On Picking your Battles

Loved it.

http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/

How fan fiction is good for us

This article about kids learning to write through fan fiction communities online has some interesting things to say. I'm particularly interested in groups that have editing processes, where folks get to really work on a piece until it is solid.

http://www.technologyreview.com/business/13473/

Pomplamoose....I'm kind of in love now

Just bumped into this band because they did a cover of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. And wow. Instant love.

You can find out more about them on Wikipedia.

Here's what seems to be an original piece, that I instantly liked...



and here's a cover of "Mr. Sandman..."