In my blog, I tend to write about:
- Funny stuff I can’t resist and hope you can’t resist either.
- Struggles with writing a book of nerdy humor, and studies of people who write funnier stuff than I do.
- Political good versus evil, with occasional shades of gray.
I grew up in NH, my nose in a book when I wasn’t building treehouses (summer) or giant snow forts (winter). We lived in a real neighborhood–I don’t think many families owned a house key. There were about 10 elderly* women in the 5-block radius I roamed who would offer me orange juice, bathroom privileges, and a comfy chair to sit reading kids books from the 1920s. I’d like to say thank you here to Miss Alice Colgan, who lived with a sister she hadn’t spoken to in 20 years. Both of them were delighted to see me or my siblings knock on the door.
The blogging world takes me back to those days of roaming. I like knocking at the door of your blog and finding out what’s on your mind today. Better than orange juice!
My husband and I live with our 20 year-old cat, our 15 year-old dog, and a little snake we’re baby-sitting for one of our daughters. Our two 20-something daughters–one college, one grad school–are a big part of our lives but don’t actually live here.
I am a nerd, and even bigger fan of nerds than I am a nerd myself. I used to spend a lot more time programming than I do now. I’ve coauthored a couple of books, both now out of print, but if you look up “Betsy Devine” at Amazon you can read some really nice reader reviews. The book I’m writing now is a collection of nerd humor, science humor, funny pictures, interviews with funny nerds–working title “Hell of a Good Universe.”
* The word “elderly” was one my grandmother liked–and one that the women I’m talking about would have liked. I thought of people as “elderly” once they got past 30 or so. I looked forward to getting there myself, and now–woo hoo–I surely have!
Thanks to Blog Sisters for much-needed advice and support writing this bio!
So which fairy tale archetype are you? Hmm??
made by Michelle at EmptySpace.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Joe // Apr 21, 2003 at 11:14 pm
Betsy — I was surfing tonight and ran across your comments on the Joho blog. Which led me here. I really do not know if you will find this — but I wanted you to know I appreciated your comments about Governor Dean –
My name is Joe Trippi — Howard Dean’s Campaign Manager (and yes an avid blog reader. Thanks again — I joined yours BTW.
Feel free to email me at jtrippi@deanforamerica.com
2 Anonymous // Apr 7, 2004 at 1:39 pm
I also just found this — a year later, lol! What a wonderful biography! I love the two sisters who lived together but had not spoken to each other in 20 years. They are precious, priceless, rare nowadays, although I remember same characters in my youth. They sound perfect for characters in a play, or short story. I wish you had a picture so I could really get an accurate visual. My imagination runs wild …