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Ugh
Being a fulltime father was a challenge. You couldn't just tell a kid to get with the program or get out, like you could an employee. The cold fact was that Connor's life had been a damn sight simpler before the divorce, when CJ was Jennifer's responsibility and Connor was free to wheel and deal round-the-clock.
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My year in text messages
So. 2009. We hardly knew ye, eh? This year was hardly as momentous as last year, as there were no elections, no graduations, and no Olympics. But damn, did my friends have some babies and plan some weddings. And Usain Bolt set a bunch of new world records! That was great. So, to recap:
Welcome to the world, Evan, Carys, Reid, and Eleanor (both ( Read more... ) -
It's a Christmas miracle
Just a little Harlequin fail in case anyone is stuck at work today. So this book is due back on the 29th, and I brought it home, through a blizzard, in the hopes it would offer some distraction from the family if I need it. Except that the book heartily sucks. The heroine is a sanctimonious asshole, the hero is a poorly developed, boring stick in ( Read more... ) -
A few things I'm thankful for today
Because I have to remind myself not to be a miserable, ungrateful wretch all the damn time.
-These awesome magnetic measuring spoons
-New Nikes that I didn't have to shop for. Seriously, Jackrabbit Sports is one of the greatest places on earth. Have I ever told you about how much I hate it when things I like wear out? I don't want to go buy new ( Read more... ) -
Writing 101
This book is just cripplingly stupid. It's all I can do not to smash my face into the desk repeatedly. Allow me to summarize, in three parts, with the second part first and the third part second.
2. Colloquial usage is fine, but complete ignorance is not. I submit:
"If he'd have died two months ago, his story would have had a different ending." [ ( Read more... ) -
RAAAAAAAAGE
So our heroine the Coast Guard whatever is afraid of scuba diving (because her father died on a dive-isn't that always the way?), which appears to be a substantial part of the job. But she and Heath go diving in the seeekrit underwater cave on Devil's Island where the diamond smugglers did their totally eeeeevil diamond smuggling, and it becomes ( Read more... ) -
Mavericky!
The place: Bayfield, WisconsinThe plot: Coast Guard something-something* Tracie's partner, Trevor, was murdered six weeks ago. She has a new partner, an undercover FBI agent named Heath, who is tasked with investigating the diamond-smuggling ring Trevor was involved in ( Read more... ) -
Give the gift of Dianetics!
So like most New Yorkers, we periodically get mail that is not ours in our mailbox. There's one exception to the "periodically" rule: We often get mail for the Scientologist down the street. And by periodically, I mean a couple times a week. That's how often they send him stuff, and how often it ends up in my mailbox. Today it was the Scientology ( Read more... ) -
What's wrong with a rainbow fairy?
Okay, so this is how Doctor Hero Daddy is going to tell his kid, and Ashley, that he's sorry he didn't marry her when he was 19, because that makes sense, and that they should totally get married now that she's all knocked up at the advanced age of 29.
Cam began his story in traditional fashion and proceeded to spin a fantastical tale about a ( Read more... ) -
Learn to count, dammit!
The end of this book is just collapsing like a flan in a cupboard. And if I weren't in an open office, surrounded by worldwide leaders in sports, I'd be screaming at the manuscript.
I believe I've discussed how I hate when authors can't keep track of a SIMPLE GODDAMN TIMELINE. Well, I hate it even more when there are things like major holidays and ( Read more... )