So, last week was an epic fail in the goal department, spiraling instead into a massive black hole of avoidance ( Read more... )

You may or may not know, but I work at a Light Metals (aluminum, titanium, magnesium) trade magazine. I have to wade through a lot of press releases, finding stuff that belongs in the news sections of our magazine. Most of what I get in is pretty dry and technical, but every once in while I get something in that just tickles me ( Read more... )

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Electronic signs, meant to warn drivers that there is road work ahead, were hacked into and altered for a new message.

I would have laughed quite hard if I saw this while driving down the road. In fact, I might have caused an accident by stopping for a photo myself. :)

nick_kaufmann wrote about 3 ways you should not respond when you receive a rejection.

C.E. Murphy writes about getting back into the writing each morning.

And Kristen Nelson wrote some rather good advice about writing the query and why you should do it yourself.

Oh, and this amused me greatly:

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I was walking through the lounge section of my local library where they have used books for sale. There was a group of three teenage boys sitting at a table talking ( Read more... )

My sister came home with purple hands last night. She's a hairdresser, and had to dye someone's hair purple, and like the silly-billy she is didn't think to wear gloves. She claimed however that she had been attacked by a purple people eater ( Read more... )

My dad loves puns. He can't help himself ( Read more... )

( .....so I gave my dad a mohawk. )