Going Rogue, Bird by Bird

December 2, 2009 | Comments Off

December is the month for snarkiness and sarcasm. This is how most of us survive the holidays. In light of this, let’s enjoy a particularly wise-ass Mark Morford column that makes delicious fun of Sarah Palin’s book:

Top 10 uses for “Going Rogue”

You have found/run over a copy of Sarah Palin’s “book.” Now what?

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist

Did you think I was going to say toilet paper? Or birdcage liner? Something to do with animal waste in general or perhaps roadkill, moose droppings or Alaskan elk carcasses in particular?

Well, I am not going to say that. It’s just far too easy, and obvious, and does nothing to give either “Going Rogue” or the former VP candidate its/her proper respect, and, of course, by “respect” I mean quivering lamentable hellshot of blinding cerebral pain that makes you wince as though you’ve just been smashed in the face with a hammer.

Here then, a far more artfully compiled list of things you can do with the former Alaska governor’s book — or, as millions might say, “book”…

Read the rest, here.

Part II for today: The Relaxed Writer (a lifecoach for writers?! Thank you Coach Marla!) gives us the permission AND the instructions for How To Write All Weekend. Writing all weekend is exactly what we should be doing in December instead of shopping for gifts. The internet was created so that we are able to finish our holiday shopping in a few hours late one insomnia-ridden night in November and spend the rest of our sanity doing other things such as taking it Bird by Bird, as the super smart Anne Lamott has instructed us to do.

Part III goes like this:

The Booktrix Blog is something worth reading. Incidentally, so are books. Check this out:

Reading books.Â Really reading.Â Really.

OK readers, itâ€™s time to look at yourself in the mirror and tell the truth…

Click here to tell the truth.

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