Karen has issued a challenge this week, rather than given a mere assignment – predict the future! Weekend Assignment #263 : Predict one, two or three things you expect to happen (or so you claim!) before 2009 is over. It can be a logical extrapolation from current conditions, wish fulfillment, an attempt to show off your psychic ability, if any, or random silliness, or some combination thereof. Extra Credit: Have you ever predicted something unlikely, […]
Category: ‘riting
Ten things for Tuesday: Love with the proper geek (nerd) (dork) (“gerk”?)
I sent my husband a link to a post on the GeekDad blog called “10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse” with the note “Do any of these sound familiar?” His response: “I don’t think I get it. Which ones are the annoying ones?” That was my reaction too. For the most part, the article pretty much described everyday life at our house. One of the wonderful things that Tall Paul and I have in […]
Life and death – and cancellation – on Mars
Back in January, talking about some of my favorite returning TV shows, I said: Life on Mars was the only new series we sampled this fall, and we got totally hooked. (No, I never saw the British original, so please don’t tell me how much better it was; for the record, I never watched the original British version of The Office, either.) This show’s a head trip, and a lot of fun to watch. Detective […]
Twelve Things on Thursday: Disneyland Dozen
As I mentioned several times recently, I spent the weekend of my birthday at Disneyland. This year, Disney’s parks are featuring the theme “Celebrate Today,” and encouraging visitors to come there for their special occasions. One incentive they’re offering is free admission on your birthday, which is what prompted the whole idea to go there. My birthday’s falling on a Sunday, and the fact that the kids had no school the next day due to […]
Wednesday’s Weekend Assignment: Best. Job. Ever.
I’m the guest professor for the Weekend Assignment again this week, and when I gave Karen this topic suggestion, I already knew what my answer would be: Weekend Assignment #260: Maybe it wasn’t the “best” job by objective standards, but of all the jobs you’ve ever had, which was your favorite, and why did you like it so much? Extra Credit: What was the shortest time you ever held a job? What happened? I’ve tended […]
He’s turning 80 and that’s no lie
My sister’s writing is more creative than mine, and she enjoys crafting comic poetry. She always composes the invitations for her sons’ birthday parties, and this year, she came up with one for their grandfather, who had a special party of his own yesterday: Eddie’s birthday has arrived How thrilled we are that he’s alive. He’s turning eighty and that’s no lie. He still likes to eat his cherry pie. He wants you to come […]
Hobbies and Friends and catching up on Assignments
I missed last week’s Weekend Assignment because I didn’t get inspired with an answer for it until the week was nearly over, and by then I had the week’s posts all scheduled out. Therefore, this week you’re getting two Assignments for the price of one post (but I promise I’ll try not to go on too long with either one!). Weekend Assignment #257: It’s just a hobby of mine…, via guest professor Laura Weekend Assignment […]
Blogiversary, part 1: Crossing between communities – a reflection
In a recent comment about some links in one of my Saturday Reviews, Lenore said… “Gosh I didn’t even know there was such a thing as Mommy blogs. I am very focused in my blog reading on book blogs I guess.” I’m definitely less focused. My interests are pretty wide-ranging, and so is my blog reading. On the Internet, I’m a bit of a wanderer, but I find that I have two communities that feel […]
Back to books and movies (and kids, and chickens and eggs)…
The “which comes first – books or movies” post a couple of weeks ago kicked up some decent discussion, and that sent me back to the topic, looking at it from a slightly different angle this time. …As I mentioned in the original post, my stepchildren’s mother has a rule that the kids cannot see a movie based on a book unless they have read the book first, and it’s a rule that she wants […]
Weekend Assignment #252: Book connections
This week, Karen has appointed another “guest professor,” Laura of YBTN, to give the Weekend Assignment. Both the main question and the extra credit are hers, as we return to a favorite subject for some of us: books! Weekend Assignment #252: Where do you get books from? Extra Credit: What was the last book you read, and why? I almost feel like I should abstain from this week’s topic, since I talk about books so […]
WG 2009-02: The meaning of “Weekly Geek”(iness)
For our second Weekly Geeks of the new year and our second post without our founder Dewey, Joanne of The Book Zombie has these questions: For those who have been with the group, either from the start or joined within recent months, what does being a member mean to you? What do you enjoy about the group? What are some of your more memorable Weekly Geeks that we might could do again? What could be […]
Reading, ‘riting, reviewing, reporting…wait, that’s FOUR R’s
Sometimes, something happens during your day and you just have to tell someone about it – or write about it. That’s one of the great advantages of blogging, isn’t it? But maybe that’s not the kind of thing your blog is about, or maybe it was something you’re not sure you want your family members to read about. You might even be one of those holdouts who doesn’t even have a blog – where do […]
