My pal Alia Yunis has a reading at the LA Festival of Books this weekend. If you are nearby, please go and check it out. You will not be disappointed. She is an amazingly gifted writer. I wish I could go! here are the details: Emerging Voices Fellows Reading at LA Times Festival of Books Sunday, April 24 @ 3:45Etc. Stage LA Times Festival … Read More Emerging Voices Fellows Reading at LA Times Festival of Books
If you are not Canadian, it’s possible that you have never heard of Terry Fox and that is a shame. He lost a leg to cancer when he was 18 and in an attempt to raise money for cancer research, 25 years ago he began a run across Canada which he called the Marathon of Hope. He ran for 3,339 miles when the cancer … Read More
Well, I just think the news about the cancer-fighting drug, Avastin, is outstanding and I hope it continues to show more success–Wider success claimed for rising cancer drug: A new study shows Genentech’s cancer-fighting drug, Avastin, enables women with advanced breast cancer to live four months longer without their cancer getting worse, an advantage likely to prompt widespread interest in the medicine among cancer … Read More
Okay. I’ve been following this Wendy’s-finger-in-the-chili story and it just keeps getting weirder and more disgusting–Wendy’s offers $100,000 reward for “chili finger’s” original owner: Wendy’s also has hired private investigators, set up a hotline for tips and doubled its reward yesterday to $100,000 for information leading to the finger’s original owner. “Our brand reputation has been affected nationally. We are determined to find out … Read More
Fabulous Flash Fiction by the one and only, Ellen Meister. Read it here: A Crack in the Foundation
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