Deez Nutz Are Moving to Fridays

Magic Nutshell blog posts shall henceforth appear on Fridays.

Don't forget to register for Write on the Red Cedar, now open to the public, featuring Hollywood screenwriter Michael Hauge.

Kindergarten starts next week, y'all.

Also my self-imposed deadline for finishing a complete draft of The Grove of Thorismud is August 31. On that date, I will give my writing group, The Pigasus Pen, whatever half-baked mess I have produced by then so they can speed beta read for me during the first couple weeks of September.

I'll report back the following Friday and every Friday after that.

Also I volunteered to teach K-1 Sunday school at the creedless church where I work the M-F. That's Monday through Friday, folks.

God, I love coffee.

See you on Fridays! Follow me on Twitter for reminders and the poorly filtered thoughts of a deviant church lady.

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35 Great Things About Turning 35

The prime of life starts at 35! It's the best-kept secret from younger people, but your 35th birthday is a major cause for celebration. For mine, I have made my own listicle of 35 reasons why experts agree that 35 is the best age to be:
You get to say, "I'm 35." The number 35 carries so much more gravitas than 30, but you're only a few years older. At 34, I've started fudging my age--by adding a year. People automatically take me seriously, and if they don't, at least they tell me I look young for my age. (Eye roll, hair toss, "whatever.") 35-year-olds DGAF. Inner chill reaches new heights at 35. Despite its #2 status on this list, it's the #1 response I hear about what's best about hitting 35. My gorgeous friend Nerlie was beautiful and resilient and wise beyond her years in high school, but now, at age 35, she gets to fully enjoy being herself on her own terms. She writes, "I've survived so much that I don't waste time o…

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I guess it would be more professional and ladylike for me to be above this sordid celebrity gossip, but I'm not. I'm so not.

So let's see if I've got this straight. From what I gather...

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DEUTSCHLAND Video

I've only been waiting 10 years for this. NO BIG DEAL.

As someone who loves history, science, anthropology, art, and Rammstein...

As a descendant of German-Americans who served in both world wars...

As the wife of a Holocaust survivor's son...

This is epically satisfying.

Using an unfortunately hilarious turn of phrase amounting to a gallows pun, German authorities have "condemned" the video before its release (ironically and hypocritically doing all the work of promoting the video and single in the German mass media) because of a teaser depicting executions in a Nazi concentration camp. I find this unsurprising--the German government often censors and speaks out against Rammstein's work (thus increasing their concert ticket and music sales). But all to the good. It is an unfortunate reality that a full third of Americans today are misinformed or in denial about the Holocaust and that anti-Semitism and right-wing hate groups are on the rise in Germany and elsewhe…

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