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December 2014

December 12, 2014

Seven books that fell behind my bed

Seven quick takes! I hope you can see the pictures - WordPress is being a...

December 05, 2014

Seven Quick Takes: Oy, have you got the wrong number

--1-- It being Advent, it occurred to me that Toad more or less makes an act...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

Seven Quick takes: Seven Really Good Books for Young Adults

Wow, I haven't done a 7QT in forever! And I'm not actually doing one now. This...

July 2014

July 04, 2014

Seven Quick Takes: In Which Benny Meets Her Match

And we’re home from camping! Or, "camping." Whatever, you tent-loving masochists. It was rustic...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

Seven quick, gratifying reads

--1-- Okay, so this Pope Francis waving is not exactly this Agentinian Pirate guy...

February 2014

February 07, 2014

Seven Quick Reasons the author of SGNFP is one classy dame

--1-- When I first submitted the ebook manuscript to Amazon, I got this message: The...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

Seven Quick Takes: Tab Dump

WordPress is being extra special today and won't let me upload any images, so you...

January 10, 2014

7 Quick Takes: When I Was Little

Just for fun, let's go way, way back to early childhood-- say, age five and...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

Seven Qui–WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF AM I SERIOUSLY THE ONLY ONE WHO REALIZES THERE IS A TRUCK GOING BY WOOF WOOF

Well, dog #2 is home with the Fishers. As I write, Boomer is happy and...

November 2013

November 01, 2013

Seven Quick Takes: With all my crooked heart

SEVEN QUICK TAKES! (It won't let me load up the image for some reason.) ...

October 2013

October 18, 2013

Seven Quick Takes: NOT all about my book.

Just mostly. 1. The audiobook. I thought it would be ready for pre-order from Audible.com...

October 04, 2013

7 Quick Takes, in which I have fun doing my penance

Okay, so I'm slow. I just got around to reading Francis' interview with America magazine,...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Seven Quick Takes, in which I complain about staying in a luxurious hotel while waiting for a roomful of people to applaud for me

-1-- I'm in Vancouver, WA for the Catholic Women Rejoice conference tomorrow! There is still time...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Seven Quick Takes: In which I don’t make fun of anybody!

I'm still finishing up final edits of The Sinner's Guide to Writing the Book Which...

August 16, 2013

7 Quick Awards

Hey, it's been a while since anyone passed out any useless internet awards. Here yuh...

August 09, 2013

Seven Quick Takes: In Which I Spend Eleven Minutes Writing, and Forty Minutes Trying to Wrestle WordPress into Posting the Seven Quick Takes Logo

--1-- I try not to have enemies. (This is sometimes difficult when people are determined...

August 02, 2013

Seven Quick Takes: The Stupids Go Camping

Here is how our little camping trip went. 1. Several people asked about the yurt...

July 2013

July 05, 2013

7 Unquick Takes, Because I’m Really Tired, and I Talk More, Not Less, When I’m Tired, Unlike Most Men, Who Do the Opposite

1. Today, I'm very pleased to be part of a neat website called 3 Things...

June 2013

June 21, 2013

Seven Quick Takes, In Which I May Be a Bit Dehydrated

1. Yay, Patheos tech team! They brought my archives over from my old blog. My...

April 2013

April 05, 2013

7 Humiliatingly Slow Takes with Huffing and Puffing Afterward

1. I don't know how successfully I've hidden this in the few photos of myself...

March 2013

March 01, 2013

Seven Quick Questions

1. I'm re-reading Anna Karenina, which is 808 pages long. Last time I read it was...

November 2012

November 16, 2012

7 Quick Takes: Composting. See it happen.

SEVEN QUICK TAKES! Come on, you all know what the "quick takes" picture looks like...

March 2011

March 11, 2011

7 things I could resist

It's a two-fer! One: Seven Quick Takes, hosted by the hostest with the mostest...

January 2011

January 28, 2011

Seven Fat Takes

Seven Reasons Why Being Fat May Be the Right Choice For You . . ....

January 14, 2011

7 Quick Takes: “Things that fell out of my poor suffering brain” Edition

I have taken up being sick and angry as a full-time job this week. So...

December 2010

December 03, 2010

7 Quick Takes: In Poor Taste

Ha. Never mind the talk about sex, gin, or condoms -- I really ruffled some...

November 2010

November 19, 2010

7 Quick Takes: I have the pictures!

Oh yes! A Seven Quick Takes that is truly miscellaneous, like it's supposed to...

November 05, 2010

7 Silly Things that Make Me Laugh

--1-- Store brand cereal names. When I was little, manufacturers of generic food didn't bother...

September 2010

September 10, 2010

Seven quick takes: Movies We’re Almost Ready To Watch

In our recent discussion about the dubious heroism of Columbus, Lincoln, and Joel Hodgson (well,...

August 2010

August 13, 2010

7 Quick Takes: “Fair’s Fair” Edition

Don't worry, it's not another scholarly fisk of the cultural significance of Billy Jean. I'm...