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Crabbie Blog!

Thanks to Jack’s "tie-dye bra party and wearing priceless-art as a mask," Missyisms (i.e., this blog) has been awarded CrabAppleLane Blog of the Day. We are deeply humbled and will continue our celebration dance throughout the day. Thank you, Rob. 

Welcome CrabAppleLane readers. I hope you’ll enjoy your visit and as my Texan parents [...]

A Safe Place for Dying

Is that not a great name for a book? A safe place for dying. Unfortunately, I didn’t think of it and it is not the title of my in-progress novel (but that’s another blog).

But…it is the title of a friend’s book!

A Safe Place for Dying is a great mystery written by my buddy Jack Fredrickson. [...]

Again, Happy Thought Indeed!

It’s been a busy few days here at Missyisms, thanks to a post on AustenBlog. Visitors have been stopping in from all over the Jane’s world–which easily covers the globe! Thank you, AustenBlog editors.

Welcome Janeites! I hope you’ll visit again as a Jane discussion is always enjoyed here and never more than a short scroll [...]

More Pride and Prejudice (1995/6 ed.)

A&E, an American cable television channel, would like your help. They are selling yet another edition of their wonderful 1995/6 Pride and Prejudice TV mini-series. Yes, another version! Just as there are multiple big and little screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s masterpiece, A&E has sold multiple versions of the adaptation they co-produced with the [...]

Burning Dust

It’s Sunday evening, the Tony’s are the only thing on TV, I haven’t finished reading the Sunday newspaper, my Internet connection isn’t there, and the weekend is almost over…why?

Point to ponder: The Sunday newspapers are always bloated with extra sections and hundreds of advertisement sections. The Sunday papers are available at the newsstands and stores [...]

$3 Million A Year

OK, sorry, corrupting my blog with pure gossip here, but this was too wild to pass up!

Am I reading this correctly? To quote:

"The happy couple (Tom Cruise / Katie Holmes) and their lawyers have come up with a contract that
will give Holmes $3 million a year up to $33 million for each year that
she [...]

Confession Time

Legos seem to be ever where lately! I’ve seen friends children playing with Legos. I’ve read blogs about Legos. And the Chicago Tribune recently had an article about this Lego portrait builder. Legos come in Batman kits, Star Wars kits, Harry Potter kits, Bionicles, sports or city themed kits, and even Thomas the Tank Engine [...]

Have Altoids…Will Charge

I’m not an Altoids gal…they burn holes in my mouth…but this gadget might convert me.

It’s a battery charger for iPods made in an Altoids Chewing Gum tin. I kid you not! Take a look here.

Now, if only I was electronically skilled enough to 1) verify it wouldn’t hurt my iPod and 2) to make [...]

Just Like Heaven

Without a doubt, my first comment about the movie Just Like Heaven is…I WANT THAT APARTMENT!!!!! Even if I can’t have the wonderful view (San Francisco) that’s in the movie, I still want the apartment with all it’s wonderful, beautiful, wood moldings and the garden roof.

That aside, on to the movie itself. Just Like Heaven [...]

Create Your Own Art

In the past I told you how you could write like Jane (as in Austen, of course). Now here’s a link for you to paint like Jackson Pollock. It’s splashy good fun!

(Left click to change colors while painting.)

Hat tip: Jen.