Shannon Costello

I think it was a teen cricket in my bathroom early this morning- big enough to be intimidating, but obviously not full-grown.  I was, er, busy, so my range was restricted, but I did wad up an article of clothing and threw it at him as hard as I could- stunned him on the second [...]

Part of me wished I had live-blogged it, particularly when I spotted the teleprompters.
The noisy atmosphere was interesting.  I didn’t understand a lot of it.  At one point he was getting a chorus of groans (around the time he was talking about illegal immigrants NOT getting coverage), and I didn’t quite know why.  Another time [...]

I was standing by my car waiting for a running partner when I met Darrol. He asked if he could come over and talk to me. I figured the parking lot was a big exposed area, my friend in the produce department was in his car nearby, and Kelly was coming soon, so [...]

So we are hanging around town waiting for lunch.  We have seen the last patient and packed up all the consulting rooms.  All of our stuff is now organized in the ‘pharmacy’, which is a lot of stuff lined up in suitcases, bags, and small plastic tables so that all wall space is used.  I [...]

I’ve got only about 30 minutes before dinner, but that’s ok, because I don’t think I have too much to write. 
I just left the hospital where I was helping explain to the night nurses (locals) the orders for each patient.  Before that I assisted in a procedure to remove a piece of corn from a [...]

I like language because it is so versatile, a fact I didn’t always appreciate. My adolescent mind couldn’t handle figurative meanings. But I see it now- there is so much more to what is said than the words by themselves should be able to convey. Interesting to think that even with that [...]

“What has become clearer and clearer…is that the novel’s power has its source in the sexual implications of the blood exchange between the vampire and his victims.  Those blood exhanges and  the extraordinary eroticism that comes off the pages on which they are described are what make Dracula such an amazing book.”
Normally my eyes [...]

I lose big time whenever I get stuck on the pop culture questions of Trivial Pursuit.  On the other hand, I work with kids, so it makes some sense to keep in touch with what I can stand.  Sometimes, like with Harry Potter, it is rewarding…other times it is at least entertaining.  This movie belongs [...]