The Doom of Donnie G

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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Happy Anniversary To Me

 "And after all that–however long ‘all that’ may be–you’ll go somewhere new, and you’ll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again, and little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all the fuzzy stuff, all the years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade."                …

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Anxiety Says What?

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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Out of Context

Kudos to Nancy "Cutie Pie" Frank for coming up with such a great blog post title. However, I do not want to blog about Context. I feel like if I do, I’ll have to admit it’s over, and I don’t wanna. But you can check out the bazillion pics I took of the awesomeness. It’s amazing how great people…

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I Spent Saturday In Bed With Wil Wheaton

…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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Photo Meme

 ‘Cause if all your friends jump off the bridge and you don’t, life is pretty lonely. Take a picture of yourself right now.Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture.Post that picture with NO editing.Post these instructions with your picture. Tweet

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Universally Surreal Postal Service

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

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. Tweet

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Happily Ever Almost

In case you missed it, Apex Digest is now online, and ready to be consumed by the masses. My latest essay, “Almost Back” is up now. Jay Lake, Brian Keene, and Global Thermonuclear War in possibly the most personal essay I’ve ever written. What more could you ask for? * Jay Lake had colon cancer this summer. I followed…

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