http://elizabethehancock.com Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:24:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I'l say it again: there's no greater self-esteem boost on earth than being told you're funny.  I think it trumps "good looking", "smart", maybe not "rich"... But it's awful darn good.  I was thrilled to see the mention of Trespassers Will Be Baptized in this HuffPo article yesterday, along with ... http://elizabethehancock.com/2010/08/26/crylaugh/ Well, it's making the rounds on the Internet again.  You've probably seen it -- an old Washington Post advice column about the burden-laden life of a stay-at-home mother.  If you haven't come across it, you can view it here, but the gist of it is probably familiar to you anyway:  ... http://elizabethehancock.com/2010/07/21/out-of-the-valley-of-the-sahms/ Hey y'all, I'll be signing pretty much all day long tomorrow at the Resource Fair for the CBF Assembly in Charlotte, NC, at the Charlotte Convention Center.  Mom and Dad will also be around, for those still trying to collect their autographs, though Meg won't be making an appearance at this ... http://elizabethehancock.com/2010/06/23/charlotte-nc-book-signings-tomorrow-and-friday/ My husband and I started watching Lost the year we were married.  It was 2005, and we spent an entire weekend ordering in, not leaving the bed, and watching the entire Season 1 on DVD (ahh, the pre-children era), so we could be caught up for the start of Season ... http://elizabethehancock.com/2010/05/24/yes-i-watched-it-and-i-didnt-think-it-was-dumb-but-i-might-be/ In certain Southern church services, there exists an abomination called The Children's Sermon.  It is abominable because the whole premise behind it is a lie - while it takes place during the church service, it is not a real "sermon"; it's a gospel "lesson" so watered-down and sugar-coated that you ... http://elizabethehancock.com/2010/04/01/the-childrens-sermon-an-easter-story/ When doctors don't call you back with lab test results.  Faaaantastic.  I'd put it right up there with Spring Forward on my list of things that are really...just great.  No better word for it.  In fact, they've prompted me to submit a little prayer to the Heavenly Office of Laboratory Accountability, ... http://elizabethehancock.com/2010/03/15/you-know-whats-just-awesome/ Alirght.  So I know authors love to play "most tortured."  Memoirists, especially.   But I've read a lot of reviews and commentary later that have prompted me to speak up a lil for our beleaguered Dewey Decimal Class.  Things like this comment, posted in the Amazon reviews section for Isabel Gillies' Happens All The ... http://elizabethehancock.com/2009/09/06/ouch/ People who read as a hobby don't get the chance to "win" via that hobby very often.  For all the junior high days in which teachers, parents, and coaches reiterated that literacy was the most important thing in the world, it was the athletes, the artists, the never-missed-a-days (big woop ... http://elizabethehancock.com/2009/06/25/competitive-bloodthirsty-reading/ I enrolled in a new book club recently, so there's been much discussion among my friends as to what constitutes a good selection.  You know, the mythical "something everyone will like," the book that won't lead to bloodshed.  Of course, finding the holy grail of choice reads is a little like ... http://elizabethehancock.com/2009/06/12/should-books-come-with-instructions/ Exciting news! A limited number of Trespassers Will Be Baptized copies will be available for sale in the resource center of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's annual General Assembly. They're hardcover, and will be offered for the special price of $17. For more about the Assembly, click here. http://elizabethehancock.com/2009/06/12/coming-to-cbf-assmebly/