Why I Didn’t Follow You Back On Twitter

You followed me on Twitter but I haven’t followed you back.  What gives?  Is there a technical glitch, did I not see your follow, or am I just a stuck-up wench who is snubbing you?  Here are 30 reasons why I didn’t follow you back on Twitter.  Do any of these describe you… 1. You’re a [...]

What Would Jesus Boycott?

An article was recently posted on beliefnet.com titled Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas and the December Culture Wars which I found interesting.  Here is an excerpt: “…why did the American Family Association boycott the Gap, and threaten Best Buy with the same? Did these retailers disparage Christmas? Not at all, and if they had, I would totally [...]

10 Most Awesome Celebs of 2009

Barbara Walters recently came out with her list of Most Fascinating People of 2009.  So I decided I would make my own (and in my humble opinion, even better) list.  Here are my favorite celebrities of ’09… 1. Adam Lambert Okay, so the whole American Music Awards thing was kind of, well… gay, but not in [...]

Fiction/Poetry Contest, $2K Prize!

The Crazyhorse Literary Journal is offering a $2,000 (!!) prize for a short story or poem.  The catch — you have to pay for a 1 year/2 issue subscription ($16).  It sounds like a pretty good deal if you are reading and submitting to literary journals anyway.  You can also enter multiple times, and each [...]

400 lb. Gingerbread House

Check out this elaborate 400-lb. White House replica gingerbread house, complete with a sugary replica of Bo, the white house dog.  This gingerbread house took 6 weeks to make. Amazingly, Disney’s Grand Floridian has a tradition of building gingerbread houses that make that one look tiny!  The 2008 Grand Floridian gingerbread house used 1,050 lbs. [...]

City of the Future Using Green Technology We Have Today

The Green MegaCity is a virtual “eco-savvy blueprint” for the city of the future — using technology that has already been invented.  Very cool graphic interface, so you can see what the city looks like, as well as read about the innovations which would make this a futuristic paradise. Now if we can just get [...]

Writers Conference Quotes, Fan Wu

Lovely guest speaker this morning at the Southern California Writers Conference by the name of Fan Wu.  Here are some quotes I jotted down during her presentation: “Edit your manuscript like it’s written by your worst enemy.” “If you write well and you have some substance, you will resonate with other minds and hearts.” “Looking [...]

Attending Writers Conference

Hi, everyone. I’m attending the Southern California Writers’ Conference for the next couple of days. This is my first writers conference, so I had no idea what to expect. I’ll be posting updates about my experiences on Twitter if you want to know what’s going on (twitter.com/mewritewords).

Middle Aged — That Phrase is Getting Old

I recently had a birthday, and I’m wondering how long I can go on describing myself as “middle-aged.”  People seem to hold on to that term for far longer than it applies to them.  At some point, you have to stop shutting out reality and just admit you’re old. What’s the official year one switches from being a [...]

Zoo Sex Spammers – Maybe You Should Re-Think Your Business Plan

I just got 67 spam messages for: animal sex horse sex zoo sex Somebody went to a lot of trouble to set up sites for these subjects and send out thousands of messages all across the web.  So, what I’m wondering is…is there really that big of a market for this that it’s even worth [...]