7 November
7 November
I’m assisting a customer in the parking lot with her groceries. She presses the lock button on the driver’s side door and closes it.)
Customer: “Oh no! I locked my keys in the ignition!”
Me: “Well, your back door is still open.”
Customer: “I know, I know, but my door is locked! D***!”
Me: “But the back door is still open. You could pass through it to–”
Customer: *slams the back door shut* “Fine, there! Now it’s closed! Can we get back to my problem now?”
6 November
5 November
I’m giving away the first of four ARCs of SGA very soon. This particular giveaway will be on Facebook only. International entries are welcome. Future giveaways will be US & CAN only, so if you’re…
1 November
THIS IS A HALLOWEEN POST! Happy Halloween! It is the most wonderful time of the year! Here is a song I learned in French class about Halloween when I was a kid that I have never ever forgotten. It’s…
27 October
In celebration of yesterday’s good news and the fact that I cannot think of one way to follow it up with an ordinary blog entry, I am releasing TWO teaser videos for Some Girls Are and THE SECOND…
26 October
Today, the 2010 OLA (Ontario Library Association) Forest of Reading nominees were announced.
Uhm.
Today, the 2010 OLA Forest of Reading nominees were announced and Cracked Up to Be is one…
PECKING ORDER A tiny Yellow-billed Oxpecker frantically flaps its wings to keep its balance while pecking away at a giraffe’s chin. .The bird is feasting on the multitude of ticks and parasites that live in the giraffe’s fur. NB: this is NOT an evil giraffe. (Photo: Billy Dodson / Solent via the Telegraph)
get out of school
you get a job
the job gets you
and somehow everyday
you end up serving somebody else
if that ain’t panic that you’re feeling
well you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours
with the hammer in your heart
”
20 October
15 October
I was looking through old back-up emails and found a notepad file full of notes and some deleted scenes from my Cracked Up to Be days. That always freaks me out and amuses me a little because it’s a…





