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On Losing My Ability to Read and Write
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
By Rae Pagliarulo Right around my birthday this past January, as I was on my way to a friend’s house carrying a pizza for dinner, I slipped on a sheet of ice, flew into the air, and landed on my head. My first thought was not about the excruciating…
Great Expectations..?
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
It had been a month since I had last been in the north and, as I took to the road once again, there was the familiar frisson of excitement that always runs through me as the journey begins. This time, however, there was something more… a longing…
Navy totally going to turn this ship around if Marines don’t stop poking each other
Originally posted on bluebird of bitterness:
From The Duffel Blog; bowdlerization by the bluebird of bitterness. PACIFIC OCEAN — The Navy has warned it will indeed turn this ship around if the Marines onboard don’t stop poking each other, sources confirmed today. “So help me God, I will pull this ship over so fast,” Navy…
Goodreads Challenge 2018 Update
Originally posted on mychestnutreadingtree:
So after reaching my target for the Goodreads challenge 2 years in a row now, I decided to really challenge myself for 2018! But it’s looking very unlikely that I will meet that challenge this year. I’ve only reached just over halfway this past week and as it’s now August 20th…
…here was a Scottish football referee yeez DIDN’T dare meddle with… Tom ‘Tiny’ Wharton… #TBSU…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…even those of yeez with a brain as sharp as a billiard ball will note the relative physical stature of the man in black versus the football players in the photograph above… at 6 feet 4 inches without his studded boots, Tom Wharton was a refereeing giant… in the customary…
So dismal this morning that I had to use a torch to find the candelabrum #narrowboat #england
Originally posted on The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company.:
Apparently this is the tail-end of Storm Egremont or Egbert of Eckythump, or something, bringing the relatively warm, wet, windy and California-wildfire-smoke-laden wotsits to England. Second-hand ruddy smoke, that’s all we need. At least it’s Californian, so I suppose that a percentage of it will be …psychedelic smoke.…
Fallacy of Writing
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
your humble host I saw a blog post recently that was like a light bulb going off over my head. It noted there are many websites about helping you market your book to get big sales numbers through a mailing list and Facebook groups you can join, etc., all talking…