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Archive for August, 2008

Sorry, but I need to get a little political

Friday, August 29th, 2008

I just have to ask: That’s who McCain picked for a running mate? Really?
Wow.
That could be one of the weirdest things I’ve ever heard, and that includes all the stuff I learned from X-Files.
Just curious what y’all thought.

Into the wild

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Heading out for a few nights of backpacking with the husband and the Bear (not a grizzly, as discussed in yesterday’s comments). We’re going to our favorite high mountain lake, where we scattered our previous Lab’s ashes a few years ago. We get very sentimental visiting his resting place. My husband has [...]

Vampires, bears, etc.

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

I’ve been sitting in our rented house in my favorite mountain town all afternoon, curled up on the couch blazing my way through the last book in the Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn.
WOW.
LOVED IT. Why? Because it was so weird and wild and exciting and completely unexpected. I have no idea how Stephenie [...]

“When in doubt, go higher”

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

That’s the motto of an outdoors magazine called Mountain Gazette, and I actually think those words often.
Like right now. Mental and physical state? Burnt, people, just plain burned out. Not another creative thought in my brain. Plus here in my hometown it’s still about eight degrees hotter than hell, so tomorrow [...]

I never appreciated Paris

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

I’ve noticed in recent times that my husband might possibly have a thing for Paris Hilton. I know–let’s not go there.
But now I think I’ve been highly undervaluing the young woman. Take a look at her response to John McCain for using her picture (along with Britney Spears’s) in a recent ad claiming [...]

Babbling is so much easier

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Hi there. In case you’re wondering why I’m not frantically writing away on the screenplay that has to be in the mail THIS FRIDAY, it’s because I have a policy of always taking Sundays off, not only because we need clean underwear over here, but also because I believe the brain and the body [...]