I did hear from Bookdragon, so we’re in the process of getting her cookbook to her. And the proud mama couldn’t help but brag on her son’s Halloween costume: Boy Scout of the Living Dead. “Not that many 12 yr olds could do this themselves with latex, fake blood and their older sister’s makeup kit,” …
Paging Bookdragon!
You won the cookbook giveaway! Sent an email yesterday but never heard back. Hopefully you’ll see this today and contact me so you can get your book. If I don’t hear by tonight I will draw another number. Also………open thread!
Hail Seitan! (Cookbook Giveaway)
Happy Almost-Halloween, Juicers! I present, in all his dark majesty, the Vegan Black Metal Chef: I love this guy! And I love his cookbook because he explains exactly what to do AND what not to do AND why. It’s a great cookbook for anyone, but especially newbie cooks. Like any good seitanist, the VBMC craves …
Meanwhile, in North Dakota…
While the seven armed occupiers go scot free in Oregon, peaceful demonstrators seeking to preserve clean water and their tribal rights against encroachment by the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) are being arrested by the hundreds by militarized police in North Dakota. Attack dogs, pepper spray, water cannons, tanks, LRADs—no defense is too excessive when it …
More Things in Heaven and Earth
So the most shocking news of the year may turn out (for me, at least) to have nothing to do with the election. It’s that Christopher Marlowe has been officially credited as coauthor of some of Shakespeare’s plays: Shakespeare may have had a little more help than previously suspected. The New Oxford Shakespeare edition of …
Puffball Envy
Check out the puffball on this guy! I’m feeling, I don’t know, kinda inadequate. Also found in Michigan, btw. (As I mentioned, we’ve had a megaton of rain.) And the comment thread is filled with people showing off their puffballs. The clever ones have kids holding them up (their tiny bods increasing the apparent size …
Writing Productivity Class and Meet Ups (NY & NJ) Comin’ Atcha!
Hey Everyone – I’m going to bigfoot myself to announce that I’m teaching an online writing-productivity class starting 10/31. It’s great for any writer (creative, academic, business, etc.) trying to boost his or her output, overcome procrastination and perfectionism, and/or finish a project. (Actually for anyone with those goals, in any field, but the examples …
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