Commencement Speech
It’s commencement season. I got asked to make a few commencement speeches this year, but I couldn’t, due to scheduling conflicts. I thought a lot about what I would have said if I could have made them though, and the following is one of the drafts I came up: I often talk about how one […]
Actually, Quitters DO win
I often get asked to submit my favorite life motto to libraries or schools for them to display on bulletin boards for their students. This is very stressful for me because my favorite life motto is actually “Quitters never win.” But what I mean by “favorite” is, it’s my favorite motto to rip off the […]
Constance Holland, A Great Teacher
Let’s take a break from talking about Paris—and the awesome Sopranos finale–to discuss something—or actually, someone– important, shall we? And that’s teachers. Specifically, one teacher. I feel profoundly lucky to have had a lot of great teachers (and just a few sucky ones), but Mrs. Holland (Connie to her friends…of which I was not one, […]
IMPORTANT BACK-TO-SCHOOL MESSAGE
Today's the first day back to school for many U.S. kids, so I thought I'd post an important message for all you guys and gals out there who are heading off to college for the first time. My message is: BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR PERVS!!! I know you're laughing right now, and that's […]
Hotel Erotica Cabo
Okay, so I was flipping around the channels last night, and I came across a show called Hotel Erotica Cabo. This show was on Cinemax (or Skin-emax, as I like to call it). Anyway, in the bit I saw, the lead actress, who was playing an author, explains that she had been sent to Hotel […]
Catching Up
Days until READY OR NOT is released on July 26: 8 Days until Meg Cabot Day on July 31: 13 Number of bite-sized Milky Ways, purchased as part of Hurricane Dennis survival kit, left in the bag: 27 (I decided that, with all the Harry Potter countdowns over, we needed some new countdowns. The first […]