Fairies on the Brain

Not sure what it is, but I’ve had fairies on the brain for months.  Yeah, the comic has a lot to do with it, but now that I’m taking a break from the comic to write myself a little entertaining story, I go right back to writing about fairies.  Maybe it’s a phase, like when [...]

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Mission: Somewhat Difficult

Okay, okay, so the mission wasn’t exactly "impossible," but it was still kind of a pain.  It seems that I’m down to the last chapter in book 3 of The Dresden Files, Grave Peril.  Since I work late tonight, this was probably the only day of the week where I could stop by the local [...]

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Library Police

AAAAAAH HA HA HA HA HA!
Guess what?  There really is such a thing as the Library Police!  Apparently, the Library of Congress has their own.  Check it out, these guys can actually say stuff like "Library Police!  Put down the Hemingway and come out with your hands up!"  Oh god, that’s priceless.  I so work [...]

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Vocabulary: Flagitious

I’ve probably been watching waaaaay too much murder mystery TV lately.  I love Medium, and between DVR and USA’s constant marathons, I’m totally addicted to NCIS.  How have I not known about this show for so long?  It’s like CSI, but funnier, faster, brighter, and just more entertaining all around. Abby is my hero.  Anyway, [...]

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Blogging

Blogging is weird.  It’s the strangest thing, if you think about it.  Sometimes you’re reading about a person’s life that you’ve never actually met, and yet you feel like you know them in a way because you’re reading what is essentially an online diary of their lives.  How odd is that?  Totally intimate, yet anonymous [...]

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National Library Week 2008

It’s National Library Week peoples!  What is National Library Week?  I’ll let the American Library Association tell you, because they’ve been doing this kind of thing much longer than I have:
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. [...]

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Toby the Cute Puppy

I’ve got a new little brother!  (But not really.)  It’s actually my mom & dad’s new puppy, Toby.  Toby is a half-beagle, half-poodle.  I can’t remember the cutsie breed name for it since it’s one of those crazy "designer dog" breeds, which in the old days they called "mutts."  Anyway, there are new pics [...]

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Junot Díaz Wins Pulitzer

Have y’all ever seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding?  I love that movie.  Replace "Greek" with "Dominican," and that movie can be about my own family.  You know how the dad in the movie is always bragging about the accomplishments of the Greeks and how the Greeks invented everything?  My own dad has a little [...]

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Happy April Fool’s Day 2008

I know, I know.  A blog called "Tales of the Trickster" really should come up with a clever practical joke to play on all my friends, but truth be told, I’m just not feeling all that clever today.  Still, in the spirit of tricksterness, I feel a shout-out to the holiday is in order.  And, [...]

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