From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Active Rest

September 30, 2009

Active rest is a fitness term.  When most people work out they do a set of exercises then rest before doing another set.  For a good number of people that means more time is spent standing around resting than exercising.  When one of these people starts to work with a good trainer they are often [...]

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“‘Tis an unweeded garden…” (Hamlet I.ii.135)

September 29, 2009

I spent Saturday morning trimming bushes. The shrubs surrounding my house had grown pretty wild over the summer, and if people saw them in a forest, they would likely say the flora looked good. However, nestled among the neat front yards of my suburban neighborhood, the plants looked ragged and unkempt. So after two hours [...]

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Shock & Awe: Surprise Endings

September 28, 2009

I recently read a short story where out of the blue and with no warning, the main character dropped dead, stopping the story cold.  Though it was intended to be a surprise ending with an ironic, poignant twist, it felt more like a cheap shot — plain old shock value for shock’s sake. The problem [...]

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The Da Vinci Load – 20 Worst Sentences

September 24, 2009

One might chide me, a quite unpublished author, from making any fun of Dan Brown and his multi-ogtillion selling books, and if one choose to so chide, one may chide away in the comments below.  I’m still going to make fun. I like the Da Vinci Code well enough as a fluffy page turner, but [...]

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Different Ways to Say the Same Thing

September 23, 2009

Recently I read a trilogy by an author who shall remain nameless. In each of her three books one of the main characters in a fit of either exhaustion or frustration “pinched the bridge of his nose.” At first, I thought this was a clever way to show such emotion. I had no idea it [...]

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