"In college, I somehow ended up with a cow costume, udders and all, that served me well for a number of years, even though I never managed to work out a way for it to give milk."

'To my credit, I made a strong effort to label boxes as I packed them, for which I am eternally grateful to past-me for doing. What I’m not so grateful for is the number of boxes that contain miscellaneous items or random stuff, which I helpfully labelled “Miscellaneous Items” and “Random Stuff”.'

The Wyoming Press Association does yearly awards for its members. Each November, newspapers submit entries spanning work from the previous 12 months for judging in different categories ( Read more... )

One of my columns was published in the Journal yesterday, and I just got off the phone with a gentleman who called for me specifically to tell me how great a writer I am, how much he loves my columns, how funny they are, and how we really need columns like that these days.

This was almost immediately after a man hand delivered a letter to the editor ( Read more... )

Hey you.

Yeah, you.

C'mer.

Check this out.
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I'm about to blow smoke in your face

I’m no one’s role model. Good, bad, or otherwise defined- I’ve never asked to be, intended to be, offered to be, or acted to be. Which is good, for why anyone would look up to me or even anything other than askance at me is difficult for me to comprehend: I’m very large, I scowl exclusively and I eat too many ( Read more... )

Analyzing this earns me:


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Tips for dealing with water woes

With the flooding situation being foremost in everyone’s mind here in Lander, matters aren’t improved by water restrictions in our homes. There’s so much to worry about, it’s easy to just throw up one’s hands and say, “Is there really a reason I can’t fill my above ground pool right now? I can always save water later ( Read more... )

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My mother's last book. I worked all day getting it ready for print (Pagemaker wouldn't embed the fonts to the PDF, had to import it into inDesign, correct layout mistranslations, work out the percentages to get it to fit the different margins on Lulu, creating a cover, etc, etc.)


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