Amazon best-selling books of 2013: what they tell us about America..
Sad or maybe not so sad thing is, except for The Great Gatsby, I don’t have nor have I read any of these other books, and not sure I want to.
Darth Tater Christmas
Even Darth Tater is not immune to the “Christmas Eve Force.”
Even young Darth Tater is not immune to the Force known as last-minute Christmas Eve shopping and must venture out into cold and unknown space to find those special spud stuffers for his Mom and Dad.
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Writing tip Wednesday: “Discipline”
Writing regularly; reading often; re-writing diligently. These three things will help you improve more than any others. And like exercise or playing a musical instrument, doing it on a schedule, even if for only for a brief time every day will do you more good than picking a spot here or there, now and then, or sometime soon. Here and now is the place and time to begin, and a little discipline will make all the there’s here and all the then’s now, and do so sooner than you realize.
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Monday morning writing joke: “Willing Suspension”
Q. What is the difference between Santa Claus and a work of fiction?
A. Nothing. Both offer rewards for a willing suspension of disbelief.
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How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com.
Take the quiz. See if the answers match up with your “dialect.”
Holiday Reprise: “Santa’s Setback”
This is a note to tell you
that Wall Street has taken away
the things I really needed:
my workshop, my reindeer, my sleigh.
I now make my rounds on a jackass;
he’s old and crippled and slow.
So, if you don’t see me come Christmas,
I’ll be out on my ass in the snow.
Santa mounts a new challenge.
[Editor’s note: original appeared in Dec. 2012, but brought back because it still applies. And because I can.]
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Benjamin Barber on Capitalism and Democracy | BillMoyers.com
Benjamin Barber on Capitalism and Democracy | BillMoyers.com.
Manufacturing needs and wants underminds us all.
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How Changing The Definition Of One Word Might Make TV Shows Worse But Real Life Better
How Changing The Definition Of One Word Might Make TV Shows Worse But Real Life Better.
Something to consider. How do you define family?
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Star Trek XI Alternate Ending: The Prime Timeline is Restored – YouTube
Star Trek XI Alternate Ending: The Prime Timeline is Restored – YouTube.
Back to the “real” or reel future. My preference is for the original series as it was, not as it has been re-imagined. It loses to much for me in the “re-translation.
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Detroit-Based “Write A House” Awarding Free, Permanent Houses To Writers
Detroit-Based "Write A House" Awarding Free, Permanent Houses To Writers.
Maybe this will catch on in other cities.
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