014
Goodbye to the Man Who Gave Me Worlds
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you may remember my Uncle Ted, from this post where I rant about how you should never have to pay for hospital parking. He passed away last Saturday after nearly 2 […]
October 2, 2014
Book News and Serious Fangirling
Big news today! 1) Amazing Feats of Civil Engineering is now available for purchase! Because it’s intended for the educational market, your local independent may not have it in stock, but you can order through Amazon and the publisher. 2) Another book […]
September 29, 2014
It’s Monday, and Therefore Cats
I can’t actually embed the video, because it’s copyright protected. But if you click through, you can watch an adorable slow-motion video of two cats fighting in a top hat. Enjoy!
September 25, 2014
John Oliver on the Miss America Pageant
Parental warning – I’d rate this PG13, due to mild language and a bit of mature content. But he makes some excellent points about the conflict between how Western society says it views women and how our culture actually treats women. […]
September 22, 2014
Wolves Do Not Eat Mice. Seriously.
“But Lindsey,” you protest, “I’ve seen Never Cry Wolf six times and those wolves ate mice.” Yeah. Never Cry Wolf? Not a documentary. Adult wolves usually weigh between 55-130 pounds – at the top end of the range, small-adult-human-sized. So picture […]
