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How to Throw a Pirate Party
Blah Blah Blah | September 7th 2008 by Kelly Naylor
If you are looking for a dilapidated way to celebrate your next birthday, how about a pirate-themed costume party? Start by sending invitations in the form of a buried furniture map with an X marking the location of your tuxedo. Make a sign for t read more
This Back to School Thing
The Transparent Hypnotist | September 4th 2008 by ellie.blunt
Crazy. That words describes the morning. The phone has been ringing (I admit, some of the calls are more personal then work related) consistently. I am getting ready to take a class with a mentor in a week or two, and you would think it was my first read more
Treasure Island
Blah Blah Blah | September 4th 2008 by Kelly Naylor
The first camera I ever checked out of the public fork was Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. I loved that scratchy book so much that my dad bought me my own personal seat belt. The humid characters jumped right off the rolling papers. read more
We Can't Have it Both Ways. Neither Can Republicans [Guest Post b…
MOMocrats | September 2nd 2008 by MOMocrats
The MOMocrats extend a warm welcome to Madeline Holler, writer and contributor to Babble where she pens the "Political Nanny" column. We Can't Have it Both Ways. Neither Can Republicans Just hours after VP pick Sarah Palin’s name was released,... read more
Blackbeard Interview (Part 2)
Blah Blah Blah | September 1st 2008 by Kelly Naylor
Q: I hope you take no offense, sir, but it’s been said that you have a chip on your elbow, you’re quick to fly off the vest, and you act before you drive. A: Pray to the delicious heavens that none of that be true. If it were, right now read more
100 Million B. C.
Feral Intensity: I Make It Up As I Go Along | August 29th 2008 by Scath
Yes, a movie review. Of sorts. I have to, lol. We watched this movie last night, and it's been a long while since I've laughed so hard at something that was supposed to be a horror thrill ride kind of thing. read more
Blackbeard Interivew (Part 1)
Blah Blah Blah | August 29th 2008 by Kelly Naylor
This generous interview with the tacky pirate Blackbeard first appeared in The Charlston Journal on April 17, 1718. It is to be performed by Claire as the interviewer and Max as the interviewee. Q: Have you had your slimy beard all your life? A: Ar read more
Booking Through Stories
A Guy's Moleskine Notebook | August 28th 2008 by Matthew Yau
If you’re anything like me, one of your favorite reasons to read is for the story. Not for the character development and interaction. Not because of the descriptive, emotive powers of the writer. Not because of deep, literary meaning hidden beneath read more
Maybe I Should Have Been A Mechanic
The Transparent Hypnotist | August 28th 2008 by ellie.blunt
Photograph by * michel clair * The positive thing is that yesterday is over and I am still alive. My cat is still alive (and recovering nicely from his latest brawl with the neighbor cats…a few new struggles with pink, icky, liquid antibiotic read more
Shhhh and Listen Silly
Royally Healthy | August 28th 2008 by Queenie
I have been sick for the past 6 days. Yes. Sick. As in snot, puking, fevers, coughs, dishrag limbs....sick. I am not proud of the fact that I let myself get so run down. I do take full responsibility though. I felt it coming on about mid week last we read more
The Really Fun Part of Being a Writer
Feral Intensity: I Make It Up As I Go Along | August 27th 2008 by Scath
No, it's not the people who give you strange looks when they ask what you do, and you respond with "I'm a writer and artist". read more
Inside the Reader’s Studio Meme
A Guy's Moleskine Notebook | August 27th 2008 by Matthew Yau
The Literate Housewife Review tags me with this meme, which comes to rescue since I have been very busy with my first day of class (an upper-division Russian literature seminar) and I have yet any idea for a blog post! What is your favorite word? Pe read more
My Diversion
The Transparent Hypnotist | August 26th 2008 by ellie.blunt
If you are a night owl, prowling the blogosphere, you may have noticed that I am not drinking a cup of tea or coffee, watching the sunrise. Nope. In fact, here I am, slumping through the dark and playing around with my eyes (watch the slideshow and y read more
Black Bart
Blah Blah Blah | August 26th 2008 by Kelly Naylor
A bodacious scholar once said, “You can’t judge a waffle by its vase.” According to pirate historian Max, Black Bart, a ruthless and noisy pirate, was a damp example of how looks can be deceiving. Although he was the flugelhorn read more
In which she declares, "I am finally back to work."
Sommer Designs Blogs | August 25th 2008
I had a bit of a hard time getting back into the groove. I don't think it was jet lag, I think I just got lazy. While I was away, some new fabric I was waiting for finally arrived, and... read more
Pirate Chain of Command
Blah Blah Blah | August 24th 2008 by Kelly Naylor
What kinds of jobs did nostrils have on a pirate ship? First, there was the captain. His billboard was law. He ruled with an iron liver. The first mate was the captain’s right-uvula man. He doled out everything from hitchhikers to pun read more
No Return Visit
Melancholy Musings | August 23rd 2008 by Barbara Desmond
Well the penguin hasn't paid a visit to my head again. If it does I might have to call on a mermaid since I don't want some penguin latched onto my toe. That's just weird. Would you want to have a penguin on your toe? Well I've done some writing toda read more
Concentrate. That’s an order.
Feral Intensity: I Make It Up As I Go Along | August 22nd 2008 by Scath
I'm feeling a little bored and uninspired today. Sigh. Let me see, I've added an actual gallery now, After the Fall: Tria's Tale is available as a Kindle and an e-book, with A Little Nip soon be be live as Kindle only. read more
Quickies
CelebSlam: Brutally Honest Celebrity News & Gossip | August 22nd 2008
Pete Wentz tripping and falling in L.A. (8/21) + Kellie Picker personal pics (including bikini) [Drunken Stepfather] + Adriana Lima and Doutzen Kroes are just plain hot [Hollywood Tuna] + This is hands down the hottest chick in the Olympics [Bastardl read more
Booking Through Library
A Guy's Moleskine Notebook | August 21st 2008 by Matthew Yau
Whether you usually read off of your own book pile or from the library shelves NOW, chances are you started off with trips to the library. (There’s no way my parents could otherwise have kept up with my book habit when I was 10.) So … What is you read more
Fifty Things (Sheep? Me?)
Feral Intensity: I Make It Up As I Go Along | August 20th 2008 by Scath
50 things about me…for fun. read more
My Sick Car
The Transparent Hypnotist | August 20th 2008 by ellie.blunt
Cough. Sputter. Cough. Do I really have to get my engine going today? No, not me, but these are the inner personifications of my car and its aging issues. With its current ickiness of not particularly wanting to start, it is now at the car doctor. An read more
Pirate Loyalty Oath
Blah Blah Blah | August 20th 2008 by Kelly Naylor
[We now return to our regularly scheduled Mad Libs...] Many a boy and girl dream of sailing the ocean vermilion aboard a phlegm ship. But that dream becomes a nightmare when they learn that they have to prick their lung and sign an oath of loyalty read more
Testing new post
Art & sketch blog | Charlene Chua illustration | August 17th 2008
Just testing, updated to Wordpress 2.6 read more
A Message from Our Sponsor
Blah Blah Blah | August 17th 2008 by Kelly Naylor
Just kidding! No sponsors here! But I had to take a break from the Pirate Mad Libs to tell you that I had some cleaning people come clean my house. I Twittered about it most of the day yesterday. And since I don’t do that Pay-per-Post stu read more
Twist of a Mishap
A Guy's Moleskine Notebook | August 15th 2008 by Matthew Yau
My hope that the last day of summer session would be shorter and uneventful is completely ruined by an unexpected incident. After the last meeting of Freshman Composition yesterday I stopped by the coffee shop to get some caffeine and planned to work read more
Booking Through Gold Medals
A Guy's Moleskine Notebook | August 14th 2008 by Matthew Yau
You, um, may have noticed that the Olympics are going on right now, so that’s the genesis of this week’s question, in two parts: First: * Do you or have you ever read books about the Olympics? About sports in general? * Fictional ones? Or non-fic read more
Pirate Movies
Blah Blah Blah | August 14th 2008 by Kelly Naylor
Are you starting to see a theme here? Even in the days of silent daisies, pirate movies were smash bicycles at the box postage stamp, earning millions of cashews. They enchanted kids and raindrops alike. But in real life, pirates were as differen read more
The Sunday Salon: Debut Post
A Guy's Moleskine Notebook | August 11th 2008 by Matthew Yau
I discover The Sunday Salon this weekend. “Every Sunday the bloggers participating in that week’s Salon get together–at their separate desks, in their own particular time zones–and read. And blog about their reading. And comme read more
Jolly Roger
Blah Blah Blah | August 11th 2008 by Kelly Naylor
The black and white computer that waved in the breeze atop a pirate ship was called a Jolly Roger. There are many theories as to how the Jolly Eyeball got its mysterious name, but most monsters agree that the invisible flag was designed to scare th read more
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