Are you a Wilbur or a Sheela? #humor #power #MeToo
“We have received a lot of complaints that our air hostesses are not pretty enough, too old and unsmiling… The …
Author Archives: barbtaub
A very short #Valentine’sDay love story plus #ThrowbackThursday post #humor
(Barb’s Guide to Films: if the characters kiss a lot, have sex, and then kill each other, it’s American. If the characters smoke a lot, have sex, and then kill themselves, it’s foreign.)
When cats go bad… #humor #politics #cats
There was a story this week about the Los Angeles City Hall’s rat infestation. In addition to the irresistible conflation …
So you want to write a western? Plus #BookReview of Marta’s Daughter by Gordon Rottman #Western #humor
Thinking of writing a Western? As genre’s go, this one’s tropes are relatively easy to nail: Set it in the American …
Love. (And cockroaches.) #valentine #humor
Whether or not all your ex’s live in Texas… The El Paso Zoo has an offer that’s hard to resist. …
Please hold. #humor #Scotland #utilities
Why I haven’t been blogging much lately. Two months ago (months!), I called our utility company in Glasgow and …
Slide into great characters… Plus #Bookreview #NewRelease THE SLAVE CITY by @CelineJeanjean #fantasy #steampunk #scifi
From hero to villain in one easy slide… When I reviewed the first volume of Celine Jeanjean’s sword and sorcery steampunk series, …
Island winter: snow and palm trees. #Scotland #WordlessWednesday
The Dreaded Lurgy PLUS #BookReview THE RESCUED ONE by @theLockwoodEcho #humor #flu #dogs
“It’s this lurgy goin’ about.” Almost everyone on our little island had it, has it, or (in my case) is getting …
Caffeine: it’s the universe’s way of apologizing. #humor #sleep
“This did not, BTW, have anything to do with natural childbirth. If God didn’t want us to have caffeine, She would not have given us espresso beans, chocolate, or Paris.”
