Christa Allan

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As a writer, I sometimes live disconnected from the world my body actually inhabits.  I watch people,  notice their gestures, analyze how they sit or perch on a chair, assess how they dress, listen to their conversations.  I’ve learned to dig into the belly of my purse for my notebook and write these observations because, [...]

My baby is on the right planting a kiss on my granddaughter Hannah.
John is 23 today. My mother, not long after we announced I was pregnant, informed me I’d have a boy who’d look like Erin (his sister). I did, and he does. He’s named after my father, and I only wish that my dad [...]

Random musings….
1.  According to The Daily Mirror, new mommie Angelina Jolie will have to gain 28 pounds for her lead role in the upcoming The Thomas Crown Affair. A moment, please, while I go celebrate with a pint of Chubby Hubby.
2. Michael Savage said that 99% of autistic children are simply brats who aren’t properly [...]

“Dye-covered bank robber caught”
by Andrew Vanacore, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday July 22, 2008, 7:37 AM
MY DISCLAIMER:THIS IS NOT A POST INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
If anything speaks to the declining educational system, it’s this news story.
First, the suspect decides that 1 p.m. would be an opportune time for bank robbery. Sure, right after lunch and hours [...]

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A dear friend just brought to my attention a rather disturbing problem with the post about subscribing to my blog.
Apparently, if you clicked the button on the post, it brought you to a site with a band name that would be, well, icky.
So, I apologize if you were one of those victims. Button erased.
Lesson learned: [...]

Time outs for birthday shout-outs for my oldest. Tomorrow. . .Rubrics R Us

Transform one word into another by changing a single letter in each step, so that each link in the chain is a valid word. For example, to change MORE into LESS with 3 links: MORE, lore, lose, loss, LESS
3 links :
Put MILK into PAIL
WELL  into DONE
Change MICE into RATS
Find CAMP SITE

4 links
Put INK [...]

DAY 4.5 DAYTONA UPDATE: SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Saturday I read 300 essays; Sunday I read 350.

Remember that first blog I wrote expecting a reference about Indiana Jones? Got it today. Several times.
Saturday night, David Rakoff, author and essayist, read excerpts from his books, and then answered questions. Someone asked him about his writing routine. He said [...]

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DAY 2.5: DAYTONA AP REPORT
So far, I’ve read around 275 essays since yesterday afternoon.
Here’s what I learned from essays today:
1. Syntax can be: impressive, captivating
2. Diction can be: heavy, audacious, demanding, aggressive
3. Hyperboles are available in small amounts, but rhetorical questions are available in a handful.
4. Repetition is repeating itself throughout the passage; in fact, [...]

Famous Failures

This blog is on the website set up by the Chapman family in memory of Maria.
StevenCurtisChapman.com: Video Blog 14: Dishwashin Dad

MARIA SUE CHAPMAN, DAUGHTER OF STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN, DIES IN ACCIDENT AT FAMILY HOME
NASHVILLE, TN…5/21/08… At approximately 5pm on the afternoon of Wednesday May 21st, Maria Sue Chapman, 5 years old and the youngest daughter [...]

DISCLAIMER: The following post, due to its scandalous and heinous material, may induce nightmares of roly-poly proportions. If you are lactose-intolerant, a decaff zealot, or own stock in Starbucks, please read at your own risk.
As reported by Courtney Hazlett of msnbc.com’s The Scoop:
De facto Starbucks spokes-twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen might have a scandal on their hands. [...]

FIRST PAST THE POST

Six horses were entered in the 2.30 at Derbyville today. Three of the horses
were fillies and three were colts (one of which was Mister Magic). Can you
match the horses and riders and work out where each horse finished?

1. The horse ridden by Kelly didn’t finish last. The one ridden by O’Shea

wasn’t first but [...]