When medical dramas and football collide
Okay, so I’m not the only brainiac who has been pointing out how much Dr. Foreman, from the show House, and Mike Tomlin, head coach from the Steelers, look alike. And I’m sure I’m not the only annoying brainiac who spends part of every televised Steelers game saying, “Dr. Foreman, you’re needed in emergency! Stat!” [...]
Ten years come and gone so fast
So this coming Monday will be a very big day at Chez Polka Dot. It’s… Mister Steel’s birthday!! I know you’re thinking I should be waiting until Monday to celebrate, but when you’re all polka dotty like we are here (not literally), we like to celebrate birthday weekends. Sometimes birthday weeks. And if it’s my [...]
10K away from a first draft
So I’m doing NaNo, writing a first draft in the month of November. I’ve been very dedicated, and now I just crossed the 40K mark (the goal is 50K). Ah, if only I had a dollar for every word I’ve written. As far as first drafts go, it’s not totally hideous, but it’s pretty scary. [...]
Missed opportunity
So this morning, I had a fantastic snake made out of mustard on top of my Canadian bacon-on-English muffin (kind of an international breakfast, I guess). It was perfect. And I showed the kids, and they agreed: A perfect mustard snake. I even took little English muffin crumbs and made eyes. And then I happily [...]
Partners in prose
I was going to be very clever and find something that rhymed with “crime” for the title of the post, but it’s o-dark-thirty in the morning and I couldn’t come up with anything. Alliteration will have to do. Anyhoo, I mentioned earlier I’m doing NaNo again this year. But this year, I’ve got a fabulous [...]
Life imitating art
In a hilarious example of life imitating art, I read this story from ABC news. Seems like a bunch of kids started using a made-up word, and the higher-ups got ticked off. Hello? Can you say FRINDLE?
Veterans Day
Hello Blogglings! Sir Buffalo Sushi here. Even though it’s not Friday, I’m writing because it’s Veterans Day. Veterans day is when, in 1918 on 11:00 of the 11th on the 11th month, the Germans and We and our allies of World War 1 both signed a Armistice. (Shortly said, a Armistice is a document declaring [...]
Life in the 18th century
Yesterday, the guys got to do some livin’ in the 18th century. What fun! (I can say that because when we were done, we hopped into our vehicle, picked up a pizza, and watched Monday night football on cable, all modern day perks. The 18th century is fun in hindsight.) The day started with a [...]
