I had no idea yesterday’s lunch outing with my two women lawyer friends would turn into a rehash of our favorite worst boss stories, but there it was.
The real horror stories happen when you’re just a wee little associate, first starting out. The truly bad bosses will take advantage of that. Instead of […]
Last night I attended a lecture on science and theology (because I know how to party), and one of the presenters handed out this great list of quotations from famous scientists.
The one that struck me most was by Blaise Pascal, the French physicist:
We are more easily persuaded, in general, by the reasons we ourselves discover […]
This is why the blogosphere is so powerful. We can’t know it all, each of us, which is why we need information from others.
Lady T (a.k.a. living read girl) brought this to our attention recently, and it’s important enough–in these days of bloodless military coups and the falling price of gasoline and weird pieces […]
Yesterday I was talking to the photographer who’s going to do my publicity shots, and he raised an interesting point.
We were brainstorming about what it is I’m trying to convey in my photo (that I’m funny, smart, able to spell Mississippi backwards–you know, the usual), and he said, “You think writing a great book sells […]
Can I just tell you how great it is to be friends with another novelist? Not only do I have a ready editor whenever I decide to e-mail him my stuff, but I also get to read his manuscripts fresh off the fingertips before anyone else sees them. It’s like knowing the person […]
You may remember me complaining a while ago about my elder dog Blue’s respiratory problems.
Once again, Laila comes through with an explanation. Thank you for the excellent research, Laila.
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Thank you, Laila, for bringing this serious problem to our attention:
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Obviously if I’d known there would be questions I would have prepared a better story.
Last night I had my first class ever in American Sign Language. I was all ready to just sit there and try to follow along without making too big a fool of myself, when the gracious teacher had the audacity […]
Check out J.K. Rowling’s account (The Daily News “Book 7 Update”) of the little . . . dust-up she had with airport security over whether she could bring her handwritten notes for HP7 on the plane with her, rather than entrust them to checked luggage.
Can you IMAGINE what would happen if those notes disappeared? […]
Did any of you ever hear Janeane Garofalo’s stand-up routine about back fat? I love Janeane so much I’ve written lead parts for her in two of my novels and one screenplay, so Janeane, if you’re reading this (which I’m pretty sure you are), please contact me and let’s talk.
Anyway.
I have this obsessive […]