Archive for October, 2007



The Mommy Van

Mothers can tell you that this ‘Mom my Ride!’ clip only goes halfway…they don’t even have stickers on the windows!

Bird-killing Rats

Tonight we discussed my latest story in the writer’s group.  The guys had some great suggestions, and pointed out that one problem with the story was that, as it stands, they were tempted to root for the despised ratmen rather than the Raven, assasin, protagonist.
Uh, hmmm.  Have to fix that.
They also brought up the motivation […]

The Dreaded Call

As I was cramming my way throught my textbooks today I got the call that every parent most fears:
“Hi, this is you son’s school calling, how are you?”
“Great, great.” (can you get to the point?)
“Okay, well, your son hurt his foot today…apparently he was kicking a wall at recess.”
“Hmm, oh dear.” (kicking a wall?!)
“Yes; the nurse has his […]