Friday, June 24, 2011

On Picking your Battles

Loved it.

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

Friday, June 03, 2011

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/

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

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..."