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Not Easy Being Green – Part 6

Written by AJ on January 23, 2013 – 12:02 pm

One of the big pushes in the green world is the encouragement to become a specialized eater. This isn’t going to happen for us. I’m sorry. Read more »

The Campaign for Real Coffee!

Written by AJ on January 9, 2013 – 12:02 pm

*I’m going to start with a disclaimer. Perhaps the campaign should be for “realish” coffee, because it’s about coffee on TV. I’m not going after your favorite morning beverage! Read more »

The Next Big Thing – Blog Hop

Written by AJ on January 3, 2013 – 6:02 am

Greetings Blog Hoppers
And Welcome to SMART CHICKENS
The snarky blog with eleven essential vitamins and irony! Read more »

Time Travel

Written by AJ on November 14, 2012 – 12:02 pm

I’m a SciFi writer. I believe in apocalypses—in the plural. I think I can find a way to make werewolves physiologically plausible. I’ve written about angels and demons and a world that can pass through ours without our knowledge. My new book, Inertia, involves a free-energy machine. I’m a believer in the suspense of disbelief. Read more »

The Dark Passenger

Written by AJ on October 3, 2012 – 12:02 pm

I am friends with several very bad passengers – they hate being in a car and not being the driver. Read more »

Sinister Me Part 2 – Making the Cut

Written by AJ on September 12, 2012 – 12:02 pm

If you are a lefty like me, then chances are the bane of your existence (even before spiral notebooks) is scissors. Read more »

Sinister Me Part 1 – Living Lefty

Written by AJ on September 5, 2012 – 12:02 pm

I am a lefty. If you know anything about lefties, you might have guessed that. We have a high tendency toward weirdness. I definitely fit that bill. Read more »

Hold the Line

Written by AJ on August 22, 2012 – 12:02 pm

Recently North Carolina and South Carolina have discovered they have a problem. While a surveyor was attempting to redraw the state line, he discovered that the only records of the line are two hundred years old . . . Read more »

Living Geek: Shelf Liner for Everything

Written by AJ on June 22, 2012 – 12:02 pm

Everyone knows that foamy shelf-liner is great for shelves. We particularly loved this when we lived in California and tiny earthquakes could knock over glasses or slide plates around in the cabinets. Foamy shelf-liner keeps them in place. Read more »

Living Geek: Socks in Solid Relationships

Written by AJ on June 8, 2012 – 12:02 pm

I don’t know anyone who has socks that maintain lasting marriages. Washers and dryers are the bane of sock unity. I know my family hosted years of “Socks without Partners” meetings to no avail. But we finally solved this problem. Read more »