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Barmy’s bountiful bag of bad advice for writers
Nice alliteration, eh? Always use alliterations in your title; people totally dig that. It’s strange how so many otherwise excellent writers mess that up. I’m certain that Stephen King would have finally sold some books if he had just called it “Carrie Kills like Crazy”. Instead, the guy’s barely made a living. Now, as regular […]
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How to sneak junk food without getting caught by your child
June 20, 2012
Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday, where our sense is about as common as it gets. This week’s question was a bit of a team project. It flowed from a conversation in the comments section of a recent post on what families can learn from the 2012 Summer Olympics. Gina Valley asked if […]
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I used to be skinny: An encore post.
June 19, 2012
I did this cartoon today and thought it would go well with one of my favorite posts from about a year ago. So just for fun, here’s the slightly revised post called I used to be skinny, too. ——– Son, I used to be skinny. No, really, I did. You’re going to […]
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What families can learn from the 2012 Olympics…sort of.
June 13, 2012
Welcome to this week’s installment of WTF Wednesday where we are the leading experts on our own opinion. This week’s question comes via Twitter from Gina Valley, whose blog usually makes me laugh but today made me cry. Gina writes: Dear IBMP, What can we as a family learn from the Olympic Games? Well isn’t […]
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When earlobe hair goes rogue
June 11, 2012
Son, every once in a while, I like to give you a glimpse into a day in the life of your dad. I figure you should know what you’ve got coming since your destiny is to follow in my footsteps as I follow in my dad’s footsteps who followed in his dad’s footsteps and so […]
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Getting into the mind of the serial messy room offender
June 6, 2012
Welcome to this week’s instalment of WTF Wednesday where you spent more time thinking up a question than I spent thinking up an answer. I’ve been doing WTF Wednesdays for 8 months now. Weird. Anyway, during that time I haven’t missed a single Wednesday. That’s quite an accomplishment since I can’t remember my own cell […]
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I've become my parents 
June 25, 2012
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