L.E. Carmichael's Blog, page 67
August 24, 2013
The Book Tour Begins!
As I’ll be touring with FOX TALK for the next couple of weeks, a couple of announcements: Blog posts will go up as always, but it might take me a little longer to respond to comments. I’d still love to […]
August 22, 2013
The Talk About Fox Talk Contest – WINNERS!
After compiling all the entries in the order received, I used a random number generator to select the winners. And those winners are…. *drumroll* KIM CLEARY – winner of an autographed copy of FOX TALK! PAULA MORROW – winner of an […]
August 19, 2013
Last Chance to Enter!
The Talk About Fox Talk Contest ends at 12:01 AM tomorrow – comment now to enter! For commenting inspiration, I offer adorableness: And also this question: If you could have any wild creature as a pet, what would it be, […]
August 17, 2013
Frisky Foxes and Fuzzy Dice
My dad worked for the same company most of his adult life. He was good at his job, and enjoyed it until the last few years, when the priorities of said company began to change. By this time a district […]
August 15, 2013
August 12, 2013
Ten Random (But Fascinating) Facts About Dogs and Domestication
1. Dogs were the first domestic animal species. Unambiguous archaeological evidence for dogs is about 12,000 years old, but domestication may have started 20,000 years or more before that. 2. Ancient Egyptians had at least three dog breeds: a greyhound […]
August 10, 2013
Air Band, Neon, and Giggles: The Link Between Music and Memory
I have a confession to make: I hate radio. Not music – I love music. My life has a running soundtrack that plays in my head. And, okay, quite often breaks out of my head in spontaneous bursts of song. […]
August 8, 2013
Dairy-Free Coconut Milk Ice Cream
Ever since I’ve been dairy-free, cheese and ice cream are the foods I miss the most. Luckily, writer-friend Ishta Mercurio shared her coconut ice cream recipe with me, which I tweaked and tested this weekend. It came out rich and […]
August 5, 2013
How to Grow A Burger in the Lab
I can’t post the video here for copyright reasons, but you should all go to the BBC right now and watch this incredible video about a lab that’s growing edible burgers from cow stem cells. Then come back here and […]
August 3, 2013
Reason #14 Why You Should Not Read The Monstrumologist Before Bed
You’ll read about a fight against the Anthropophagi – weird, voraciously hungry monsters that don’t need heads because their shark fangs are in their bellies – and then proceed to dream about harpies. Except they aren’t harpies, they’re part human […]
