Archives for 2010
So, I have a trailer out for my upcoming How to Woo A Reluctant Lady (Minerva Sharpe’s book). I’m pretty pleased with it (I’d better be–I wrote the script!). What I wanted to do, however, was a parody of the opening to Castle. You know, “There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking [...]
Recently, I read Kieran Kramer’s Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right and fell in love with her writing. Lucky for me, she was nice enough to allow me to go all fan girly on her and agreed to do an interview here on Mt. Oly. Although, I’m pretty sure she agreed [...]
I get some time off from the day job around the holidays. This is good because last week I was a crazy woman getting ready, and now I am an exhausted woman recovering. Since I don’t have to set an alarm clock these days, I watch television late some nights. And more often than not, [...]
I love family traditions. I treasure them because I had such an nontraditional upbringing. I’m writing this Sunday evening and a friend of mine is taking down her tree … tonight – this very minute. I know because I called her an hour ago and she’d just poured herself a glass of wine while her [...]
It’s that time. The presents are opened, the figgy pudding consumed, and you’ve just realized you have a bad Christmas present hangover. So here. Here’s that one gift you really wanted, but didn’t find under your tree. A gift that didn’t cost money, didn’t bring any more annoying ripped paper into your house, or leave [...]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and all of yours from the Goddesses and their friends!
Oh glorious day, it’s THAT day of the year: the last and FINAL day of holiday shopping! The goddesses of Mt. Oly wish you and yours very short lines, excellent bargains, and– oh, here, let’s list what we wish for each and every one of you for this joyous season: 12 Ryan Reynolds a leaping [...]
I was going to post a warm, reflective, day-before-Christmas-Eve blog. Something about mistletoe and holly, and how to differentiate them from poison oak. As I was browsing the ‘net yesterday, however, I came across something. Something marvelous. The first official trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. This, I decided, changed everything. Now [...]
Every Christmas I agonize for weeks over what to get some of the people on my holiday gift list. You know the ones that are really hard to buy for because they won’t tell you what they need or want. I’m not like Karen H. I don’t have to find the perfect gift for each person, [...]
Years ago, I sent all my presents off as usual one Christmas. On Christmas Day, I got my usual phone call from one of my brothers, who whispered to me, “Did you mean not to send Maddie a gift?” I don’t know how it happened. I don’t know if I left it out of the [...]
Big thanks to Goddess Freshelle for her (repeated) suggestion to use David Gandy for our For Refreshment Only Sunday! Fresh has suggested him many times, but I fear that I’m one of THOSE people . . . you know the ones . . . they forget they’re really thirsty even as they open the fridge [...]
We don’t care how frightful the weather outside is or how delightful that fire is either! The Goddesses are busting out some fabulous prizes and that’s all that matters! We’re giving away three incredible prizes today! Did you know that on January 18 the next installment in Sabrina’s Hellions of Halstead Hall series comes out? [...]
My son tells me that I’m a skeptic, and it’s true. I pretty much don’t believe anything anyone tells me. I don’t know why or when this happened. I blame Mr. G. Not that he’s a huge liar, but he thinks I blame him for everything anyway. So why not? However at this time of year, [...]
I was watching television last night and there were a bunch of ads for that new tape dispenser that attaches to your hand, to make it easier to wrap gifts. It got me thinking about low tech products that, once invented, make life so much easier that you have to wonder why no one thought [...]
By the time you read this, Jack London will have driven over 1000 miles home in one day. He finished his first semester of law school on Saturday (hooray!) and wanted to be home. So he got up Sunday morning at 5:30 and started out. He called me a couple of hours or so later [...]
His name is Noah Mills and he’s a model for both runway and print. I found him in a D & G ad. Are your hands warmer yet? It’s getting COLD this week, so rub those chilly fingers here, where our man Noah dons his bad guy look: Mmm. I’m getting MUCH warmer. Are you? [...]
I am a fan of the Comedy network, and I have my favorite performers. Ron White is one. He proves that it is all in the delivery, something writers say about their work too, but somehow it is more obvious in live comedy performances. And recently Jeff Foxworthy’s famous routine has been playing in my [...]
It’s that time of year. The time of year when I, a self-professed Perfect Present Shopper, painstakingly make lists, take notes, glean conversations for hints, and spend hours online and in stores, looking for just the right gift. While I’m doing this, my beloved husband Hot Cop is doing as he usually does this time [...]
The day after Thanksgiving is more than just Black Friday to me. It’s the day CHRISTMAS season starts. Chocolate covered cherries, fruitcake and egg nog are on the menu. Elf, Love Actually and How the Grinch Stole Christmas must be watched. My DVR becomes overladen with Lifetime and Hallmark holiday movies. But most of all, [...]
December 7, 1941. This is a date I will never forget, and not only because I’m a big history buff and have a keen interest in dates from the past, but because my dad was in college in 1941 and on December 8, 1941, he dropped out of college and joined the United States Marine [...]
Someone – I can’t remember who, so if it was, please let me know! – suggested that we use the Allstate “Mayhem” guy as a FROS and I have to say, I immediately say, “Heck, YES!” Those commercials always make me laugh, and we all know how sexy that is. And Dean Winters, Mr. Mayhem, [...]
A friend asked what my family’s top holiday tradition is. Quick! Think of the top one! For me, the first thing that popped into my mind was the White Elephant that we do on my side of the family. It’s so much fun and we get wilder and wackier each year. None of us need [...]
As you may have noticed, The Goddess Blogs has been down for “maintenance” for the past two days. The maintenance involved moving the entire site over to a new server large enough to accommodate us. You see, when we started TGB nearly three years ago we were small enough that we could share computer space [...]
