Dear Parents

/ October 19, 2010

It’s Halloween season and I get how great it is to dress your kid up in cute-ass costumes. I do. I like dressing The White One up too. But! (There’s always one, isn’t there?) Don’t put your child through this. Please. I think the hot dog is the worse costume choice ever. Parents, please tell me why you’d do this.

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You Came Here How!?

/ October 4, 2010

So if you blog using Blogger, you’ve probably noticed the statistics tab. If you don’t use it… Blogger has a tab that allows you to see all your stats: hits, top posts, top demographic, who tap dances, etc. Since looking at statistics is higher in priority than cleaning my desk, I check them out a lot. I like to see

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I Heart Banned Books

/ September 30, 2010

In case you’re not a book nerd, you might not know that it’s Banned Books Week. I think it’s important to recognize books that have been banned or challenged because they usually end up being some of the most influential books in terms of outlook or genre*. And without fail, they’re challenged because they make you think, deal with magical-elements-which-means-they’re-the-spawn-of-satan,

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Rockin Lawn Ornament Fun

/ August 31, 2010

I know what you’re thinking: Why is there a raisin wearing shades and sneakers? Because it’s a California Raisin, of course. And since I live in a weird-ass town, the housing complex down the street showcases three of these bad boys on their patch of dirt lawn. This, plus the other two, are dancing their way far from an alligator

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Four Vamps and a Gunslinger

/ August 18, 2010

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you your link in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s question: What book ending would you rewrite and why? Argh… We’ve all had the experience of reading something that keeps us up for

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