August 2013
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When I Want to Run Away, I Drive Off In My Car
Today’s Daily Prompt from The Daily Post is “Can’t Drive 55.” It reads: “Take the third line of the last song you heard, make it your post title, and write for a maximum of 15 minutes. GO!” You can see the prompt and other responses here. Well, there is my line up on the title… Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: Pants on Fire
Today’s Daily Prompt from The Daily Post reads: What was the last lie you told? Why did you tell it? You can see the prompt and links to other responses here. I read this one and immediately thought of all the nonsense I tell the kids, from Santa seeing their every move, to babies coming out… Continue reading
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Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge- 1,000 Words
Oh, Mama. I’m so bored. Where are all the kids? Where are you? I want to ride the merry-go-round. Please? Just once? Can’t the baby feed itself? Mama? It’s hot and I’m getting tired. Why did you bring me here if I can’t ride Tigger? I always ride Tigger. If Daddy were here he’d let me… Continue reading
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Dear Writers of Breaking Bad and Big Wigs at AMC:
If anything bad happens to Jesse Pinkman at the end of the series I am BANNING your future writing projects and AMC for LIFE. I MEAN IT! Do what you want with the others, but JESSE LIVES. I want to see his hoodie-wearing body riding off into the New Mexican sunset, dammit, or I am… Continue reading
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Seinfeld Trivia Answers
Hi everyone! I received mixed reviews on my Seinfeld trivia– some thought it was too hard and others thought it was just right. Zombie expert and author Jack Flacco made a great effort– obviously he’s a “Seinfeldic Scholar” (a term coined by David). For the rest of you, Seinfeldic Scholars or not, here are the questions and… Continue reading
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Escaping Rutsville (With a Little Help from George Costanza)
Recently I wrote that I was stuck in a rut. Blogger Buddy Rachel commented that I was in “Rutsville” and that it was okay to hang out there for awhile until I could manage to get out onto the Road to Awesome again. This week I’ve made an effort to do the things that I… Continue reading
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A Quick Post on the Daily Prompt
The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt today is “Smell You Later.” You can see the post here. The prompt is: Humans have very strong scent memory. Tell us about a smell that transports you. This one came to me easily. The smell of Biolage shampoo transports me to the summer of 1990. I didn’t realize that… Continue reading
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Things That Make You Go Hmmm…. Trenton Style
Trenton, New Jersey! The New Jersey state capital. I get to work there and it never ceases to amaze me. First, the people. My biggest complaint about the People of Trenton is that they don’t know to “cross on green.” It would really help traffic patterns and us out-of-town road-ragers if they’d just follow this… Continue reading
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Being Better
Tonight I’m wishing I was better. I’ve been in a rut the past few weeks and I can’t exactly figure out why. But I do know this. I wish I was better. At everything. I wish I could be a better mother. I wish I was a better employee. I wish I could be a… Continue reading
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A Writing Prompt for You . . .
I found this when I was cleaning off my nine-year-old son’s “work table”: “But when we saw the light, …” I read it and smiled, wondering about the story in his mind. I love that he used a comma and that he drew it like a colored-in dot with a tail. I… Continue reading
Waiting on a Word 