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Tagged with: Book, Is That The Shirt You're Wearing?, Who's That Indie Author, writing
Posted in books, News, Writing
Posted in books, News, Writing
Erma’s Humor Writer of the Month!
I’m honored to have been named Humor Writer of the Month at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop Nice plug for the book and a link to pre-orders!
To Heck With Waze, I’m Taking Metro
“I can survive two weeks driving to Santa Monica. How bad could it be?” I told my husband after accepting a freelance job there recently. How bad could it be? I’ll tell you — an hour and a freaking half bad,…
Tagged with: EXPO Line, Gridlock, LA Traffic, Los Angeles Metro Trains, mass transit, Measure M, public transportation, Santa Monica
Posted in humor, los angeles, News, public transit, Uncategorized
Posted in humor, los angeles, News, public transit, Uncategorized
I Saw A Meteor and Lost My S…
It’s 6:38 AM and I’m making my kids’ lunches and staring out my kitchen window mindlessly at the valley below, when this light – this incandescent neon green light – catches my eye low on the horizon. The light gets…
I Jinxed El Niño – You Can Blame Me
“The El Niño rains are still coming! They’ll be here in January . . . February, no, we mean March, possibly April, or even late May,” the local weather forecasters all say. Yet our days feel remarkably like summer, and…
Tagged with: El Nino, humor, meteorology, rains, Science, Storm watch, Weather
Posted in humor, life, los angeles, News, Science, Southern California, Weather
Posted in humor, life, los angeles, News, Science, Southern California, Weather
Breaking: New Pooh Bear Manuscript Found
New books from deceased or aged authors are as common now as insulting comments by Donald Trump. Fresh on the heels of new releases by the late Theodor Geisel and Harper, comes rumor of another exciting literary discovery, this time…
Tagged with: A.A. Milne, Dr. Seuss, Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee, Lost manuscripts, What Pet Should I Get?, Winnie The Pooh
Posted in humor, life, News, Uncategorized, Writing
Posted in humor, life, News, Uncategorized, Writing
Why I Won’t Educate My Kids
I’ve made what some say is a controversial choice. I refuse to force-educate my kids. I will not subject my children to dangerous schoolyards, ever-changing teaching methods, and suspect curriculum just because some expert or some government entity says I…
Beware Paddington Bear
When Paddington, the movie about the beloved English bear, arrives in theaters this coming weekend we Americans should be afraid . . . very afraid. While it might seem like this adorable scamp of a talking bear is just here…
Tagged with: British actors in Hollywood, British actors portraying Americans, British invasion, English, Evil plot, movies, Paddington Bear
Posted in culture, entertainment, humor, movies, News, Uncategorized
Posted in culture, entertainment, humor, movies, News, Uncategorized
Why Updating My Mom’s Christmas Card List Drove Me To Drink
My mother needed her Christmas card list updated because – well there’s no gentle way to put it – because her friends keep dying. Since I printed her address labels the year after my dad died, the maintenance of her Christmas card list…
Tagged with: christmas card list, christmas cards, holiday card list, holiday cards, mothers daughters
Posted in Christmas, comedy, holidays, humor, mother daughter, News
Posted in Christmas, comedy, holidays, humor, mother daughter, News
Kristen Hansen Brakeman 