Many of you have recently written to inquire if I am, in fact, dead. Because during this, one of my favoritest times of year, I have been silent for almost three weeks! (Not really THAT silent. I was on Facebook for much of this, giving brief, meaningless, insane updates. Also giving away books. I like [...]

If you have been around here for a while, you will know that I am more than a little obsessed with the holiday season. I love Cheer. I cannot get enough. Soon, I’ll be opening the MJ Holiday Workshop, as I do every year, to distribute CHEERFUL things, like books and cards.
And in the past, [...]

Can you believe it! It’s CHRISTMAS EVE!
I have been looking through your comments today, and I have noticed something distressing. LOOK!
distraught beth said…*Sigh* Yet another loss. I like all the prizes and contest you have, MJ but it gets quite self-deprecating when you keep losing because you’re just not quite clever and/or insane enough.
And [...]

Jingle, jingle, friends!
I am back at my desk, now that my jury service is over. Being on a murder trial is certainly interesting, and sometimes excruciating. It took us a few days of painful deliberation to come to a verdict. I was the jury foreman, and I had to stand up in the court and [...]

Today’s Question One leads me nicely into my story:
danica said…mj, do you still want a pink stun gun after the tazering incident in Vancouver?
(I realize you’d only ever use your stun gun for good, but I’d still like to know.)
Rexroth Implausible, fiancé to my agent, Daphne Unfeasible, just tempted me with this:

“What’s that?” you ask, [...]