Happy Thursday, People!
It's time to announce the winner of the Pet Portrait Contest!
Each entered pet pal's name was presented to these two:
The name evoking the most excitement (i.e., "scientific" clapping) became the pet who will forever be immortalized in paint--
barring a nuclear holocaust situation. Just covering my bases.
This method has proven very successful in our quest for a new pal ...more»
The president is being featured again on the October 15th issue of Rolling Stone magazine. No, I'm not saying he's being featured again on October 15th, but that once again, and for the third time, President Obama will be on the cover of the music magazine, and it just so happens that this, the third time (is a charm) will ...more»
Or something like that. Ladies and gents, there is still time to get Sparky immortalized in paint. Please enter your pal to win a pet portrait the likes of this...
... by yours truly.
To enter, you can email me (kara@masterofwhat.com) or comment below; simply describe why your bud is the bestest. The "winner" will be announced on Thursday.
May the best pet ...more»
This past Sunday I got churched. In the process of said churching (not so sure "church" exists as a verb outside the dialect of "Master of What"/my loonie mind), the idea of "monuments" or markers of important occasions was discussed.
Noah Webster, the man who felt inferior to some red coats and their language so he started American English (that's why ...more»
I'm trying to write a book. I very much hesitate to even throw that out there because what am I doing joining the ranks of hundreds of thousands of people desperate to get published in business that's perpetually changing but consistently chews up and spits out its cud (i.e., writers)? Why even bother? What if I never finish? What if ...more»
Just the other day on Facebook, a "friend" (and really great live person, too) linked up this article on Relevant magazine about social networking in light of Sony Pictures' new film The Social Network opening in a week. The article "What's Actually on Your Mind" addresses the dualistic conundrum of sites like Facebook, Twitter and the-not-so-relevant-anymore MySpace. Dualistic because while ...more»
Happy Friday, People! To help celebrate, I'm glad to announce the winner of the Gluten-PACKED Giveaway is CupcakeCaliBride who shared the following about her favorite glutenous guilty pleasure:
My favorite baked good? Chocolate cherry bread. It’s chocolate bread with cherries and chocolate chunks baked in. And because it’s a bread, with fruit, I can pretend it’s healthy!
Love that winning "healthy" attitude. ...more»
I used to teach English. It's true. In the midst of plot structure and literary devices, I also tackled grammar as well as vocabulary through Greek and Latin roots and affixes. I have praised the likes of Socrates for his methods of education and discussion and helped young writers develop their own tone and voice in their writing.
So why on ...more»
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