I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary. You can prick your finger — just don’t finger your prick. By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth. Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac? [...]

Dear Readers; A few weeks ago we did a piece by Rex Murphy called: ‘Oil sands are a triumph for the human ‘environment!’  http://www.blogscanada.ca/wp-admin/post.php?post=315288&action=edit ———————————— We also had a comment on the article by Chris Hedges on the Left Wing piece called, “What Happened to Canada?”  http://www.blogscanada.ca/2012/03/23/what-happened-to-canada-2/NOW, HERE COMES THE SPOILER, KIDS! Unless these Left [...]

By Brian Moylan: Every year Lake Superior State University bans a bunch of words and phrases from the English language for good. They just released their list today and, I must say, it is amazing. Oh wait, we can’t say “amazing” anymore. The number one word for removal was “amazing,” which people say is overused [...]

That’s it! Nothing else to add……… the headline says it all folks! Now the reason I put it up this morning is to make a point. This headline will draw more readers than just about anything else I can do on this publication boys and girls! I could write on just about any subject, or [...]

I started reading this and liked the rhymes. I would have read more, probably right to the end, but the formatting (a block of solid text) put me off. I skipped down and read some lines from the middle and then around the end. What a shame the writer didn’t take the time to format [...]

This is a 30 day blogging challenge. Mainly for personal bloggers as the questions are all about you – who you are, what you like and what you are like. Here is the list of the each day if you’d like to try it yourself! Day 1-Introduce yourself and give 15 interesting facts Day 2-Meaning [...]

Au contraire, Vonnegut. You can teach good writing, and all that comes with it.

What’s a drabble? A drabble is a fiction story that’s exactly 100 words long. via TheRecord – Winners named in WLU drabble competition. My brother has always been part of my life. Years of co-conspirators, fart jokes and hockey against the garage door. One day he became a man, not my same old brother any [...]

Seven Easy Steps to Much Faster Writing | Write to Done. I’m having trouble dealing with distractions and interruptions. Even when I do manage around the outside interruptions there is still myself. When you get interrupted many times it seems much harder to get and keep your focus. Almost like you are just waiting, suspended, [...]

ladaisi: Meagan of The Illustrator’s Wife : Give Yourself Permission to Fail I happen to believe there’s a little bit of an artist in all of us. And artists are not of the stock who shrink back. So be bold. Be courageous. Take every major disaster and every tiny error, every wrong turn, every fragment of [...]

25 Ways To Create Your Own Endless Channel Of Creative Inspiration | A Big Creative Yes. I picked out three from the list. Others I like but had written about myself in one form or another. All are good ideas, ways and means of getting yourself back in the driver’s seat when it comes to [...]

Hecklers make me think of telemarketers. Both are unwanted, not well respected and get treated meanly by the people they communicate with. In the case of hecklers, they do ask for it (literally). Though, I’m not sure about the mean part. They do speak right up and ask for some kind of feedback from whoever [...]

I enjoy finding a new word. Today I found Hikikomori. It comes from Lawrence Pearce in his post to get votes on which title to use for his book. I know agoraphobia is also a fear of the outside world, people tend to shut themselves in because they don’t want to be out in the [...]

You see, J.K. saw Harry Potter as a passport out of a life that she didn’t want. Harry Potter wasn’t just a story – it was destiny. It was epic. It was great. Her commitment to write it transcended the pages holding the ink. It was much more. via What J.K. Rowling Knows About Creating [...]

Book Blogger Appreciation was started by Amy Riley of My Friend Amy in an effort to recognize the hard work and contribution of book bloggers to the promotion and preservation of a literate culture actively engaged in discussing books, authors, and a lifestyle of reading. The first Book Blogger Appreciation was observed in the fall of 2008 [...]

The 52 Weeks of Pagan Art Journaling project has already begun. Create a personal art journal which will have you tapping into the depths of who you are and what has developed in your soul, your heart, your inner depths). Take what you really believe in and bring it onto the page in words and [...]