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Axis of The Liar's Diary
Cog here, pretending to be wheel, or second hand, or protective glass. Or time itself. Though time itself is important, is critical, is something to be considered. For Patry Francis. Therefore we give a moment of ourselves, for time, for a moment, as the body recovers. The whole of the story and the organization and the creation of the day, the time, the moment, is told over at LitPark, where I attempt to keep html marks from wandering off to neverland, but where I take no other real responsibility. I lead you there for more stories than I could hope to create here. Take a tissue, if you're the sort who sometimes requires a tissue. Or take one anyway. And feed yourself with a book. The Liar's Diary by Patry Francis. And watch the snow for a moment. Or feed a bird. Or call a friend. Give a gift.
Blessings.
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(further updates can be found in the comments section... if you know of news, etc, please leave a note for us there)
The (very long) list of participants in "Liar's Diary Blog Day" lifted directly from LitPark:
Patti Abbott | Mario Acevedo | Susan Adrian | Samina Ali | Christa Allan | Anne-Marie | Joelle Anthony | Jorge Argueta | Vicki Arkoff - MAD Magazine, Nickelodeon, MW Book Review | Melanie Avila | Tricia Ares | Backspace | Backstory | Terry Bain | Gail Baker - The Debutante Ball | Anjali Banerjee | Lauren Baratz-Logsted | Elizabeth Bartasius | Carolyn Burns Bass | Brett Battles | Laura Benedict | Pinckney Benedict | Janet Berliner | William Bernhardt | Alexander Besher | Bev | Marcie Beyatte | Brenda Birch | Roberto Bonazzi | Bookfinds | Raven Bower | Laura Bowers | Beatrice Bowles | Tara Bradford | Gayle Brandeis | Stacy Brazalovich | Susan Breen - Gotham Writers Workshops | Heather Brewer | Eve Bridburg - Zachary Shuster Harmsworth | Sassy Brit | Heatheraynne Brooks | Debra Broughon | Josie Brown | Pat Brown | Ruth Brown | Ken Bruen | Rachel Kramer Bussel | Aldo Calcagno | Austin S. Camacho | Bill Cameron | Lorenzo Carcaterra | Vincent Carrella | Karen DeGroot Carter | Rosemary Carstens | Cynthia Clark - Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine | Jon Clinch | Kamela Cody | Oline H. Cogdill - Sun-Sentinal | Tish Cohen | Eileen Cruz Coleman | Myfanwy Collins | Dan Conaway - Writers House | Laurie Connors - Penguin | Eileen Cook | Richard Cooper | David Corbett | Auria Cortes | Bill Crider - Pop Culture Magazine | Kim Cristofoli | Ann Mare Cummins | Sheila Curran | Kristie Cutter | Jordan Dane | Josephine Damian | Daryl Darko | A.J. Davis | Kelli Davis | Alyssa Day | Alma Hromic Deckert | Jim DeFelice | Mike Dellosso | Katrina Denza | Bella DePaulo | Karen Dionne | Felicia Donovan | Julie Doughty - Dutton | Gerry Doyle | Terri DuLong | Firoozeh Dumas | Christine Eldrin | J.T. Ellison - Killer Year | Sheila Clover English - Circle of Seven Productions | Kate Epstein - the Epstein Literary Agency | Kathryn Esplin | Rachel Fershleiser at SMITH Magazine Ryan Field | Michael A. FitzGerald William Floyd | Natasha Fondren | Jamie Ford | Connie May Fowler | Heather Fowler | Therese Fowler | Jenifer Fox | Thaisa Frank | Michelle Gable | Gary Gach | Leighton Gage | Neil Gaiman | Colin Galbraith | Jayson Gallaway | Jane Ganahl - Red Room | Erika-Marie S. Geiss | Linda Gerber | Shane Gericke | Tess Gerritsen | Karin Gillespie | Anne Glamore | Kathi Kamen Goldmark | Jewelle Gomez | Susan Helene Gottfried | Deborah Grabien | Elizabeth Graham | Caroline Grant | Robin Grantham | Bob Gray - Shelf Awareness | Nancy O. 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Laban | Rebecca Laffar-Smith - Writers Roundabout | Clair Lamb | Daphne Larkin | Larramie | Judy Merrill Larson | Caroline Leavitt | Leah | Virginia Lee | Leslie Levine | Mary Lewis | Richard Lewis | Liane | Sharon Linnea | Julie Anne Long | CJ Lyons | Jonathan Maberry | Amy MacKinnon - The Writers Group | Tim Maleeny | Ric Marion | Nancy Martin | Adrienne Mayor | L.C. McCabe | Damian McNicholl | Ellen Meister | Melba | Christa Miller | Kyle Minor | Jacquelyn Mitchard | P. A. Moed | Terri Molina | Pat Montandon | David Montgomery | Alexis Moore | Joe Moore - Inkspot | Amanda Morgan | Sarie Morrell | Murderati | Amy Nathan | Nathalie | National Post | Tia Nevitt | Nicole | Carolyn North | Aurelio O'Brien | Martha O'Connor | Andrea Okrentowich | Lori Oliva | Aimee Palooza | Pamela | Michael Palmer | Stephen Parrish | Marie Peck | Marcia Peterson - WOW! Women on Writing | Jason Pinter | Anthony S. Policastro | Douglas Preston | Publishers Marketplace | Terese Ramin | Jody Reale | Martha Reed | Janet Reid - FinePrint Literary Management | Kamilla Reid | Lance Reynald | Michelle Richmond | Maria Robinson | John Robison | James Rollins | M.J. Rose - Buzz, Balls & Hype | Renee Rosen | Jordan Rosenfeld | Russell Rowland | Anneli Rufus | Hank Ryan | Marcus Sakey | Harris Salat -Visual Thesaurus | Rachel Sarah | Maria Schneider - Writer's Digest Magazine | Nina Schuyler | Dani Shapiro | Rochelle Shapiro | Charles Shaughnessy | Jessie Sholl | Robert Siegel | Clea Simon | Lynn Sinclair | Jen Singer | Shelley Singer | Sisters in Crime | Robin Slick | BPM Smith - Word & Bass | Bridget Smith | Claudia Smith | Kim Smith | Stephie Smith | Alexandra Sokoloff | Char Solomon | James Spring | Emilie Staat | Kim Stagliano | Maryanne Stahl | Bella Stander | Kelli Stanley | Marta Stephens | Bronwyn Storm | Jennifer Talty | Judith Tannenbaum | Mindy Tarquini | Alice Tasman - the Jean Naggar Literary Agency | Charles R. Temple | David Thayer | The Outfit | Theresa | Joyce Tremel | Danielle Trussoni | Louise Ure | N. L. Valler | Barbara Vey - Publishers Weekly | Bev Vincent | Brenda Wallace | Therese Walsh - Writer Unboxed | John Warner - Tow Books | Gary Wassner | Brenda Webster | Sarah Weinman | Kimberly M. Wetherell | Dan Wickett - Emerging Writers Network | Jennifer Weiner | Laura Wellner | Susan Wiggs | Liz Wolfe | Cheryl Wyatt | Stephen Wylder | Irvin Yalom | Belle Yang | Dawn Yun | Michele Zackheim | Victoria Zackheim | Ernie Zelinski | Crystal Zevon
The video preview of the book:
Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer Go!
I swear to you if they ruin my memory of this for me I am so going to get even with them somehow (rubs hands together menacingly, mumbles "if it's the last thing I do," etc.)...
...of course, looking at the trailer, it looks as if the film has more to do with The Matrix than with Speed Racer. But, you know, it also looks like a cool movie. Fine enough.
Go Speed Racer Go.
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Axis of Evel
I can't believe it. I won't believe it. It cannot be true.
[The Associated Press: Iconic Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies at 69]
I remember betting a friend of my father's that he would survive the jump... I remember winning the buck bet even though I'm pretty sure the guy knew the outcome already because it had been pre-recorded. I remember winding up my Super Stunt Cycle. I still have a scar on my finger from reving that thing all the damn day long and nicking my knuckle on the pavement, again and again and again, jump after jump, day after day.
Evel Knievel is dead.
Long live Evel Knievel.
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Grab this swicki from eurekster.com
Enviably Odd Book Title ‡ Last Night at the Lobster
I heard a delicious review of Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan today on NPR, and I'm ready to put it in my cart.
But first I'm gonna add it to my wish list, because Christmas is coming, they say, and sometimes people buy gifts for other people and stuff like that, so one never knows. A guy could get lucky.
Have you read the Lobster? Did you love it? Hate it. Feel oddly ticklish when holding it in your hands with your eyes closed while wearing a plaid beret?
Do tell.
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Axis of Black Friday
I hate black friday.
I hate the name, I hate the idea, and most of all, I hate that I can't seem to accomplish anything. So, today, I intend to accomplish something, even though it's already 3:30 pm and I haven't really accomplished anything yet. It could still happen. And I'm counting on you to send good vibes. Not just to me, but to all of us who suffer from the blackness of black friday, to the people who do not consider an all-out-spending-frenzy something to look forward to. I want to look forward to something else. I want to wake up in the morning, every morning, and be able to say, "this is what I have to look forward to," and have it be something actually worth looking forward to. Not a Wii for $250 or a Webkinz for 14.99. Not just morning coffee (though that is actually quite a good thing). Not rushing to make sure I save the most money, or earn the most money, or have the nicest lawn (I never will) or the nicest Christmas display (I never will) or the nicest haircut (never ever will).
Okay. Give me some ideas. What do you have to look forward to that is actually worth looking forward to?
Blessings
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Axis of Dogshow
Here's the real reason for the internet. See, I watched the National Dog Show on Thanksgiving day, like I do every year, but I didn't get to see the border collie go down and back, because they didn't show the border collie going down and back (congratulations to the Australian Shepherd, by the way, because that is one gorgeous dog), and I wanted, really really wanted to see the border collie (along with a few others which I'll go see as soon as I'm done typing here), so I went to the msnbc dogshow website, where they show each and every of the 150 best-of-breeds doing their walk on the runway (it's a bit of a beauty show, you know, and sometimes I feel guilty, like I'm watching doggie pornography)... every, single one right there... um, so long as you don't mind watching a downy commercial again and again and again... you know, apparently msnbc thinks they are going to make money off this thing... and if they do, the tv writers want a cut... but that's a topic for another post, I think). So if you missed seeing the Cavelier King Charles Spaniel, or you just want to see some gorgeous dogs, you can visit the site yourself:
[National Dog Show Presented by Purina--msnbc.com]
Um, yeah, I wish I didn't have to see "presented by Purina" every darn time too. But that's the way the democracy crumbles. So to speak.
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Axis of Butterball
We aren't having a Butterball... but somebody out there is. Our turkey will be brined. Actually, is there someone out there who doesn't have turkey on thanksgiving? What's on your menu?
Axis of Aught
For some reason the aughts are in the news lately. It's a word we're growing to love. And I was just telling someone that I was looking forward to referring to the aughts. As in "remember in aught seven when we thought a peta-byte was something outlandish for our iPod?"What's an iPod?
Etc.
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Axis of NaNoWriMo
Okay. I've been writing for the NaNoWriMo thing, but I have no intention of actually writing 50,000 words in a month. Still, writing is good. Especially when one calls oneself a writer.
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Axis of Mr. Whipple
Mr. Whipple, or rather the actor who played him for the Charmin commercials, Dick Wilson, is dead. Long live Mr. Whipple. And blessings to the family of Mr. Dick Wilson.
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Axis of residenSea
A condo that floats? Indeed.
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Axis of MySpace Hoax
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Axis of Kindle
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Axis of Jerry Falwell
What will be his legacy, and who might take his place as a spokesperson for the religious right?
- http://technorati.com/search/jerry+falwell
- http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/foulwell.htm
- http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives/000952.php
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell
You know, I was going to link a lot more stuff here, but I just don't have the interest anymore. Alas. RIP.
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Axis and Blessings of Kurt Vonnegut
I've been trying to work up the courage to say something about Kurt Vonnegut, but I don't think I have anything intelligent or important to say.
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Axis of Good Friday
Good Friday is the Friday before Easter or Pascha (which is on Sunday). It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus at Calvary. This year, it is on April 6, 2007.
Good Friday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Good FridayDefinition and etymologyGood Friday, called Feria VI in Parasceve in the Roman Missal, he hagia kai megale paraskeue (the Holy and Great Friday) in the Greek Liturgy, Holy Friday in Romance Languages, Charfreitag (Sorrowful Friday) in German, is the English designation of Friday in Holy Week -- that is, the Friday on which the Church keeps the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Good Friday
http://technorati.com/search/good+friday
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