Daily Archives: January 30, 2007
The Place to Which the Good Ship Lollipop Goes
Posted on January 30, 2007 23 Comments
Athena had a school assignment in which she had to make a project with exactly 100 pieces to it, and this is what she came up with: A candy island. The land is colored marshmallow, the trunk of the palm tree Rollos and the palm leafs sectioned candy fruit wedges. All on a shoebox ocean. […]
A Novel in a Weekend?
Posted on January 30, 2007 22 Comments
For those of you who find the pace of National Novel Writing Month a little too leisurely, Gabe Chouinard has got your number: I’d like you to join me, therefore, in the first annual urban drift Novel(la) in a Weekend challenge, if you dare. It will run from (your) Friday afternoon (February 2) until Monday […]
How to Hit a Deer
Posted on January 30, 2007 78 Comments
Yesterday while Krissy was heading to work, a deer bolted out into the road and struck her car. As anyone who has ever had a vehicular encounter with a deer will tell you, this is usually a fine recipe for totaling your car. Due to Krissy’s good reactions and smart driving skills, however, her car […]
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