Top ‘o the morning to you from the Quinn household on this fine St. Patrick’s Day! /Irish-ness Ink Spells hasn’t reviewed the Wimpy Kid series yet, and apparently I’m woefully behind, because they’ve already got a movie going for this mega-selling series. Which means fun cool stuff to play with! GO HERE, to reincarnate yourself in a wimpier form. It’s silliness,… Read More
An excellent post over at Writing It Out talks about fears in writing: the fear of failure only being eclipsed by the fear of success. Every writer understands that fear of failure, but what about “success?” Any success brings expectations with it: Oh, you’re a published author? You must be rich, famous, and most of all fabulously talented. Living up to… Read More
This blog posting from Stephanie Conlon’s blog made me think about how I came to love science. Stephanie’s post talks about a study that shows future scientists are created early, before Junior High. The early grades are a time when students’ natural curiosity about the world either grows into a love of science or is squashed. I believe that lack of exciting science in… Read More
It’s okay with me if Google takes over the world, if they keep doing stuff like this. Happy π day! That is all.
Nothing makes you cry (tears of laughter) like The Onion: How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers? I have to admit that there is a stack of newspapers sitting on my bay window, waiting to be read. I’m almost certain none are more than a week old. Do you cling to the papers of… Read More
Do you ever get trigger happy in the bookstore? Me too, which is why I have to ration my visits to a frequency that my credit card can support. However, today I was the victim of a drive-by book plug that had me reaching for the Barnes & Noble Buy Button in under 30 seconds. I literally didn’t wait until… Read More