We start them at such an early age...(For Pirate School, I mean)


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Quick post, because stuff is building up and when that happens it never goes anywhere ( Read more... )

As if Memphis NEEDED another reason to absolutely FAIL--

The Memphis Public Library charges fifty dollars for a library card.
Fifty. Dollars.
That's a whole weeks pay for me ( Read more... )

Dear Mildly Un-Impressive SF e-zine ( Read more... )

I went home this weekend ( Read more... )

Yesterday I wanted to be an archaeologist who spent her days in a dank basement lab or playing in someone else's discarded trash ( Read more... )

Hullo, all!  It's time for T.J.Wock's Tuesday Silly Story.  This week's feature covers a recent battle against the stereotypical fake dirty blonde that haunts our campus:

( Everyone say, 'Yaaaaay sterotypical fake dirty blondes!' )

I don't know what it is about Memphis that absolutely ruins my skin, but it certainly adds to why I hate it hear.  Insert something funny about the pollution in this city.
I mean, my skin goes from being nearly perfect in STL to looking absolutely wretched here--to the point where I feel the immense need to rigorously wash my face three times a day ( Read more... )

There are very few instances when I've actually been scared enough to feel my heart jump.  I really, really don't like it.

Reading that two have died from an exposure at a Saint Louis chemical plant was one of those timesAnd then I realize that it's Sunday, and that Dad would've told me if there was an accident at one of HIS plants, and that I ( Read more... )

A month from today, I am supposed to have roughly two-hundred pages worth of fiction ready ( Read more... )