by scottd | Jan 8, 2009 | Bad behavior, Bizarro news, divorce, Writing and authors
Over the last week or so, I’ve seen some pretty bizarre news stories and I have to question whether people are willing to do anything for publicity, or I’m one of the rare few who hasn’t hopped the Crazy Train.First, in the “Not Another Author...
by scottd | Nov 7, 2008 | Bad behavior, Elections, Family, Friends, Opinions, Voting
The “Obama” jokes started. I’ve been really good about not preaching my political beliefs here (though if you read this blog regularly, you can pretty much guess where I stood in this year’s historic election). But it’s been three days...
by scottd | Aug 29, 2008 | Bad behavior, Bad parenting, Phrases I'd Love Stricken From the English, vacation
Didn’t I warn you I’d have more of these?Today’s phrase is, “They’re only children.”These three words are often used by parents to excuse bad behavior from their offspring. Well, sorry, Mom or Dad, but I just don’t buy it....
by scottd | Aug 13, 2008 | Bad behavior, Blogs, Writing and authors
Over at Dear Author, there was a discussion regarding a certain author taking revenge on those who give her a bad review. Said author mused she would be putting one particular offender in her next book as a murder victim with some embarrassing health issues to...