Last night, the husband and I watched Identity, a 2003 movie I’d never heard of. In flipping through the on-screen guide, I stumbled across it and recorded it on a whim. An hour and a half later, after the kids went to bed, we watched it. What made me hit record on a movie I’d [...]
A couple of non-techy iPad observations
by Shannon on January 28, 2010 in Gadgets
Unless you live under an internet-free rock, in which case you’re not reading this, you know Apple revealed the iPad yesterday. I’m not going to bother grabbing links and photos of the thing because they’re all over the damn place. But, while listening to live audio in the background while watching pictures being posted from [...]
More DG help from the peanut gallery
by Shannon on January 26, 2010 in Cats, kids or the dog
The Short Kid doesn’t have quite the plot-problemsolving savvy that the Tall Kid does, but he doesn’t like being left out of the action. What can he do? Try to convince me that Devlin Group needs a gun like this. (And maybe a cool camouflage wristband, too?) He was a little disappointed when I very [...]
Facebook, Reading & Truck Ice Capades
by Shannon on January 25, 2010 in Writing--life
If you’ve friended me on Facebook, you might have seen my message yesterday regarding my new Facebook page. As more of my family has discovered Facebook, I’ve struggled with the intermingling of personal and professional, so the time has come to separate them. If you’re Facebook friends with “author me”, I’d greatly appreciate it if [...]
I don't even own starch
by Shannon on January 24, 2010 in Cats, kids or the dog
If you looked at the Christmas pictures I posted, you might remember that the Tall Kid showed up bright and early to open his gifts fully dressed, right down to the belt and that fastened top button. And here he is eating his breakfast before school: One note—thanks to crappy cellphone camera, it looks like [...]








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