Ah, summer. I love it yet I hate it, because I don’t really function above 85 degrees and I burn easily, but I love the blue skies and the flowers and the afternoon thunderstorms (provided I am not out in
Kit Campbell and Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
You know how sometimes you watch some sort of movie (or read a book) and things just keep going wrong, and you think “This would never happen in real life.” Yeeeaaaahhh. Normally I don’t like to deviate from reading/writing/landsquids, but
Following the White Rabbit
Let’s say you’re walking along, minding your own business, when BAM a story idea waylays you. It’s interesting, it’s fun, it has all the information you need to sit down and get going. Let us also assume that you are
Using Mythology in Science Fiction/Fantasy
(Random aside – I put this down for a potential blog topic in December, and all I wrote next to it was “IT’S AWESOME.” Good job, Kit.) So, I went and saw Thor tonight. (When you read this on Monday,
Great Books vs Favorite Books
First, before I start, does anyone know how to get rid of bindweed? It is everywhere in my yard and it’s starting to kill my other plants and I DO NOT APPROVE. (Also, remember to wear gloves when trimming rose
Alpaca vs Landsquid: The Results (Plus the Comfort Books Theory)
Anne reminded me yesterday that I’d never truly ended the Alpaca/Landsquid/Sky Shark battle in any sort of fashion. For those of you too lazy to go and find the results of the poll (myself included), here’s how things resolved themselves.
When Science Goes Stale
Last night, my husband and I watched Jurassic Park. To make you all feel as old as I do, Jurassic Park came out eighteen years ago, in 1993. I probably haven’t watched it in a decade, but I remember being
Memorial Day
Happy Memorial Day, American Squiders. I have returned to you, albeit slightly more sun-roasted than I left you. The sun and I have an understanding. I slather myself in sunscreen, it burns me in places I have never burned before
Get Out and Live
As we speak, my husband and I are somewhere deep in the Rocky Mountains. I’m using his cell phone as a modem – it’s like being on dial-up again – and we’re jamming to Falconer as my husband drives my
Rabbits and Snakes
So, now that Spring has sprung (or so I assume – it’s hard to tell around the rain) I am getting a better idea of how my yard works. We have a ridiculous amount of wildlife. Foxes, coyotes, raccoons, birds
