Snapchat Rendezvous

I don't pretend to know the delicate nuances of every online trend my five daughters are into -- I can barely log into Myspace -- but I can get behind Snapchat. What is so difficult about making a ridiculous face and sharing it with your bestie before it disappears in seven seconds? Even my husband could do it, so I installed it on his phone for a little Snapchat rendezvous.

Having so many children in the house has made for rushed clandestine meetings in various places. My elbows have been the instigator of death of several fishbowls sitting in unlucky spaces as I was busy getting lucky, but Snapchat was going to change all that. No more furtive glances or pretending that I had poked myself in the eye if one of the children caught me winking at her father, we'd have a built-in system for establishing nookytime.

 “Honey, I’ve downloaded Snapchat onto your phone. When you get the Bat Signal, come and get me,” I said.

I have a new appreciation for geriatric flexibility

I recently returned from a quick trip to Florida to hang out with alligators and friends. On the way, I outlined my new WIP while in the wild blue, and for the first time in a long time -- looked around. I've been stuck on the mountaintop for long winter months, and the airport plus my in flight rowmates were unknowingly awesome. 


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  1. Leaving from DC, I expected to sit near politicians, lobbyists, and other assorted miscreants. What I didn't quite expect was to eavesdrop (they were standing in front of me) on a judge discuss with fellow passengers the legal system -- and how to get off of a murder charge. Nice. To. Know.

Reading with monkey toes

If I tried this, I'd throw out a hip.


Spine poetry

My friends at Quirk Books are shaking their bad thangs with spine poetry today at their blog, and I decided to crash the party with my own shelf selections.


The Phantom of Pemberley ice picks, Candide. (ouch)

Dawn of the Dreadfuls: Skinny Bitch

Behind the crystal ball, where dead men walk, this house is haunted

I discovered two things: 

  1. I have a ton of nonfiction books and need to expand my fiction reading
  2. 90% of them are about ghosts or other deliciously dark things
What's on your shelf, Sparky?