The Internet and I have this not-so-secret love affair with each other. I try to Get Stuff Done, the Internet whispers sweet nothings in my ear, and hours later, I’m exclaiming that Uncle Phil was the voice of The Shredder on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (How flipping fantastic is that?!) On one such foray into Internet wildernessContinue reading “Web Crush Wednesday: Allie Brosh”
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You Lazy Son of a Biscuit!
Or, more reasons why the Internet killed books.
Getting Bookish: Reading ‘Purple Hibiscus’
In keeping with my resolution to read more books with physical pages (#ProjectNoScrolling), I finished Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus. Yay, me! I enjoyed the book immensely. You should definitely pick it up if you haven’t read it. Here are my takeaways: The Skinny Kamibili Achike, the 15 year old Nigerian protagonist, narrates the novel, whichContinue reading “Getting Bookish: Reading ‘Purple Hibiscus’”
Doing a Good Job with Hands is Not a Hand Job
Doing a Good Job with Hands is Not a Hand Job If you write and struggle to find new ways to describe ordinary things, this article by The Onion should crack you up.
What, Exactly, is ‘Awesomesauce?’
I’m just going to come right out and say it: I have a vocab crush on the word “awesome.” It’s pretty, well, AWESOME! Something about that open first “ahhhh” syllable and the hissing finality of the last syllable speaks to me, like jumping out of an airplane and landing on your feet, arms akimbo, withContinue reading “What, Exactly, is ‘Awesomesauce?’”
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