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HOGWARTS REVEALED

Monday, June 1st, 2009

I have seen Hogwarts.
No, I am not making this up. I HAVE SEEN HOGWARTS.
“Unpossible!” you exclaim. “You are telling tales, mj. Tales made of lies interwoven with untruths.”
Oh, except it IS possible. Listen to my story. It starts . . .
OVER A YEAR AGO
Many of you have asked me why I go to England so [...]

YOUR MATCHES ARE READY

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

IT IS DONE.
It took a while. I had about 315 entries to read and combine using SCIENCE, but your BEDA BUDDIES are now ready to go. And in case someone out there thinks this was RANDOM, I offer the scene from my desk:

100 pages of BEDA BUDDY notes, final draft of Scarlett Fever lurking behind, [...]

THE BADGER DIARIES, THE AFTERMATH

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Those of you who bravely made it through The Badger Diaries, parts one, two, three, four, and five may be wondering . . . “What happened after you left the castle?” Or you may not be. I don’t want to make any assumptions about what you do with your personal wondering time.
In any case, I [...]

WHY UNICORNS ARE BULL&$#%

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

I had a problem with my bathtub the other day. I usually get along well with my bathtub, which is from the 1930s, and extremely massive, and good at the task of hold water. These are excellent qualities in a tub! But the other day it decided it was going to hold water and NEVER, [...]

THE TIGER DID IT

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

As far as I am concerned, there are two kinds of clowns in the world:
- incredibly professional artists who have worked long and hard to master an ancient and revered form of theater art, which includes extensive physical training as well as a wide repertoire of acting skills
- people who want to kill you and [...]

THE SECRET OF SUITE SCARLETT

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

When we last spoke, we were reaching the climax of Zombie Idol, and everyone was a-twitter. I also mentioned that I had some NEWS about the release of Suite Scarlett.
As I sat down today to communicate this news today, I was distracted by the door buzzer. I guess my mind was really elsewhere, because [...]

ZOMBIE IDOL: BIGGER, LONGER, AND MORE FAMOUSY

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Zombie Idol just got a lot bigger.
And watch this space! I am back on Saturday here in mj blogland!