Media
Intro to Bible Quizzing: 1994
This video is a montage from a quizzing tournament in 2006. It was posted on YouTube by WhyteRavyne. And in case you were wondering, Bible Quizzing is like Quiz Bowl, but for church kids. Day in the Life Me, Alicia, John, Justin, and Laura sit in a row on incredibly uncomfortable, cold metal folding chairs. […]
What’s Next? or Why I’ve Been a Shitty Blogger and How I Plan to Change
You probably remember the days when I blogged five days a week. And I doubt you’ve missed me. But I’ve missed you. See, I’m in this grad program for writing. It’s mostly online. I go two times a year for about a week to get my physical learning on, then the rest of the time […]
Late 2012, or Self (Publishing) Help: How to Be a Baller Client
Late in 2012, I had the honor of working with two excellent writers. These authors are not excellent because they and I share a bit of commonality in terms of literary goals and aesthetics, they were excellent because they were wonderful to work with. The authors were REKTOK ross, author of YA Inspirational Romance, and […]
Saddest Picture In the World + Stuff for you, Cos I Like You.
They were just an abandoned pair of Crocs that blended in with the landscape such that I nearly didn’t see them. Immediately, I started to tell myself the story of the person who used to wear those shoes, how they got there, why there was a ponytail holder just next to them. The brownness of […]
Open Letter to He Who Must Have the Last Word (In A Professional Context)
Dear He, Please note the careful choice of pronoun. I have never met a woman who is so enamored of delivering a bitter pill of haute vulgarisation to a poor, plebeian other. I never met a woman who cradled her mons pubis while delivering her last word. Who took such small-minded, bureaucratic joy in lording her position, […]
Do You Know about the 99% Rise Movement?
It has taken me nearly 32 years, but I have finally become a fully initiated, angry, emotional, pissed off, pissed on feminist liberal. It is embarrassing that it’s taken me this long, and there are some embarrassing explanations, and it may help you to know that I’ve been on the road for a good decade, […]
I Made a Terrible Mistake.
I am not good at paying attention to politics. I am annoyed and saddened by the limitations of the scope of the rhetoric. I am convinced that my vote simply doesn’t matter (though I show up at the polls, just in case), and that rich people are totally in charge of this country, whatever histrionic […]
I Don’t Want a Pickle…
Since the song loses something if you haven’t heard it, I invite you to listen now. You really only need the chorus, so if it’s not your thing, you don’t have to listen long. It’s by this guy: Arlo Guthrie. The famous American folksinger, Woody Guthrie, is his dad. Woody’s work is stellar, and much […]
People do Zany Shit on the Internet & Notes from the Cosmos
Child started playing this game, Tapfish, on my first generation Galaxy Tab. I’m kind of into it, too. I’m babysitting our two tanks while she visits Grandma this week. This game is mildly frustrating because the cool stuff costs real money (in the form of fish bucks), but I’m in the middle of an “event” […]
PA School Press Association Rules!
Pennsylvania School Press Association is an organization I’ve been involved with intermittently in the past decade or so, presenting at their conferences in 2002 and in 2010. Their next conference is coming up in Harrisburg. Check out speakers and panels here. I was recently asked to join their Advisory Board which is an honor. […]
