Category Archive for: ‘Reviews’

• Recent Book Samples Read

  I rarely review books for various reasons, though I do keep some notes about which ones did and didn’t work for me in various ways. However, these are more the notes of a writer than a reader and are specific to what I’m trying to …

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• Pantheacon

  I’m sort of torn between sites these days, but for those of you who are interested in such subjects, my notes about Pantheacon can be found on my LJ.

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• Theft: One Palm Tree

  My mother wanted one thing for her birthday: a palm tree. A very specific palm tree. She didn’t actually get it on her birthday, which fell on a Thursday, but we did get it to her shortly thereafter. A good thing, because mom was told …

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• Cancer: Symptom to Cure in 19 days

  My mother recently discovered she had cancer. It went like this: October 19, she called the Kaiser advice nurse. October 20, she had an appointment to see her Ob-Gyn. October 26 (her birthday, unfortunately), she gets the news she’s got endometrial cancer. Nov 1, she …

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• Things to Do After Watching Project Runway Season Finale

  Delete all NBC channels, including Bravo, from the TiVos’ channel lineups. Join NOW. Subscribe to Ms. Magazine. Dump all Tresemmé hair care products in the trash and write them a letter explaining why you’ve done it and why you’re not buying more. Dump all L’Oreal …

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• Miss Snark: 110 Slush Entries Critiqued

  I don’t know why I hadn’t heard of Miss Snark before, but one of the coolest things a budding writer can read are the 110 reactions to cover letter and first page she’s posted. One critique I particularly liked, where the story starts with the …

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• Bawls

  Somehow, the household wound up with a case of Bawls. I’m not normally one for hyper-caffeination, but I have to admit I really, really, really love the bottles themselves. I’ve always had a weakness for cobalt blue, so we have cobalt blue dishes and bowls. …

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• Project Runway: Miss USA

  I’m going to join the throngs of people who are sad about Malan being out. He not only has some good ideas of design, he also has heart. Unlike Vincent, he also had the grace to point out that of his team, he should be …

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• Some Comments About Shopify

  Shopify has been touted as one of those Rails apps that’s going to change the face of the web. I don’t think so, and my comments about why it wasn’t appropriate for me (for fuzzyorange.com) went completely unanswered. Since others may be considering shopify, here’s …

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• Karaoke for the Deaf

  As Rick would say, “Conceptual humour at its finest.”

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