I know; I've been lousy at posting, but I read all your posts and wish you all the best of the holiday season.  I have sunshine, a tortiere (yeah, too lazy to go get the accented 'e') to go into the oven, a clean house, and the promise of guests.

May all your holiday baking last until the New Year. Joyeux Noel!

Cheery advertising logo: Plastic jingle bells!

...

That is just so wrong.

What's next? Cheap inflatable Santa Claus lawn ornaments? *grin*

Happy Birthday wintersweet !

I would have posted earlier, but the frost ate my internet. (Translation: My section of town was cut off from the internets today. I just got it back now.)

"English is a funny language--that explains why we park our car on the driveway and drive our car on the parkway."
---Mark Grasso

Yes, there was a dusting down the road from me and the temperature is hovering around the freezing mark ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, stillnotbored !

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." --Walter Bagehot

I'm late to the party on this one, but I thought you might like, Tom's Glossary of Book Publishing Terms.

My favorites:

FOREIGN MARKET: The part of the country outside New York City.

OPTION CLAUSE/RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL: Motivational fiction.

TRADE PAPERBACKS: What readers do instead of purchasing new books.

Hurry up and wait.

*sigh*

I'm sure this waiting thingy isn't anything new to my writer friends. But there are some things out there - jobs, etc. -- and basically, I'm ready NOW!!!

They don't teach this in schools. (And I never majored in patience.) I'm sure I would have remembered...

It is lotusice 's birthday. We celebrate, yes we do! *confetti*

Life consists not in holding good cards
but in playing those you hold well. - Josh Billings

Happy Birthday!

They say if someone wants to get a sense of who you are, they should look at your friends first.  Or at least their birthday cards:

Evidence the first:   Front cover - Buzzards hanging off every branch of a gray, denuded tree.  Inside caption - "Whatever you decide to do on your birthday...just keep moving."

Evidence the second:   Front cover - ( Read more... )

A man goes to his dentist because he feels something is wrong with his mouth.

The dentist examines him and says, "That new upper plate I put in for you six months ago is completely corroded. What have you been eating?"

The man replies, "All I can think of is that about four months ago my wife made some asparagus and put some stuff on it that was ( Read more... )