Blue Holidays |
Another Thanksgiving is upon us. A time to count our blessings, to revel in relatives, stuff ourselves with all manner of good eats. I have a lot for which to be thankful. And I am thankful, every day...
Posted by M.L. Bushman on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:58:00 PST |
Dear Judith Regan, |
Assuming you consider your time as precious as I consider mine, let's cut to the chase, shall we?First off, I have a question that I'm sure writers everywhere would love to ask.Was O.J. Simpson requir...
Posted by M.L. Bushman on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:05:00 PST |
Tag--Who's It? |
Network news reported recently that a handful of schools have banned tag because being "it" might damage the psyches of the little tykes, not to mention the possibility a child may be injured.Oh, brot...
Posted by M.L. Bushman on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:13:00 PST |
On Surgery, Ezines, and Newsletters |
I haven't blogged in a while, simply because I went under the knife as it were and now I'm tired. The anesthesia takes a full ten days to wear off, or so my doctor says, but I'm still exhausted, plus ...
Posted by M.L. Bushman on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:14:00 PST |
The Cure for Writer's Block |
I don't believe in writer's block.Sure, it's a nice term. Writer's block. Sounds almost terminal, doesn't it? I have...writer's block. Oh, you poor suffering thing. So that's why you're not pumping ou...
Posted by M.L. Bushman on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:20:00 PST |
9/11 |
This is a hard subject for me because the wound is still fresh. Five years have passed and the cut has barely scabbed over. I wasn't physically there, as a friend of mine, who still gets what the Viet...
Posted by M.L. Bushman on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 06:46:00 PST |
Pluto and Goofy |
Poor Pluto.A planet for decades, demoted now because a group of astronomers decide to re-classify our solar system, and by inference, the Universe as we know it.Judging by the amount of news reports g...
Posted by M.L. Bushman on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:56:00 PST |
Showing versus Telling--A real life example |
I took my daughter to the state fair Friday. We bought a wristband so she could spend three and a half hours racing from ride to ride while I marched doggedly from sunlit bench to shady tree in heat...
Posted by M.L. Bushman on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 03:45:00 PST |
Of Mice and Customer |
The lady was very upset when she called."There's mice in my dryer," she said tersely."Mice," I reply, visions of fried mice in the laundry basket coming to mind."I want a technician to come out here a...
Posted by M.L. Bushman on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:39:00 PST |
