Roughly four years and three months ago, something happened in Portland, Oregon (and on the internet). Something… Wunderful. The Oregonian reported on it at the time: “Google Maps prank officially renames Portland’s Tilikum Crossing after Captain Picard.” And a few…
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Looking Back at 2019
Every year, DeeAnn and I send holiday cards to friends and family. We used to print out a one-page newsletter to stick inside each card, which would include a handwritten note, but as our mailing list got longer the time…
2017 Year-End Writerly Post
It’s that time of the year when writers blog about their award-eligible works published in the last calendar year. Well, I only had one work published in 2017: If you read and enjoyed Kangaroo Too, please talk it up anywhere…
#Xmasmoviethon Index, 2016 Edition
Every year around Christmastime, DeeAnn and I spend an entire day at the movies seeing as many first-run shows as we can. Here are some statistics recounting how we spent our Boxing Day this year… (with apologies to Harper’s) Movies…
Saturday Night #LongKiss2016
WHAT: livetweeting movie THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHTWHEN: 8:00PM Pacific Time (UTC/GMT-8) on December 24th (Xmas Eve)HASHTAG: #LongKiss2016 You may recall this film from Day 15 of #42Movies, my birthday blog series last year. A few of our live-tweet participants have…
MEOWY XMAS
This year, D and I switched from hand-writing all our holiday cards to drop-shipping pre-printed postcards. It forced us to write more concisely about the past year, but we’re very happy with the results: If you wanted a card from…
Tonight is #DieHardEve
ETA (1:00 PM): MOAR commentators, and embedded Twitter search results 🙂 Tonight, starting at 9:30 PM Pacific Time, you’re invited to our first ever… Christmas Eve DIE HARD livetweet extravaganza! Search for #DieHardEve on Twitter to see commentary from various…
‘Tis the Season
And here’s a scientific carol for you: https://youtu.be/J0NXY89WsxY (H/T Andrea Phillips on Twitter)
I Now Own Part of a Private Island
One square foot, to be precise, in the place known as “Hawaii 2,” which the horrible people at Cards Against Humanity actually purchased—and then gave away—as part of this year’s Holiday Bullshit shenanigans. Here’s where my real estate is located:…
I Have Terrible Handwriting
Fortunately, our holiday newsletter is available in convenient, machine- and human-readable PDF form. Enjoy! Download PDF Tomorrow: for our traditional Christmas Day movie marathon, DeeAnn and I will attempt to watch six movies in a single day! You can follow…