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The Doom of Donnie G

October 9, 2008
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Last night, in celebration of my anniversary of being princessly fabulous and oh-thank-god single, my girlfriends and I went to see the tragilariously appropriate dress rehearsal of the Nashville Opera’s Don Giovanni. (The Ingrams are very big patrons of the arts, and sometimes tickets to such events fall from the drop-ceiling-sky like pink autumn leaves from drought-stricken trees.) Lillie…

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Anxiety Says What?

October 7, 2008
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Anxiety dreams are born with us; they grow and evolve with us and take on many different shades. What scared us then doesn’t scare us now, and vice versa. Sometimes it’s not so much fear as it is general preoccupation, some deep-seeded nagging thing we’ve shoved to the bottom of our mental priority list for so long that its…

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I Spent Saturday In Bed With Wil Wheaton

September 22, 2008
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…well, I did. Blame it on Scalzi — I ordered the book right after he sent that velvet painting. Title: Just a Geek Author: Wil Wheaton Publisher: O’Reilly Pub date: June 2004 EAN: 9780596007683   If all you know about Wil Wheaton is Stand by Me and Star Trek’s Wesley Crusher, you don’t know Wil. If you’ve ever visited…

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Dragon Princess

September 5, 2008
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For the last few years, I’ve been asked the question: “Was this the best Dragon*Con ever?” My response was usually a shrug. It’s always difficult to top the first of course, back in 1996…or the one in 2003 when–after a 5 year hiatus–Kit and I dropped everything and decided two days before to get tickets and a hotel room…

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Universally Surreal Postal Service

August 27, 2008
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I had a migraine on Friday. Bad. In hindsight, I suppose I should have expected one — it had been slowly barreling its way northwest for a while now, and its name was Fay. Stress, sleep, hormones, and barometric pressure are all the unavoidable migraine factors. I had four aces. The universe had a straight flush.  I also…

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Beauty & Dynamite Book Trailer

August 12, 2008
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Yes, folks, here it is — the official Beauty & Dynamite Book Trailer. It’s not much, but it’s mine, and I love it. Kudos to Stephanie Rinehart for piecing this together before and after her finals this year, and to my beautiful friend Fontaine, whose voice still gives me goosebumps after all these years.

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Nerdfighter Acoustic Jam Session

July 31, 2008
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It’s all Natalie Fedewa and Brilliance Audio’s fault for introducing me to John Green, Brotherhood 2.0, and the Nerdfighters…as well as Dan John Miller (who is reading the audio of John’s new book Paper Towns) and his current band, Blanche. I was lucky enough to be invited to Dan and John’s appearance at the Spring Lake District Library in…

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