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Wednesday is back. Friday is closer, not close enough, but closer. To deal with the Friday-takes-too-long-to-arrive blues, some news that made me smile.

I just don’t have words. Wait,maybe one. Seriously?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/someone-invented-tampons-you-can-7568756

I go back to the fact that some people have way too much time. Really.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/muffins-chihuahuas-bizarre-picture-quiz-7539743

In science news, a yummy way to battle what I consider one of the worst ways to end your life.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/alzheimers-cure-could-closer-much-7555681

That’ll do it for a post that jumped from tampons to chihuahuas to the power of maple syrup. Told you the stories were smile inducing.

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My friend and critique partner T. F. Walsh is celebrating her newest book Cloaked in Secrecy. A great new release for lovers of paranormal romance. Enjoy!

Welcome back! I hope you have all had a fabulous Wednesday. March has come in like a lamb in my neck of the woods. Now, we are prone to bipolar weather swings, so there’s just as much chance of a blizzard as a sweltering day any day of the week at the moment. But so far, so good. Up tonight, a mixture of stories that struck my fancy. I hope you enjoy.

Envisioning a Village People moment. There was a businessman, a construction worker and a friar. Afterwards, they can go for breakfast–maybe a little bacon and eggs. So bad. 🙂

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/friar-helps-catch-runaway-piglet_us_56e0744ce4b065e2e3d47fee?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Um… maybe no shooting before nap time.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Cops-find-gunfire-suspect-75-asleep-after-6875633.php

Very cool! Plastic that is made from waste rather than a valuable and polluting resource.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160309135712.htm

That’ll do it for me tonight. I’m planning on a nice few days… but as I said, bipolar. Shorts or winter coat? Time will tell. 🙂

It’s that time again–time for a virtual release of fears, nervousness and general anxiety-induced twitterings. If you like the sideshow such collective moaning provides, click the link above and partake. If you don’t, what’s wrong with you? 🙂

The awesome co-hosts today are Lauren Hennessy, Lisa Buie-Collard, Lidy,Christine Rains, and Mary Aalgaard!

My spasm-producing anxiety this month connects to last month’s–my rewrite. I am making steady progress, and I even got some great additional feedback from some new critique partners. But, the anxiety actually derives from my well-worn issue of time. All I want to do is put butt in chair and really lay down all of these great changes. I don’t want to spend the hours between sunrise and sunset working, commuting, socializing and all the other general adulting I have to do.

But I have to.

Waah…

There’s not really a question that attaches to my venting this month. It’s just venting. Sorry. Oh, and whining–lots and lots of whining.

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Back to adulting. How about some news?

This first piece is hilarious. When I first clicked the link, I nearly face-palmed at the title. But it’s kinda brilliant actually.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mcdonalds-billboard-gives-directions-to-burger-king-for-real_us_56d0a6b6e4b03260bf76b868?ir=Weird+News&section=us_weird-news&utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Can you imagine the conversation of the cops in the car? For me, I imagine a lot of laughter and horn jokes interspersed by checking their pockets for their phones to take the pictures.

http://news.yahoo.com/california-pony-unicorn-getup-captured-3-hour-hunt-183015558.html

This is just too cool to pass up. Two thousand marbles and the imagination of the human mind combine to make beautiful music.

http://www.popsci.com/watch-and-listen-as-2000-marbles-make-music

That’ll do it for another Wednesday. See you same time and place next week, right?

Welcome back! Wednesday is here and so is my news buffet. A veritable smorgasbord of tasty morsels to tease the palette and spark neural firings. You’re welcome. 😉

Up first, the most amazing pictures I’ve ever seen. Now I want to go see the northern lights. Bad.

http://www.space.com/28857-aurora-photos-northern-lights-2015.html

Even more amazing pictures. Water passing as lava. Very cool!

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Yosemite-s-Firefall-is-a-photographer-s-dream-6850529.php

And just to round out an evening of pictures, underwater photos. A chance for a different perspective.

http://www.livescience.com/53788-stunning-underwater-photos.html

That’ll do it for another hump day. I hope the view from where you sit is nearly as stunning as some of the images I shared tonight.

Welcome back one and all! Do I sound like a carnival barker? I feel like one–that or a magician in front of a crowd of people. Such Wednesday fun. I can seriously entertain myself with next to nothing, huh? Well… the benefits of an imagination. Ta da. *giggle*

Time to straighten up. It’s news time. You can’t see my serious face, but I swear it’s there.

Up first, a very serious story. Well, weighty at the very least.;)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/triceratops-in-the-road_us_56c2c381e4b08ffac1266249?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

This is a new type of donation request. Cool–maybe I should say cold–but new.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NY-family-solicits-snow-donations-to-keep-snowman-6836305.php

Up next, science scores with an absolutely amazing use of a 3D printer.

http://www.livescience.com/53719-photos-bioprinted-human-bones-muscle.html

That’s a wrap on another Wednesday of news. I hope you end your week with as much laughter as seriousness.

Welcome back! I’m a tired teacher/writer this evening. One who survived yet another round of conferences. My fatigue means I won’t waste time yammering on.

Up first a criminal that figured he might as well try. If the police are already questioning you, you might as well make it worth your time at the police station.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Cops-Man-stole-badges-while-held-in-office-for-6814915.php

The ice is melting in my neck of the woods with very warm temperatures, but don’t tell these folks. Amazing!

http://www.alaskaphotographics.com/alaska-photo-slideshows/ice-sculpting-stock-photography/

Interesting new information about our evolution.

http://www.livescience.com/53676-human-gorilla-lineages-split-later.html

That’ll do it for me. I can barely see the words that my fingers are forming. I’ll have to read through them tomorrow to see if they actually make any sense. 😉

Once again it’s time for The Insecure Writer’s Support Group. Tears and nervousness give way to commiseration and blog hopping. Join us by clicking on the picture. The awesome co-hosts for this month’s posting of the IWSG are: Allison Gammons,Tamara Narayan, Eva E. Solar, Rachel Pattison, and Ann V. Friend!

My topic for this month’s sharing relates back to editing. I hired a freelance editor to give me feedback on my first manuscript, and I just received her great comments. But therein lies the nervousness. I see where so many of her suggestions will improve the book, and have already begun making the changes, and it’s better. But I’ve just begun. It’s going to be two to three months of tearing apart scenes, reconfiguring one of the main character’s interactions with a couple of other characters, and pumping up the tension throughout. In other words, a lot of work.

Deep breath.

It’s worth it, and I can see the benefit. I really want this story to find its audience. But… I’m nervous.

What if it’s still not good enough when I’m done?

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Time to end the hand wringing and grab a bite of news.

This first story is even more of a wow than the truck I posted about last week. I cannot even imagine driving under that tower of crates. How does a driver’s test even come close to preparing you for that kind of task?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tricycle-china-shanghai-crates_us_56addc0ae4b00b033aaf6a88?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Someone has been working out. Good for him.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bank-robber-door-thwarted_us_56aba77de4b0010e80e9e09a?ir=Weird+News&section=us_weird-news&utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Science rounds out this little news buffet. In a weird crossover between the literary world and the scientific one, leeches named for famed author Amy Tan. I really don’t know whether she finds it flattering or not, but I, personally, would find it quite odd. Odd but cool. And the cool is in a my-work-inspired-a-new-find way. Hmm…

http://www.livescience.com/53552-leech-named-for-author-amy-tan.html

That’s it for the first Wednesday (posted on Tuesday) in February. Hope you have a fabulous week. See you in seven.

Another week has come and gone, and I am visible from behind my mountainous to-do piles. Hi. I’m waving at you all. The piles are no longer wavering and threatening to topple over. So, I’d definitely say things are looking up.

With a grin on my face and a coffee IV still fueling my thoughts, I dared take the time to patrol the vast amounts of news available for perusal this week. Care for a sampling?

I want to know this feeling. Me. Please. I volunteer.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/china-cash-money_us_56a290d8e4b0404eb8f19745?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

And now for a musical sampling. I’m beginning some revisions of my first manuscript, and was seeking some pump-up music. Eminem served it up nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Yhyp-_hX2s“>

Now for some science. Three billion years of plate tectonics. Mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes and everything else they set into motion. Imagine how many different faces the earth has presented throughout all of that geologic rearranging. So cool.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/01/160121150103.htm

That’s a wrap for yet another news tasting. I hope you’ve had your fill. Time to push away from the table. Goodnight. Have a fantastic week.

Hello all! The middle of the week has rocketed back into existence and is just as quickly disappearing from underneath me. All the while disturbing the unstable piles of stuff I’m trying to get done. Hmph…

I guess if time has to rocket toward anything, the weekend is a good endpoint. Not the end you say? Shh… Let me pretend.

This first story shows me that if that tiny truck can make it, so can I. I’m hearing: I think I can… I think I can…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/little-truck-vs-giant-dune_us_569ef9d0e4b0cd99679be17c?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Um… okay. Too much free time. Maybe one of them can help me with my piles.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/minneapolis-coolest-trend-frozen-pants_us_569e7615e4b00f3e98630314?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

We might have another planet. I could say something witty or sarcastic regarding our old ninth planet–poor, Pluto– but my first sentence stands on its own. A new planet! I heart science.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35365323

That’ll do it for buried lil old me. Think of me if you’re doing something fun. I’ll be shoveling through my to-do list the next couple of weeks.

Hello Wednesday! Never greeted a day of the week before? I have, just not normally a non-weekend day. 😉

I’m back once again for a tasty sampling of news. Ready to nosh? I am.

Whoops. That’ll be a doh when he sobers up.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Vikings-fan-mistakenly-breaks-into-State-Fair-6754478.php

Love this story! What a great way to handle a nonsense suit.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Via-poem-judge-dismisses-inmate-s-suit-over-6745734.php

Fingers and toes crossed that this is the beginning of the end for ebola. Too many lives lost. Too much pain.

http://www.livescience.com/53353-ebola-treatment-antibodies.html

That’s all folks. See you in seven.