My 7th grader is now learning about fairy tales in literature. Wait for it… They’re watching “Hoodwinked”. Yes, you read that correctly. Apparently in our curriculum, all you have to do to study fairy tales in literature is watch an animated, badly strung-together string of crude, fairy tale-derived jokes. At least if they watched “Shrek” [...]
Archive | October, 2007
Retro Shan: April 25-26, 2003
I was so excited the Red Sox went up 3-0 in the first inning I almost dropped my laptop, so I shut it down and curled up with my fleece blanket and my cats to cheer them on. Now it’s 13-1 in the bottom of the sixth and it’s probably safe to let my mind [...]
I might have broken A Rule
Gasp. I know. There are no rules, only things the author does or doesn’t make work, right? So I’ve been unhappy with the opening of DG3 for quite a while now. I couldn’t find the balance between the reader saying “OMG, what’s going on, I HAVE to know!” and the reader saying “Who are these [...]
I forgot to blog today
Brilliant, no? SO many aggravations, so little time. My family is driving me crazy. I suspect this might have something to do with the fact the four of us demolished two 12-packs of Coke in less than 48 hours. My laptop is driving me crazy. I get a blue error screen that flashes so quickly [...]
Oh my achin' DVR
American League Champions! Wicked pissah, of course. And we really have to win the World Series now because Beckett told Papelbon he’d River Dance with him if they win it all. Now that that’s on the table, my life will be incomplete if I don’t get to see it. I’m ready. Even got my Tessie [...]
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