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Moments of Moderate to High Ego
So, I got a comic published?!
Anybody who's read through my comics journal contriveathon has probably already seen this particular one, but the wrapping paper is oh-so-much-nicer now ( Read more... ) -
A way to really get yourself into the NaNoWriMo Spirit
Everyone! Open up your favorite embarrassing story in Word, go to the Tools tab, and click Autosummarize. I promise you won't regret it. (I recommend the "10 sentences" option. Brevity, soul of wit, etc.)
Imagine yourself Blank. Blank did not pick up his coffee mug ( Read more... ) -
Elevator, sound alarm.
A message for those of you who have Boulder dealings ( Read more... ) -
Breaking Distractions
To the editors of Practical Fishkeeping:
Please de-humorize the following headlines. They have intruded upon my mind, and now prevent me from finishing an essay that is due in 10 hours.
Turtle rescued from life of drugs
Puffer fish kills 8 and hospitalizes 150
Octopus has sophisticated sex life
Pesticides make fish less attractive to femalesBest ( Read more... ) -
Yeah. It happened.
I finally caved in. The product:
http://contriveathon.livejournal.com/ !!
My life now comes with bonus illustrations!!
I'm not going to be so pessimistic as to say that this is going to replace good ol' kaboom172, but I will say that I'll probably be posting there much more frequently ( Read more... ) -
Two Dogmas
Good morning, campers!
I have two things for you this year:
( First, a few pithy words from Everyone's Favorite Victorian Prude ) -
Please excuse my frothing
Sometimes, school means:
"I really don't think the dad's being abusive. I see him as a regular hard-working man, with dirt on his hands and everything, just trying to support his family. So what if he drinks a little when he comes home, and wants to romp around with his son a bit? He can't really mean to be that rough. They're just dancing. I ( Read more... ) -
Caffeine-Induced Fallacies
When you haven't slept in half a week, even Leibniz can start to sound like an extreme badass ( Read more... ) -
A parable
Once upon a time, there was a middle-class white girl who was walking down a busy, commercialized street in her city. She passed a bench, and happened to notice a copy of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist sitting upon it, apparently forgotten or abandoned. She had not read it before, but, having an interesting and generally fruitful history with ( Read more... ) -
The Road Less Traveled
It's October! And you know what that means: Time for my annual NaNoWriMo plug!
"Why," you ask, "would I ever want to take part in what is only the greatest Fiction Hajj ever known to mankind?"
Well, let me tell you!
LIST O' BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED
1) Bragging Rights: Eternal.
2) Community: Every year, NaNoWriMo unites a delightful potpourri of ( Read more... )