There’s many a slip atwixt the bar room and the lecture hall
cindyphillips from my Substack archives: Cindy Phillips, Jul 11, 2025 The Bar Room and the Lecture Hall “It is always nice to see you,” Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to…
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GIGO, Predestiny, and the Work Ethic
from my Substack archives: Cindy Phillips, A skip through 10 July in history, 10 July 2025 I’m not playing the Rolling Stones today, but I might have a little dance…
Grandma’s Hand, and the lead up to Leda’s horny swan
from my Substack archives: 4 July 2025 / Topics in this post, for reader discretion: Poultry Porn, things that lead to a lede, and drunk texting in a Town and…
A SHOTGUN, A PREGNANT VIRGIN, AND WOMEN WITH BUCKETS
from my Substack archives: Cindy Phillips, 2 July 2025 Hyannis Port, Mass., July 2 (UPI) – President Kennedy mourned tonight the death of Ernest Hemingway, whom he called one of…
Blondie, Beedi, and our beloved Brothel Creeper-in-drag
from my Substack archives: 1 July 2025 It’s a nice day for music birthdays. There’s Jeff Wayne, turning 82 today, the guy who gave us the prophetic Jeff Wayne’s Musical…
How come I know Marla Maples, and holding on for 80 000 rabbits.
from my Substack archives: Perfect album for today, how come I know Marla Maples, and holding on for 80 000 rabbits. Cindy Phillips, June 30, 2025 The noise of post-Glastonbury…
MAYBE YOU DON’T OWN YOUR NOVEL DRAFT, DID YOU KNOW THAT?
"Penguin Random House has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging its chatbot ChatGPT violated copyright by mimicking and reproducing the content of a popular series of German children’s books. The…
You’re So Vain, You Probably Think This Blog Is About Pigs
My birthday calendar says we’ve got Orwell and Carly Simon on the same day? That’s literary-political sass and 70s self-aware sparkle rolled into one. Delicious! “All animals are equal, but…
Ambrose Bierce and Mick Ralphs, Wondernauts
“Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.” Ambrose Bierce I told Aggie I almost named him Ambrose, so many years ago, when I thought he was…
WHY NOT NOW?
You own your story, why not write it now? Is there a story inside you just waiting to be told? Whether you’re at the beginning of your writing journey, stuck…