Defies Categorization

An interesting site for anyone interested in U.S. politics:

http://www.themorningnews.org

and other crimes against canines…

DECEMBER 7, 2004 BY SUSAN J Dear Santa, As you well know, I have been quite good this year. I have spent at least 25 hours worrying about...

Undershirt for Edward: check.

Accomplished so far in the season of gluttony and avarice and misguided crafts: One wreath of holly.

Our doorknocker is made of iron, painted red and shaped like a woodpecker. It requires a bit of effort to move but produces a resonant knock.

If one more person tells me “Just four more weeks!” I may be forced to do something rash. Like start weeping uncontrollably.

From the Mail Room (aka My Inbox)

It was a dark and stormy night. No, really. It was.

The Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

No. Not really. I have no prizes. (And if you’re wondering what happened with the Name Miss Smithers for the U.K. Market competition, sponsored by yours truly, the U.K. publisher actually chose their own name.

I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to accompany you to New Brunswick. Please accept my letter of resignation. And I do mean resignation, as in admission of defeat.

If you are writing to me on my blog email address, andfurthermore@shaw.ca I won’t be able to read your messages until I return home.

I’ve taken the drastic step of editing your last post. As your handler, I feel it is my responsibility to do a bit more handling. Part of my job is to prevent you doing things that you will regret.

My last post was nothing like the note on the juice jug! And you should be aware that as a result of that note I became friends with the owner of the jug and we are still best friends today

OCTOBER 23, 2004 BY SUSAN J Dear Ms. Juby, I presume you mean Linda Carter , not Linda Hamilton. And my look is much more Star Trek than...

OCTOBER 22, 2004 BY SUSAN J Dear Xena, For a media escort who dresses like Linda Hamilton on the set of Planet of the Apes (Bright Eyes!...

You are now two events into your tour. You have given a heartfelt talk called “Five Bandannas and a Barf Bag”

I leave Thursday for the Vancouver International Writer’s Festival, followed by a tour of the Toronto Library system and then the TD Canadian Children’s Book Tour in New Brunswick. Woo hoo!