Monthly Archives: August 2009
And other pitfalls of growing up too fast.
I just finished book four in the Harry Potter series, and after plowing through 1400 or so pages in the past ten days, I have come to following conclusions.
There are things about J.K. Rowling’s writing that annoy me.
a. She overuses some descriptions of people’s behaviors.
b. Phonetic spelling of accents.
c. Villains revealing their nefarious plots just [...]
Fingers
This morning I started thinking about what we call our fingers. Each one has a special name, or a name related to its purpose, except for the middle finger. Thumb, special. Pointer, purpose. Ring, purpose. Pinky, special. The middle finger is just there in the middle, like a passed-over middle child, and it’s pissed. Perhaps [...]
What I Learned On My Summer Vacation
1. A bathing suit and shoes looks ridiculous, no matter your age or physical condition. Flip-flops are passable, but just barely.
2. That leafy stuff leafing all over everything near the highways (and everything else) in North Carolina is kudzu. Also, it is nice to have a friend who knows what I’m talking about when I [...]
I’m a finalist! Again!
My bit about Stanley is a finalist for Weekly Writing Assignment #3. I can’t win a second time in a month, but it is fab to recognized. Thanks, Daniel!
Beach Reading, Beach Writing
Like beach reading, beach writing should be fun and light. Hence, my entry for week #3 of weeklywriting.com. This week’s assignment was a piece written from an animal’s perspective, maximum 900 words. This is pretty much unedited, and I think it may turn into a slightly longer and more tightly edited piece for my (eventual) [...]
Winner!
I should have posted this earlier, but with vacation and all, I got a little distracted. So, let the jubilation commence: I won the week two assignment from writingassignment.com!
Click above or read below.
Mirrors
Would he be able to tell just by looking at her? Sarah stood in front of the round mirror in the foyer. Her [...]
Dispatch from HHI
After the frenzy getting out the door, and after driving through the state of Virginia at no more than thirty miles per hour, we arrived in Chapel Hill in time for dinner with my favorite pregnant former co-worker. The evening began with her handing me her copy of the first Harry Potter book, and ended [...]
Harry Potter and the Big Fat No
Whop.
I decided to lift my fiction embargo for the week we’re at the beach. At the strong yet subtle urging of the universe, I also decided that Harry Potter would be among my beach reading selections, along with a few books by Yasunari Kawabata, and maybe a yoga thing or two. I went to Borders [...]
Misc. Fall