• I write books.

    I do! It's true. I have written for all sorts of different audiences. My first book was literary adult fiction and I've written many many books that have fallen into the category "juvenile fiction" and "YA fiction". I talk about my books and writing in general on my other site, which is at www.karenrivers.com. (I don't know how to make that a live link, so you may have to copy and paste.) (Sorry.) THIS site is about me, my hair, my kids, my appliances, and that time that I rode my bike down a cliff and then got stung by a bee. It may not all be appropriately awesome (or even slightly interesting) to kids, so if you are young, LOOK AWAY. That said, there is nothing harmful here, except the occasional swear, which I ask you to edit out with your eyes. Blink blink.

  • I take pictures.







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  • Is it safe to eat raw bacon?

    No. You shouldn't eat any raw pork products. You could get trichinosis and no doubt a number of other food-borne illnesses. With the recent change in food safety standards, I'd frankly cook the crap out of any meat product I purchased before eating it. Even if it's already cooked. Seriously. Keep in mind that I am not a raw bacon expert, I just play one on the web.

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And now for more…. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS YOU DIDN’T ACTUALLY ASK ME. The Hallowe’en Edition.

Posted on October 31st, 2009 by Karen

I was going to write a post called “Twitter is My Paxil” and then I sat down to do it and glanced at the search terms to land on this blog lately from Google and one of them was “What meat products are safe from vampires?” And being a WORLD CLASS EXPERT ON VAMPIRES*, [...]

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NaNoWriMo, Baby. I Share Five Components Of My Book-To-Be. Steal It At Your Own Risk. Karma’s A Bitch, Dude. This Title Contains Both “Baby” and “Dude”. Who Am I?

Posted on October 24th, 2009 by Karen

It’s time once again for NaNoWriMo, which is just November in a fancy costume and with coffee mugs and t-shirts you can buy to validate your experience. (I bought the coffee mug, yes I did.) If you are me and are panicking and poor, you pretty much NaNoWriMo every month because Fear [...]

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Where The Wild Things Are Abusive And Don’t Even Stick To The Few Words Of The Original Script: WARNING, SPOILERS.

Posted on October 17th, 2009 by Karen

So last night we went to see Where The Wild Things Are. (And no, we weren’t baked.) (And yes, everyone else in the theatre was baked.) (And also, yes, popcorn sales were brisk.) And whoa. And also, what? WHAT HAPPENED? [spoilers below the jump]

    

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It’s The End Of The World As We Know It: Jake Pavelka Selected As Next Bachelor. Hush! You Know I Care Too Much About This Kind Of LIFE CHANGING NEWS.

Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Karen

So it’s official: Jake Pavelka is going to bore us senseless entertain us with weekly two-hour glimpses of his dating prowess, being nice to nice girls and not hurting anyone’s feelings and genuinely caring about each and every one of the twenty-five bimbos hopefuls who have signed up to ride the Jake-train (and [...]

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I will tell you five things about rabbits. Because it’s Five-Thing Friday! Only It’s Tuesday. I Keep Telling You: If You Are Going to be A Stickler For Timeliness, You Will Not Find It Here.

Posted on October 13th, 2009 by Karen

How can I come up with five things to say about rabbits, you ask?   EASY.   That’s how.   I have more than five.   I could probably, under pressure, come up with maybe even SIX.   Six things about rabbits.   Hold on to your hats or whatever you want to hold on [...]

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My Stomach is Making Horrible Noises. Plus, Waiting For The Phone to Ring Rules! Except It Does Not Rule.

Posted on October 11th, 2009 by Karen

Yesterday, Clayton took the kids to his mum’s such that I could spend Saturday polishing my toenails and watching Project Runway writing one of the five books that I’m currently writing.   I know I mention this all the time, but that’s because I also am baffled about why I’m writing five books at [...]

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It’s Saturday, Which Means It’s Time Once Again For Five Thing Friday. What Is Wrong With That Statement? Bad Grammar? Can’t Figure It Out, It Just Doesn’t Look Right. Hmmm.

Posted on October 3rd, 2009 by Karen

Five things, five things.   How about FIVE LISTS OF FIVE THINGS?   That’s right, it’s TWENTY FIVE THINGS.   Holy hell.    It’s like I’m giving you my SOUL except it’s much smaller than that and easier to write down.   Or bigger.   I mean, how big is a soul?  As big as a dime?  Or bigger, like a [...]

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