Author Archives: Alice
Stage Fright
“What’s wrong? You’ve done this a hundred times before. You were fine during last night’s show? How can you have stage fright now?” “Last night I didn’t know I wasn’t any good. I’d never seen myself sing until you showed me the video. Now I realize I have to do it differently.” “Relax. It’s just a stage you’re going through.” “That’s what scares me.” Think you can write a story in 55 words? Go visit the G-man to see those […]
13 Nettiquette Observations
Nessa is doing a meme on nettiquette. I’m going to do a little combination thing with both Nessa’s meme and TT. I took my socks thing down, and will put it up again next week. Sorry. 1. I have little tolerance for really confusing sites. Those “magazine” style ones particularly send me for loops. There are even a couple of bloggers I like whom I never visit anymore because their sites became so convoluted that even multiple visits left me […]
Ah Maria, There’s always a Right Man for the Job
When you think about it, Queen Maria Theresa of Austria had a truly uncanny knack for delegation. As important as the military reforms were, Haugwitz’s civil reforms were at least as significant. He abolished the separate chancelleries of Bohemia and Austria, which had up till that point been fighting one another tooth and nail for royal recognition. The judiciary separated from regular government administration. The judiciary became a branch of government embracing most of the empire. Judicial matters in Hungary […]
Mermaid Splash, Sunshine, Honest Scrap, Snakeman’s Awesome, and Wise Words Awards
If you haven’t received an award from me before, and/or are not familiar with my take on the whole thing, please click on the link at the very bottom of this post. Mermaid Splash Heather let me claim this one. I’ve been drooling over it for a while, so I jumped at the chance. Thanks Heather! The rules are as follows: 1. Put the logo on your blog/post. 2. Nominate up to 9 blogs which allure, amuse, bewitch, impress or […]
Old Pumpkin
Remember the pumpkin? The one I bought for Halloween then never got around to carving… . Well, I finally got around to it. I couldn’t believe the thing could sit around for so long and still be good, but it seemed fine – no soft spots or discoloration or odor – so I carved it up with an eye toward eating it and/or maybe leaving a thin, dry shell that I could reuse as a Halloween decoration in the future. […]
Fresh Catch
Jill: If the two fish that went missing aren’t returned immediately, a certain cat and a certain dog will be going to the vet to get fixed! Gin: Meow! Tonic: Woof! Jill: Thank you. Ooo, these are even better than the ones Jack “caught.” Jack: Better? How? Jill: These are fresh. Today’s theme is Fresh Previously in Jack and Jill Big Provider The rules for Photohunt can be found here. Be sure to visit the home page. And I’ll bet […]
Suzie’s House 157: A Beautiful Spanish Hussy
Maria Sanchez lay in wait for him in the hall. As Drew came out of the Special Agent in Charge’s office after an upbraiding, Maria fell in step beside him. “He was completely unreasonable, right? I told you he wouldn’t have anything good to say.” Drew refrained from agreeing. It didn’t matter if the SAC was reasonable or not, only that he complete the current assignment and get back to Suzie as quickly as he could. Hopefully long before Suzie […]
