Author Archives: Kari Neumeyer

Your cup will never be empty Ah romance. Much as I appreciate Nightmare Before Christmas during the holiday season, I enjoyed watching Corpse Bride last night as a prelude to Valentine’s Day. I especially liked it when all the dead people reunited with their lost living loves. Sometimes Rob says he can hear my headContinue reading

Brevity is the soul of wit School is hard. I just got some very positive feedback (via e-mail) from my fiction writing professor, but I’ve been having some trouble with assignment two. One of my problems is that I have trouble making stuff up. And her only criticism was that my “free writing” exercise wasContinue reading

The Senate Judiciary spy probe SEN. JOE BIDEN: General, how has this revelation damaged the program? I’m almost confused by it but, I mean, it seems to presuppose that these very sophisticated Al Qaida folks didn’t think we were intercepting their phone calls. I mean, I’m a little confused. How did it damage this? ATTORNEYContinue reading

I never thought I’d say this, but it’s true that I feel more alert when I wake up between 6 and 7. I mean, it’s still really hard to get out of bed, but I no longer have the option of dozing until 10:30 anymore, yet I find myself getting through the day for theContinue reading “The Human Body at work”

Source: Forwarded e-mail. Author unknownApologies if you consider this the oldest one in the BOOK. Looks like it was posted online in Nova Scotia as early as 1997… Introducing the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device, trade named: BOOK BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to beContinue reading

For the first time ever, Rhymes with Safari blogs live from the Super Bowl. Live from the living room, that is. I have the Super Bowl on because it just seems like the thing to do. The smoothie place had a sign on the door saying that it was closing at 3, because no oneContinue reading “Go Hawks”

Awesome Reuters reports: “The United States condemned the cartoons on Friday, siding with Muslims who are outraged that newspapers put press freedom over respect for religion.” Hooked So Emerald took a little vacay at the in-laws. ‘Cus Rob was afraid the apartment inspectors would evict us or raise the rent if they saw a four-and-a-halfContinue reading

The Silent Type Others seem to think it ought to be, or is already, spring. They’re playing Frisbee in the square. I’ve been thinking about how out of the habit I am of making phone calls. I do most of my work via e-mail, which, frankly, I prefer. But when I do have to makeContinue reading

So confused. What time did my local groundhog pop out? Cus it was really sunny about an hour ago, but rainy and gray a few hours before that. I’m ready for spring, people! (Since it clearly is not planning to snow again)

Gay cowboys? Whoo-eee! Sorry if I’m behind the curve on this whole Brokeback Mountain thing, but it just got to a theatre near me. I liked it, I suppose, but I kept thinking as I watched it that it would make a better novel. Weird, ‘cus it was based on a short story. How, then,Continue reading