Party Favors
Having some friends over for an early birthday party since I’ll be on Route 66 the actual day of, and the libations are ready to go. Lagunitas IPA and Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale to share, and the Arrogant Bastard Ale is for me, of course!
Worst car never – AMC Pacer (Don’t hate!)
Love it or hate it, just don’t call it “the worst.” Every time a “Worst Car Ever” list comes out, the AMC Pacer seems to find its way onto it. Built from 1975 to 1980, the AMC Pacer is the Worst Cars Ever list’s Commander-In-Grief. Its styling was, and still is, daring and different –
Flash, the family gecko
Flash is almost too big for his home. He was half this size when we got him six months ago, and his tail is now nearly as big as his torso. Time for a diet, fatty!
Falling In and Out of Love, with E-books | Publishing Perspectives
But what I fear, as things go digital, is that a lot of the visceral love of reading will be lost. Not the romance of paper — although, there is that — but that physical connection one gets with books from an early age. That climbing into the book my daughter is doing, the way
Where the Wild Things Are – New [HD] Trailer
via youtube.com If this is half as good as the trailer makes it seem like it could be, I’m going to love this movie. The music is absolutely perfect. Fingers crossed…
MetsBlog.com » Opinion: Bobby Valentine and the Mets
That said, for the most part, Valentine seems to work best with disciplined, selfless talent, most of whom are primed to buy in to his style of play. For instance, I think David Wright would do well with Valentine, but I think Jose Reyes would struggle. So, if the Mets intend to rely on the Gary Sheffields of the world,
A Personal Request: Help a Special Ed Teacher Out
“It is the glory and the burden of public schools that they cater to all of our children, whether delinquent or obedient, drug-damaged or clean, brilliant or handicapped, privileged or scarred.” – Benjamin R. Barber Three years ago, my wife (Salomé) was accepted into NYC’s Teaching Fellows Program, and left the corporate world to become
Done with Storytlr; Testing out Posterous
After a couple of weeks on Storytlr, I don’t love it. It’s much too inconvenient to use (posting via web is the only method that works well) and it doesn’t appear to have any active development going on. Also, its primary gimmick of combining sources to tell a “story” is rather limited, and isn’t terribly
Get Serious About the Business of Publishing
A book’s success is too important to entrust to somebody who doesn’t have a stake in it. Editors are already fierce enough advocates to have persuaded their bosses to let them acquire the books in the first place; why not let them keep on advocating? –Ron Hogan, “Hey Editors! Less Max Perkins, More Billy Mays“
Staying on Message: It’s all about Community
There’s a hand-painted sign that hangs over my desk at work, that my wife picked out years ago at a crafts fair in Virginia, that says: “I’m not bossy, I just have better ideas.” Anyone that’s worked with me, reads this blog, or follows me on Twitter, probably isn’t the least bit surprised by that.