Did you miss(skip) the State of the Union Address? Don’t worry, John Stewart has it all for you.
You Opened With “I Killed Bin Laden”?
“Does Rick Springfield open with ‘Jessie’s Girl’?”
Writing Tips from Coloumbia University
•Break Writing #1 – Write Every Day
•Break Writing #2 – Schedule Your Writing
•Break Writing #3 – Crappy First Drafts
•Break Writing #4 – The Last 5 Minutes
•Break Writing #5 – Resolve to Be a More Productive Writer (Happy New Year)
•Break Writing #6 – Reduce Distractions
•Break Writing #7 – Time Management for Writing
•Break Writing #8 – Time Management, Part 2
•Break Writing #9 – Writing with a Deadline
•Break Writing #10 – Binge Writing
•Break Writing #11 – Your writing environment
•Break Writing #12 – Are you writing the perfect dissertation?
•Break Writing #13 – Keeping yourself motivated
•Break Writing #14 – Making yourself accountable
•Break Writing #15 – Writing versus revising and editing
•Break Writing #16 – Stuck?
I can say with confidence that I didn’t learn anything in my college writing courses. But then, I didn’t go to Colombia.
Upcoming stuff to do:
Sunday, January 29 – Rollerderby!
Saturday, January 28 – Estate Sales
February 18-19, Mardi Gras in the Bishop Arts
Suggestions accepted.
48 hours in Dallas, what to do.
A great method from “Developing Story Ideas” by Michael Rabiger. I don’t play CLOSAT as a game, but filling in all the items is a crackerjack method for building a story.
The Game called CLOSAT
Journal observations, your bank of ideas from which to write, will become playing cards for an instant story-making game called “CLOSAT.” To speed retrieval, tag each item in the margin with one or more of these CLOSAT categories:
- C = description of Characters who could be used in a story.
- L = interesting and visual Location.
- O= curious or evocative Object.
- S = loaded or revealing Situation.
- A = unusual or revealing Act.
- T = any Theme that intrigues you or that you see embodied in life.
CLOSAT Definitions and Examples
C (character) is anyone whose appearance, mannerisms, occupation, or activities suggest potential for a character in a story.
L (location) is any place that suggests a setting for something to happen.
O (object) is any that is worth recording because it is eloquent of place,time, situation, or owners. Examples:
S (situation) is a conjunction of circumstances or a predicament that puts its characters under some special pressure.
A (act) is any human deed or action that seems freighted with meaning or potential.
T (theme) is the central or dominating idea, seldom stated directly, that underlies the subject of a story and that comments on it.
There was a time when we all dreamed of flying. Now we are reduced to an addiction to watching other people flying on YouTube.
Want To Lose Weight For The New Year Of 2012 ???
1: The most simple tip to lose weight EVER is “Eat less and move more” – Common sense I know but it’s what every single weight loss plan is based on, TRUST ME !
2: Control the AMOUNT you eat at each meal time – make sure your meals are low in fat. This is not set in stone for instance you might want to also think about calories or portion control.
3: Get weighed – Measure your body, hips, thighes, chest, arms, neck……what can be measured can be managed. Always weigh-in on the same day in the same clothes on the same scales at the same time of day.
There is no point starting on a weight loss plan unless you get weighed first. This is very important. You need to be able to monitor your progress to know how well you are doing and that any changes in your lifestyle and eating are reaping the rewards or where you are making mistakes.
4 Keep a food diary – write down what you eat and what exercise you have done. Make sure you look at Calories n vs Calories out and try to ensure that Calories out is MORE than Calories in – If it helps you write down your feelings.
5.Smarter Shopping The golden rule here is to NEVER EVER go food shopping hungry. You make the decision to eat biscuits and crap food’s when you buy them in the shops, not when you take them from the cupboard. Don’t buy them in the first place.
6, Make a Goal list – write down achievable goals.
I like pens… but this is too much.
Bill Chance 
I liked the list of writing help. It was a good read and I hope to implement it in my life.
That story about the woman who swallowed the pen is amazing.