Block, or What?

Posted by on May 13, 2009 in dish | 0 comments More cleaning of the cabinets today, since les élèves are taking an exam, and of course I get sidetracked by a book. Miracle’s Boys, by Jacqueline Woodson. One thing leads to another, I end up at her website, and I find this: I don’t believe there is any such thing as Writer’s Block. I think it’s just your mind telling you that the thing you’re writing isn’t the thing you really want to be...
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10 Awesome Bands

Posted by on May 5, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Foo FightersRed Hot Chili PeppersR.E.M.U2The PoliceBarenaked LadiesRushJimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer BandTom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Rolling Stones
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Success Looks Like…

Posted by on May 3, 2009 in dish | 0 comments …this fabulous young woman, who is now a proud graduate of the University of Florida. Prior to joining the Gator Nation, I taught her in my AP English class. She started hyphenating her last name with mine at the tops of her papers and calling me “Mom,” so of course, “Mom” was in the O’Connell Center this morning taking pictures and beaming alongside her...
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Do Clichés Matter?

Posted by on Apr 30, 2009 in dish | 1 comment Stumbled across an interesting article online at the Entertainment Weekly site. With a title like “24 Rom-Com Clichés We’d Retire,” how could I not explore? Although they presented good reasons for their choices, I can’t say I completely agree with them. They also definitely missed some of the things that drive me nuts. Here’s a rundown of their nitpicks:Media...
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Novel Hybrids

Posted by on Apr 29, 2009 in dish | 0 comments One of the highlights of reading Jincy Willett’s sly, entertaining novel The Writing Class were the gems she dropped carelessly along the way, the blog posts “authored” by the novel’s central character Amy Gallup, who was published too quickly and now endures the ignominy of college extension fiction writing classes to pay the rent and keep her flatulent Bassett hound,...
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