Archive for February, 2011
I’ve occasionally mentioned misquoted or misattributed Shakespeare on this blog before, usually in reference to greeting cards. But I have to pause yet again on behalf of politics here in my home state of Wisconsin. Most of you know it’s been a trying time here, and that has prompted a great deal of fancy language [ READ MORE ]
Things have been a little exciting here in Madison recently. For those of you that weren’t following, the State Assembly voted last night on a very controversial bill. The vote largely went down party lines, but I noticed three Republican senators who broke away from their majority to vote against the bill. On God knows [ READ MORE ]
I really like drinking tea. As a direct result our house has acquired more tea-things than any two people could ever need, even if two people whose friends are awesome friends that come over for parties with lacy hats and tiny little crustless sandwiches (ours aren’t). These are just our favorite sets right now: And [ READ MORE ]
It’s been a busy week here in Wisconsin. Politics have been on my mind and just about everyone else’s. Even the local pizza joint is getting in on the action; so many people have called in to order pizzas delivered to the protesters on the capitol square that Ian’s Pizza now has a running tally [ READ MORE ]
As long as I’m keeping people up to date on the news today, the Wall Street Journal reports that Kathryn Stockett, author of the bestseller The Help, is being sued by her family’s former babysitter. The plaintiff, Ablene Cooper, claims that she was directly represented by the character “Aibileen Clark” in the novel, against her direct [ READ MORE ]
This was originally going to be a post about expressing your controversial opinions in fiction, or something like that, but here’s how it is folks: my state’s senators went on the lam yesterday. They up and left. Fled the state. And that’s just about as good as anything you’d find in a novel, politically-minded or [ READ MORE ]
I’m not really a gadgety person. But I felt the tug of the smart phone for the first time yesterday when I took the day off to attend to protests in Madison’s Capitol square. It wasn’t like there was really anyone who would read anything I had to say about events (maybe fiftyish people on [ READ MORE ]
Love Hearts! You know them. The crunchy, tangy, sugary little candies people give each other on Valentine’s Day. Maybe someone gave you some today? Maybe they were even the delicious British version, instead of the flavorless bland Sweethearts we have here in the States. Did they say something wonderful and romantic? Were you just swept [ READ MORE ]
I’ve mentioned greeting cards before — and even suggested a few variations on the theme myself — yet I always find myself revisiting them around Valentine’s Day. The king of Hallmark holidays has always brought out the best (and the worst) in publishers, but I think we have the internet to blame for my favorite [ READ MORE ]
They tell you “don’t quit your day job,” but sometimes the day job switches shifts and your blog-writing time gets eaten. This will be a real post (and a good one, so be sure to come back) some time Friday afternoon/evening. If you haven’t yet, think about getting Google Reader or some similar feed program [ READ MORE ]
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