Since all our TV shows are on hiatus for the summer, Mr. Burt and I have been watching an episode of The West Wing every night after we get the Burt Squirt to bed. We never watched when it originally aired, and I’m feeling rather late to the party as far as fannishness goes! But [...]
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Even Steven
Last Monday I had to make two trips to Walmart instead of one (by the way, I’m thinking of turning this into a Walmart blog, since all my posts seem to be about going there) because I somehow made it home without the lunch meat I specifically remember selecting from the refrigerated case and putting [...]
Fiction: Dust to Dust
Saw this floating around the interwebs today and had to try it. I write like Stephen King I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! Never having read any Stephen King (with the exception of On Writing, years ago), I have no idea whether my style remotely resembles his. (My previous blog [...]
Just Trying to Help
Recently I posted about how having a big baby attracts lots of comments from strangers. (And by “strangers” I mean people who are strange. Mostly in Walmart.) That wasn’t exactly the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In fact, simply having a baby, of any size, shape, or color, attracts lots of [...]
A Contest!
It’s a prerogative of parenthood to have your child professionally photographed at least once a year — or every few months, if you have a new baby. This can be pricey, but JCPenney meets our needs by offering frequent coupons for affordable portrait packages with no sitting fees. At the Burt Squirt’s last session, the [...]
