strange things

First-Hand Experience

First-Hand Experience

I recently had to be fingerprinted to get qualified for a permit.  The person who was qualifying me told me “It’s no big deal.  Just go to the local police department and they will do it for you.” So I did. They were right.  The policeman was courteous, we joked through the 5-minute process, and I […]

Just For Fun Friday July 18, 2014

Just For Fun Friday July 18, 2014

Just commenting on the world today….. Remember these famous lines? “Here, hold my beer!” or “Hey, watch this!” have been joked about a lot as the beginning of pranks or actions that have gone terribly wrong. So, do we need to create a classification for communication by electronic devices?  Face it – our world is now ruled […]

Boundaries?  What Boundaries?

Boundaries? What Boundaries?

A recent article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about Little Rock’s 48-Hour Film Project caught my attention.The article follows one production company through the process of the competition. Here’s the basics of the project: At the beginning, the competing production companies are given the exact same set of items: a character, prop, and line that must […]

What If?

What If?

In her Adventures in Wonderland and on the other side of The Looking Glass, Alice discovers that sometimes there are different ways of looking at something.  When writing fiction, this is referred to as revisionism – the retelling of a story or type of story with substantial alterations in character or environment, to “revise” the […]

Just For Fun Friday 06/06/2014

Just For Fun Friday 06/06/2014

Do you have an   Obsession There they lay, in the far corner of the bottom drawer – someone’s cherished possessions, tucked safely away. Whether forgotten, or abandoned, I treasured them as a gift. Colored Paper Clips. I displayed them in a jar on my desk,         cheerful as brightly colored jelly beans, (until passers-by began […]