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Absolutely not. Here are a few reasons why. And for goodness’ sake, if a cute little Spiderman or vampire shows up on your porch with an orange UNICEF box, don’t harangue the poor kid. Just say, “No, thanks, we support better charities.” Read more
Absolutely not. Here are a few reasons why. And for goodness’ sake, if a cute little Spiderman or vampire shows up on your porch with an orange UNICEF box, don’t harangue the poor kid. Just say, “No, thanks, we support better charities.” Read more
Things you never hear about Hemingway. Maybe it’s true and maybe not all of it is, but it sounds good. Read more
Aw, I just scratched the surface. Maybe I will write a follow-up. I really do love having teens. Read more
When Audible.com was looking for a voice actor to read my book, The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, they asked for my input; so naturally, I asked you guys for your advice, and you delivered. What I finally sent them was this: Anne Bancroft with a little bit of Marge Simpson. A woman with a low, slightly raspy or gravelly voice, with an excellent sense of comic timing. A “member of the tribe” would be great. Hope that helps! I don’t know if it helped or not,... Read more
Now that I posted about Lou Reed, I feel a little more comfortable slipping into mommy blog territory for a minute. I just signed up to bring treats for my kid’s Halloween party. I actually love doing things like this, but I know I’m going to be busy this week. If you’re making Halloween treats, here are a few possibilities for projects that you can figure out how to do without reading the directions: A few years ago, I made... Read more
The man hated hippies, didn’t have a singing voice, and didn’t give a shit. Rolling Stone: Glam, punk and alternative rock are all unthinkable without his revelatory example. “One chord is fine,” he once said, alluding to his bare-bones guitar style. “Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz.” Listen closely, hear his tender heart: Here’s something written by Dostoevsky, more or less: And here’s something by The Shirelles, in an alternate universe: Rest in peace, Lou... Read more
Thanks, everybody, for sending me the screenshots of your Amazon reviews! It was a pleasure to see. I now have whopping 85 reviews for my book, 81 of which gave it five stars. And this is just the e-book! Wait until the print one comes out! I can’t give away too much, but I have just three words for you: “Scratch,” “and,” and “sniff.” And now for the prizes. THIRD PRIZE goes to David Singleton. David gets a set of... Read more
I’m agin it. And yes, this makes me just like Hitler. Read more
It’s been a hamster wheelish couple of weeks! If you have contacted me, please be patient while I scamper my way around to you! Thank you! Sweet Jenna of Call Her Happy sent me some interview questions that I had fun answering. Best question? She wanted to know about my very first blog post, which went up about seven years ago. Thanks, Jenna! The indefatigable Sarah Reinhard wrote a recommendation for CatholicMom.com’s Book Notes, and explains that my book is... Read more
See here for rules and sweet, sweet prizes. Contest ends at noon (ET) Friday, Oct. 25th. Oh, so I’m making progress with publishers. I expect to have a print edition out in the first half (maybe the first third??) of 2014. Read more
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