The Father’s Day Wrap-Up (4)
6/21/09 •
Hopefully this finds all dads healthy, happy, and fulfilled. I spent yesterday at the zoo with my child. He was enthralled with the elephants, so much so that he wanted to have his very own stuffed elephant. The zoo “toy shop” had a range of animals that a helpful attendant would stuff (much like the build-a-bear workshop), so Jackson went through the entire process. When I asked him what he wanted to name it, he thought about it for a minute and said: “Penis!”
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Weekend Caption Contest (8)
6/20/09 •
This week’s caption contest features a wealth of content. Is she a hippie? A vegetarian? Has she sworn off coke? Does she not know how to use a fork?
You decide!
New Podcast: The Alchemist – William Intro (0)
6/17/09 •
An orphaned 8 year old hides in the ruins of his former home, pursued by a dangerous attacker. Plainly obvious by the rubble at his feet, someone wants to kill him and will go to any means necessary to complete the task.
“Alchemist - William Introduction”
Story by Peter HodgesDramatic Reading by Kate Baker
Music: William’s Theme by Kate Baker
The Random (Book) Update (0)
6/16/09 •
Pete has been reading some interesting things lately, among them Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law trilogy, C.C. Finlay’s The Patriot Witch, and Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. All of them are great summer reads that bibliophiles should only miss at their peril.
Female Characters, Point of View, and Pete (12)
6/14/09 •
Pete attended a writer’s workshop this past weekend, wherein he learned that he’s great at plot, he’s a man of subtlety with male characters, but the female viewpoint continues to elude him. He also has point of view issues in several places because he wants to spoon-feed the reader too much information.
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