PurpleCar

Article from the London Times in the UK.
August 4, 2008
Poetry at the 2012 Olympic Games? There’s no rhyme or reason why not
If they had poetry and rhetoric in ancient Athens they can have medals for slam performances in London, says Fanny Walker

Fanny Walker

There is something historically incomplete about the modern Olympic motto of [...]

Catch phrases are an efficient way to show a lot of inner information and motivation about a character with a few uttered words of dialog.

Day #4 - Writing away
by NymphDuPave

It’s only fair to have some shiny links about writing too. Daily Writing Tips is one of the best writing blogs out there. I RSS it. You should too.
The post on How to Write Every Day is a true gem. Here’s an excerpt:
Knowing that it’s a good idea to write [...]

Have no fear if your IQ score in 2nd grade was less than ideal! Don’t worry if your main character is a dud! Below are some interesting skills that can liven up any party, fictional or non!

My husband Gary and I have a friend (who we haven’t seen in a while) named Dave. We met Dave in college. Dave was a very short and slight guy with a personality bigger than a house. Dave was bubbly and he loved everything and everybody. Besides the incredible penchant [...]

(this is a re-write of a post I did back in November of 2007, which was deleted)
Researchers love to look at deviant behavior.  These are the things we do that fall outside the “normal” range of how most people usually act.  Sociology and Psychology scientists eat up odd human behavior like the desert does rain: [...]

Had fun yesterday on Twitter.  I was asking my Twitterverse if there was any anti American Greetings site with e-cards that were a bit more, how shall we say?  Real?
Lots of my villagers suggested http://someecards.com/ , which does have some great cards.  But they just aren’t raw enough.  Here were some of my suggestions:
PurpleCar: KeepinItReal [...]

Wacko Wednesdays: Prosopagnosia.
For three years, I lived in a third floor walkup apartment in a lovely 7-unit brownstone building at 18th and Pine. Most of us renters were in our twenties and early thirties except “Ellen”, a woman in her late 50’s. Ellen seemed a bit strange but she was friendly and [...]

This week:  Narcissism
It’s been a long day.  After carting the kids around town on errands, you hope to do a quick return at the department store.  You are about to pull into a prime parking space when you are cut off by a man in a Mercedes. You finally get into the store and are [...]