It’s hard to be in Arizona.It’s hard and embarrassing to be here a lot lately.But this?This crosses so many lines. I’m hoping this will turn out to be apocryphal…but Wonkette isn’t usually fringe-y about things like...

…and then there are good days that are made good by bloggers like this. LOVE the art. (Heck, love the template,...

Neverending LAX security line.

MD Merch. This is the line on Friday. Were we here on Saturday you would see a sea of people who stretch from one edge of the picture to the other, and off to my left about a quarter of a mile. Glad to be here on Friday.

Warning: screed ahead. I confess up front that my husband has a soft spot for Sandra Bullock. And I also confess that I hoped, once, that I had a little of her (dare I say it) “spunk” that was charmingly on display lo’ those many years ago in Speed. So, that’s all out there, now. Where I’m going with this is that even if you didn’t have a nice thing to say about the woman (or even though I do), the video...

I’ve spent most of today applying for work and bidding for freelance jobs online. Mixed in with all of that is trying to keep up with publishing industry blogs and websites, podcasting, and grading essays. Right now I have two books in decidedly different stages of development–a young adult novel that is complete and in the hands of a couple of agents–fingers crossed–and a craft book (not a shock, eh?). With two kids, a...