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Cathy C. Hallhttps://cathychall.wordpress.com/I write, write, write. Then I rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. THEN I submit all those polished-up words out into the world and sell 'em. It's a plan that's worked pretty well.

Tooting My Horn Tuesday Goes Off on a Tangent

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Oh, I so want to toot my horn. But I can’t…yet. So I’ll toot Dav Pilkey’s horn instead. Because anyone who comes up with Professor Poopypants’ Name Change-O-Chart 2000 is BRILLIANT!

Good old Dav wrote the Captain Underpants series (which also happen to be brilliant!) and Professor Poopypants was one of his villains who changed people’s names so that…well, do evil geniuses really have to have a reason to be a poopypants? Anyway, here’s how it works: go to the website here and put your name(s) in the appropriate spots. Then voila! Your new name is delivered tout de suite!

My new name is Buttercup Wafflebrain, which I’m so in love with, I want to marry it! I’ve always been a HUGE fan of Buttercup. And speaking of marrying, a certain someone’s name came up as Poopsie Wafflebrain.

Which is totally ironic since I have been known to call a certain someone Poopsie on occasion. I wonder how Professor Poopypants knew that? I guess he really is an evil genius.

Finding Something Friday…Will and Wowio

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There’s a very good reason why it’s called Finding Something Friday ’round here. I’ve just spent an hour at least looking for…something. I’m pretty sure I had a piece of paper with a long list of interesting things I wanted to share with you (and by you, I mean Anonymous and Bill, apparently).

But I found something else while I was looking. It’s Wowio, which kinda makes you want to jump up and click your heels, huh? Now that I think about it, you may be kicking your heels after you check it out. Wowio is an online bookstore where you can read books for free online and/or download a PDF for a moderate cost. So, say you’d like to read the first chapter or two of some classic, like Huckleberry Finn. You don’t have to go to the library or search the web forever. It’s right there at your fingertips, free at Wowio. Cool, huh?

Oh, and I found Will, too. Technically, I found the Will Rogers Writing Contest. If you can write an essay in the Will Rogers style, you can win this contest that’s connected to Will Rogers and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. You have till the end of the month, and please, don’t write about Will. Write something funny or human interest-y. You’ll find more info here. I think it’s listed under the What’s New section. And if it’s not there, I’m not sure where you’ll find it.

‘Cause I’m having one of those Fridays where I can’t find a thing.