by Jessica | Jul 18, 2015 | Writing
The Onion Writer’s Panel at the Athenaeum A couple months ago I went to the Onion & Simpson’s writer’s panel at 2nd Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival in Chicago. I almost didn’t go because I now [lowers to a whisper] live in the suburbs....
by Jessica | Jun 6, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, Humor
(Today’s Five Minute Friday prompt: Hands) There’s a line from the 1998 film version of Great Expectations. Robert de Niro’s character, Arthur Lustig, says “They say the eyes are the windows to the soul, but I say it’s the hands.”...
by Jessica | Jun 2, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
Welcome to the Nothing Store! Welcome to the Nothing Store! So glad to have you here. Have you been here before? No? Well, I’ll just tell you how it works real quick and you can get started. You see our menu above. There’s three categories from which to...
by Jessica | May 22, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, Uncategorized
Five Minute Friday – Close. I commute on the train daily now. I’ve gotten really close to the people on the train. Not all of them–just the ones whose butts and fronts are uncomfortably close to my face when I get a seat. I’ve also gotten...
by Jessica | May 9, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, Writing
Introducing Five Minute Friday Recently I discovered Five Minute Friday (shout out to Twitter friend Beth Anne for the suggestion), a weekly five minute writing challenge to not overthink and just get writing. This might be small beans to you, but for someone...
by Jessica | Feb 27, 2014 | Humor, Writing
Sometimes you just need to incarnate some tongue-in-cheek self help. Here are my favorite props for self motivation. I once had one of these in my purse (just in case), and gave it to someone at a bar who said something really rad. I put these around my desk when I...
