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Archive for February, 2008

The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Oh, happy happy. Today I’m doing something so nice for myself.
Remember how last fall I had that loaner Lab? She’s my stepson’s dog, and in the few months we had her she totally stole my heart and ended up sleeping next to me every night, stretched out beside me where I could curl […]

Well, that hurt my brain

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Finally some quantum physics and time travel and some teary “I love you”s and everything we could want from a show that all the way through makes us go, “Huh?? I’m so confused!” I’m surprised we all didn’t have blood streaming from our noses, poor little overloaded brains.
Love it. Great episode tonight. […]

Not throwing out my t-shirts

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

A friend of mine was telling me about this book she’s reading about how to look 10 years younger. I had to stop her at the first piece of advice: throw out all your t-shirts.
Sorry, I’d rather look 100 than stop wearing t-shirts. Back off. Not happening. T-shirts and […]

Tuesday Book Club

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

One of the things I love so much about my job is that so often the books I want to read do double-duty as research for novels I’m either working on or want to write.
So this week I got to read two more of Dr. Brian Weiss’s books about reincarnation: Same Soul, Many Bodies […]

The Friday List (nice things you’ve done for yourself this week)

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

So, how’s that giving up sugar thing going?
Maybe you’ve heard it said of people who quit smoking and then think they can have “just one” cigarette for old times: One is too many, a thousand is never enough.
Which explains why frozen yogurt with peanut butter cups on top can lead to cookies and Cadbury […]

Whoa

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

“Hello, [fill in the blank after you’ve watched tonight’s Lost].”
I did NOT see that coming.
I love, love, LOVE that show. It makes me want to be a better writer every time I watch it. They set the bar so damn high.
Technorati Tags: Lost

The question I should have started with

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Yesterday I asked a question that really relates to another question, at least in my mind. So here it is: Do you believe in reincarnation? Do you think you personally have lived before and will live again?
Technorati Tags: Reincarnation

Soul mates

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

I was just over visiting MySpace, and saw an ad with a drawing of a fortune teller and a line that went something like, “Want to know the name of your soul mate?”
And it just so happens that’s one of the themes of the new book I turned in last month.
And so I’m curious: […]

Check out the Cullen family

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Here they are, the first cast pictures for the upcoming film version of Twilight! Yes, the Cullens are indeed beautiful creatures.
Technorati Tags: Twilight the Movie

Tuesday Book Club

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I’ve seriously been in a non-fiction mood this whole year so far. Maybe it’s because I was writing my own novel into January, and now I’m about to start writing another one next week, as soon as the workmen leave my house and I can think of something clever besides BANG BANG BANG POUND […]