Willard faces a low period, or maybe no period at all.
Monthly Archives: August 2014
cARtOONSDAY: “vICES aND vIRTUES”
Willard faces a low period, or maybe no period at all.
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Monday morning writing joke: “An Irish priest in Texas”
An Irish priest was transferred to Texas.
Father O’Malley rose from his bed one morning. It was a fine spring day in his new west Texas mission parish.
He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day outside.
He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn. He promptly called the local police station.
The conversation went like this: “Good morning. This is Sergeant Jones. How might I help you?”
“And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O’Malley at St. Ann ‘s Catholic Church. There’s a jackass lying dead in me front lawn and would ye be so kind as to send a couple o’yer lads to take care of the matter?”
Sergeant Jones, considering himself quite a wit and recognizing the foreign accent, thought he would have a little fun with the good father, replied, “Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people took care of the last rites!”
There was dead silence on the line for a long moment. …
Father O’Malley then replied: “Aye, ’tis certainly true; but we are also obliged to notify the next of kin first, which is the reason for me call.”
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Famous Writers’ Report Cards: Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Norman Mailer, E.E. Cummings & Anne Sexton | Open Culture
Now that school has started, it might be interesting to see what authors such as Ernest Hemingway, e.e. cummings, and Norman Mailer, just to name few made on their report cards.
Details located at: http://www.openculture.com/2014/06/famous-writers-report-cards.html
Photo finish Friday: “the Bugalypse”
They learned from the robots, but they didn’t learn enough.
First, there was the Artificial Intelligence Revolt (AIR) of 2092. Next, there was the Robot Apocalypse (RoAp) of 2127. Then after the Robots had taken over and mankind was a mere memory, along came the Bugalypse. Having seen how the robots had done it, the bugs engineered their own metal versions of their kind. This allowed them to make even larger versions of themselves than they had ever imagined. There was only one problem: They had forgotten to rust proof their new bodies and for many of the Bugalypse life ended in a rusty metal shell in the middle of a field of flowers. And with it, so did the Bugalypse. Known as the Bugalypse Bust, it was sometimes referred to by its acronym: BuBu (pronounced Boo-Boo).
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Haiku to you Thursday: “See me”
The moon says, “See me.” /
A bridge across the night sky /
phasing light and tides.
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Writing tip Wednesday: “Two more agents to consider”
Catherine Luttinger
Details and how to contact at: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/literary-agent-spotlight-catherine-luttinger-of-darhansoff-verrill
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Stacy Testa
Stacy is looking for literary fiction and upmarket commercial women’s fiction, particularly character-driven stories with an international setting, historical bent, or focus on a unique subculture. She also represents realistic young adult (no dystopian or paranormal, please!). For nonfiction, she is particularly interested in young “millennial” voices with a great sense of humor and a strong platform, startling and unique memoirs, and voice-driven narratives about little-known historical moments.
Details and how to contact at: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/new-literary-agent-alert-stacy-testa-of-writers-house
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cARtOONSDAY: “bRAIN sURGERY”
It couldn’t be any harder, could it?
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Monday morning writing joke: “Zombies, part 4”
Q.: What type of humor does a zombie like?
A.: Deadpan.
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Q.: What trick does a zombie teach to his dog?
A.: Play dead.
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Q.: Why did the zombie start eating beef?
A.: He thought the label said “Brain fed.”
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Q.: What do you call a zombie with dementia?
A.: A zombie.
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2014 Contest | Knoxville Writers’ Guild
2014 Contest | Knoxville Writers' Guild.
Still time to enter. Deadline has been extended to August 15th.
Categories include Creative Nonfiction, Crime/Mystery. Science Fiction/Fantasy, Novel Except, One Act Play, Short Story, Poetry, Romance, Screenwriting, Young Writer’s Fiction Prize, and Young Writer’s Poetry Prize.
Details located at: http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/contest
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New words to live by: “law of the inverse square”
It is the second weekend of the month and time again for a new word to live. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. This month’s New Word is related to aging and being a parent: law of the inverse square.
Inverse-square law
An expression that could elicit “the look.”
For example, as your child grows up and asks the 20th time why something has to be done, you snap back with the same tone and inflection as your father, “Because I said so.”
Or, if you’re a mother, you give your child “the look,” which was the same look your mother gave you.
Training is not required. It happens, in an eerie, secretive, delayed genetic development sort of way.
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