http://www.megspohn.com http://www.megspohn.com Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:49:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Did I mention that Jackie is perhaps the greatest mouser EVER? This morning featured what was almost a double, uhh, muricide: a dead mouse in the hall, and a live one she had cornered in one of my husband's shoes. I took the shoe outside and put it on its ... http://www.megspohn.com/?p=807 Oh yeah: jury duty. Except now I live in a much teensier county, and they don't give jurors anything like a questionnaire to fill out and send back, so I can't offer my trademark, "I have a Ph.D. in political theory and I double-dog dare you to call me" and ... http://www.megspohn.com/?p=802 This is it: "You can't make a living as a writer." You would not believe how many of my young students have been told that -- most of them perfectly good writers -- and there is no bigger pile of hooey. Seriously, it's hard to have a good career without ... http://www.megspohn.com/?p=798 Here's one of the many things I've been doing lately: being in a sci-fi melodrama that's running throughout April. I play the green chick. Volume up? http://www.megspohn.com/?p=795