. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron “A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS” EDITION Contemporary Sunni Islam forbids pictorial depictions of the prophet Muhammad.

. a blogumn by Amy Brown Trust none of the dishes at dinner: Those pies are steaming-black with the poison Mummy put there. Whatever she offers you, make sure another person Tries it out first. . . . What I can’t stand is the calculating woman Who plans her crimes in cold blood. –Juvenal, The [...]

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 157 Wild LA Our dogs bark wildly from backyard, over squirrel chattering, badger growl. Elise: “They’ve cornered some creature.” I trudge up with flashlight. “Nothing.” But then Molly’s sightline guides my light treeward: two raccoons huddle on an upper branch.

Wow, you just can’t make stuff like this up. You also can’t get the sound of “We shake the devil off” out of your head. And I love that the white guy just totally can’t dance. [Source: Jezebel]

. a blogumn by Monique King-Viehland In the interest of full disclosure I should start by saying that I absolutely adored Avatar.  And when I say adored, I mean just that.  From the “loving couple,” to the beautiful cinematography, to the special effects and the story.  I love the movie. So of course I did [...]

My book for last week got read a few days late. Please forgive. But here are my thoughts on FLATLAND by Edwin A. Abbot. Why I Decided To Read It: A couple of weeks ago, this book was mentioned in passing on my favorite sitcom, Big Bang Theory, and I said, “What’s Flatland?” and my [...]

Drat! AngelaG from Texas guessed correctly that yesterday’s lyric was from “Swingin’ on a Star” by Bing Crosby. But mayhap I’ll come back today with Random Tuesday. This is probably my favorite musician named after a literary animal. Who sang… Growing in numbers Growing in peace Guesses in the comments and Bing Crosby in black [...]

Dearest, I meant to tell you last week to watch Life Unexpected. Not only is Friend of FaN, slpc on the writing table. But it’s also so good, you don’t have to know someone on the writer’s table to get through it. Don’t worry if you missed last week’s episode. You can watch it online [...]

. a blogumn by Amy Robinson Christmas cookies, that’s just sugar and flour and frosting to some people.  To me Christmas cookies are more sentiment than sugar.  Every year, while I was growing up, we’d gather in a ritual of rolling chilly dough onto a flour dusted kitchen table, sprinkling sugar on the 2 dimensional [...]

a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 156 Sharing the Poker In our wet patio chiminea I use firestarters to set flames gnawing on moist logs. In dark with our cocktails we pass the poker back and forth, taking turns Kicking red embers into flame, re-jiggering logs to draw air, co-tending our [...]