It’s been a good year
The year started out quietly with a determination to pull some projects off the back burner and finish them, one at a time. This was my grand 11-for-11 plan. Result? Continue Reading →
Month: December 2011
Steve Martin, Supergenius.
(NOTE: You have to say “Supergenius” the way Wile E. Coyote does in Operation Rabbit, his first speaking appearance alongside Bugs Bunny, for the word to have its intended impact.) Continue Reading →
Festive Sprinkle Candies
Need something super-simple for the last minute? Get thee to Michaels (or check your cupboards if you’re like me) and pick up the following: Jar of sprinkles (a.k.a. jimmies; I Continue Reading →
Best Buy? Not so much.
So, three days before Christmas finds us in our friendly neighbourhood Best Buy. We went in looking for… not sure what… but the idea of an iPad was sitting near Continue Reading →
Writing, Writing, Writing.
December seems to have included a lot of writing. While it has included work on Undead, my fiction has not been the focus. I’ve been working on some research projects, Continue Reading →
Festive Preparation
I took a break from the computer today — I’ve been juggling a bunch of projects of late, but one large one in particular has kept me working well into Continue Reading →
Uncluttered Gifts
What do you give the person who needs nothing? Whether gift-buying for a one-percenter or someone who has simplified to the point that they need no new gadgets or media Continue Reading →
7 Things that Should go Back in the Vault
I mock Disney for shoving its films back in the vault to create artificial scarcity but it does have its advantages. Primarily, it allows Disney to create the next big Continue Reading →
Kiddo’s Christmas Giving
I really want to give massive kudos to my daughter. A few years ago, she started to feel really overwhelmed at Christmas — as an only child, she was getting Continue Reading →
Check, check, aaaaand CHECK!
Crafting [check] I now have a stack of mug-mats (coaster-sized mini-quilts) for the Libraries Craft Fair on Wednesday and packaged about 50 sets of Reindeer Noses and Holly Berries (30 Continue Reading →