Archive for April, 2006

…I had a dream last night.  Marky Mark Walhburg (spelling wrong) was in it. Don’t know where the Funky Bunch was, but that worked out for me.  We were cruising around some harbor on a cigarette boat. 
He was totally in love with me.  We were smiling at each other.  Wind in our hair.  And then [...]

I realize some of the readers here do not appreciate the NFL.  That’s okay.  To each his own.
But even if the last thing you do on a nice fall sunday is watch football, the sight of someone’s dream coming true has to touch you, right?
It does me.  Vernon Davis, sixth pick overall was bawling when [...]

…maybe.
In this world of complexities and nuance, the jury is in, though still not sure about the verdict.
We think Jake shot the finger.  He used it again in the same context.  After I collected myself, laughing in private at how funny it looked.  I gave him the lightbulb treatment.
Basically he stuck to his story.  His [...]

Jennifer is trying to stregthen her presence on Amazon and leave her a comment or two.  Her book is on the list for New York Times “books to read,” for this summer.  The list comes out tomorrow. 
It’s amazing the work it takes to ramp up the sales.  Let’s keep her numbers going upward.
 

Author of The Booster, Jennifer Solow, has been so kind as to answer some questions regarding how she wrote The Booster, her process in general, finding an agent, as well as some personal tid-bits that further illustrate her quirky and unique personality! Again, The Booster is well worth your money, try it soon. www.jennifersolow.com
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HOUSEWIFECAFE: [...]

…Jake did.
Maybe.
Bill thinks so.
I caught a glimpse of the hand thrusting upward.  There were fingers involved in the movement, but I don’t think Jake has any clue what he did.
The gesture fit the context–Jake’s response to Bill scolding him.
And I believe he’d drop a swear word.
But four years old, flipping the bird.  I can’t even imagine where he [...]

Hi everyone,
For those of you situating your summer reading stack, be sure to include Jennifer Solow’s book, The Booster.  I met her at one of her signings in Pittsburgh and she was very sweet.  She has the cutest flower stamp to go along with her signature…
Her writing is awesome.  Voice, unique.  Story, compelling.  Though The Booster [...]

…don’t you just love when your windows are open and perfect wafts of air circle through your home?  This time period is short in Pittsburgh.  Now, then spurts in Fall.  Soon stifling humidity will work its way through the house and we’ll seal the place up as though poisionous gas was threatening to invade.
So, okay, [...]

We go to the zoo all fall and winter when no one else is there.
The animals are psyched to see us (they really are) and the zoo keepers fill us in on little secrets and give us access to special things.
Today we got to the zoo and it was bursting at the seams with field-trip [...]

I haven’t been blogging a lot because I don’t have much to say and my creative energy is going into the book I’m working on.  This one’s hard for me for some reason.  So I’m afraid to do horrible posts…please forgive if this falls into or skirts the horrible category of posts.
Bill O’Reilly and Newty [...]