Category Archives: Slightly Off Topic

A Portrait of the Artist as a… ?

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Julia Barrett

Tweet First, I can’t take a picture of myself with my phone backwards.  That’s for damn sure.  Second, I took like fifty shots and each photo made me look worse than the previous photo – you can barely see my … Continue reading →

Posted in book bloggers, humor, Slightly Off Topic | Tagged , | 18 Comments

Merde du Diable!

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Julia Barrett

Tweet Devil’s Dung.  Teufelsdreck.  Dyvelstrack.  Seytantersi.   I just love these names. I’m especially partial to tuefelsdreck because it sounds so Yiddish. Asafoetida, from the Persian word for resin (asa) and the Latin word for a strong sulfurous odor (foetida). … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, nature, popular culture, Slightly Off Topic | Tagged , , , | 14 Comments

So much for good intentions.

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Julia Barrett

Tweet That didn’t last long. It’s New Year’s Eve, right? And rather than make a resolution, I’d sworn to be more forgiving toward my awful neighbors. Those warm and fuzzy feelings lasted at least a couple hours. I suppose it … Continue reading →

Posted in humor, nature, popular culture, Slightly Off Topic | Tagged , | 24 Comments

I wanna be able to talk good…

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Julia Barrett

Tweet Eloquence. The art of being articulate. Some speakers have it. Some writers have it. The ineffable gift that elevates a speaker or a writer to a plane above the ordinary. It’s not only in the voice, it’s the expression, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Holidays, popular culture, Slightly Off Topic, writing | Tagged , , , , , | 15 Comments

And then it hits you…you flat out suck.

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Julia Barrett

Tweet Do you ever feel this way? Or am I all alone? You know, like my butt is too big, my time is too limited. Is anyone buying my books? What a god-awful writer I must be…the worst writer on … Continue reading →

Posted in book bloggers, Books, Holidays, popular culture, Slightly Off Topic | Tagged | 19 Comments