Kathleen O'Reilly
Kathleen O'Reilly has done nothing extraordinary in comparison to other author bios. She is not a former CIA agent, nor has she ever been President of the United States (nor slept with him, either). She graduated from Texas A&M in 1987, which her parents do consider extraordinary and has been married for 19 years, but not to Mick Jagger, nor Justin Timberlake. No, she merely lives with her husband and two kids in New York, and not even Manhattan, just your typical suburb. Due to the mundaneness in her life, she has chosen to write fiction, which -- all things considered – seems best. Astrological sign: Sagittarius. Optimistic and happy, honest and intellectual, yet also blindly optimistic and sometimes irresponsible. Favorite Leading Man: Daniel Craig Favorite Comfort Food: Any Tex-Mex food with cheese (and no, rice is NEVER a cheese substitute in quality Mexican food) If you are insanely curious about me, or my books, go to www.kathleenoreilly.com.
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
We just got back from our grand adventure, NY to TX to FL, and then back to NY, and I have to say that I really love road trips. On Thursday, we went through South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware, Jersey, and then finally NY. Whew! I bought an atlas and the kids [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
Yes, I’m in the middle of my trans-coastal air/road trip! I’m here at Dallas, where it’s HOT, HOT, HOT. Yes, I hadforgotten how hot Texas can be. I was supposed to arrive on Monday evening, but EVIL Delta airlines decided to cancel my connection from Salt Lake City to Dallas. Hey, I have nothing against [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
All this week, I’ve been bombarded with ads for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. And every time I want to say, “Seriously?” How much do we need to rip off the quintessential inventor of this genre, Sherri Browning Erwin, whose groundbreaking works, Grave Expectations and Jane Slayre were the original contributions to the idea of historical [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
Kid found in Germany A kid showed up in Germany last year, claiming to have lived in the woods with his father for five years, and having conveniently forgotten everything else. He’d be eighteen now, which is no longer a kid, and all I can think of is those men who lead dual lives. So, [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
In song and poems, May is a month of celebration, and dance. A time for merry-making and celebrating something that probably had to do with agriculture, but I don’t remember. And yet, in modern times, May is still a month of celebration, and dance and HELL! Seriously, who decided to put everything into May? For [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
So, I am out of things to blog about today. I used up my interesting topic quota on Friday, so alas, I am forced to blog about boring things instead. In my first official boring topic, I think the WhineSisters should have a SuperPacOfBonBons. It should just like a political SuperPac, but it should be [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
It seems like everyone is having a crazy week. Sherri is tooling around New York, probably raising havoc. Julia London is going to run her race with a nail gun in her hand, Jacquie is being all weepy mother, alternating between sweet teary-eyed bouts of “I’m so proud of you son!,” and “Here’s how you’ll [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
Today’s post brings back the use of the paragraph, and I know everyone will be happy. I’ve had a *long* and hectic week, but starting today, I get to poke my head up out of my whole and breathe in, which is awesome, because our rhododendrons and iris are just now starting to bloom, and [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
I had planned to write this post yesterday afternoon. I had it written down on my to-do list, a purposefully sparse piece of paper where the only the must of the must gets written down. Ha! The best intentions of mice, men, and overworked citizens of the world. Yeah, you’ve heard it all, but since [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
You know those people who listen to ONE song over and over again, looping endlessly, and never seem to get bored with it? Yes. I am one of those people. It comes with writing. Oftentimes, I hear a song and I know the scene that goes with that song and it loops in my head, [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
I don’t know if it’s just me, but lately it’s been All-Titanic, all the time. We’ve had TV specials, and books, and Titanic (IN 3D!!!!!). We’ve had recreations and documentaries, and yes, a new mini-series, frankly, I’m getting a little seasick. We’re coming up on the 100 anniversary of the sinking (April 15, 1912), and [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
It’s been a truly glorious spring week at Chez O’Reilly. Spring is always very special here, but then the trees pop in white and pinks and yellows, it’s hard to do anything but smile. Seriously, it’s like there is some genetic imperative to have your mouth curve in the upward direction. We have a [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
On Saturday, I’ll be getting new eyeglasses and I’m very excited. I’m especially excited since my new optometrist took great pains to explain (in great detail) how badly done my previous pair of glasses were — the ones I wore for the past three years without complaining. Apparently the little bi-focal lines were cock-eyed, so [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
So, this past week, the Hubster and I actually had two evenings off. Neither of us wanted to go out, so we decided to find something to watch. Remembering the recs from my fellow sisters in Whine and knowing that Hubster probably won’t be a Downtown Abbey fan, we downloaded the first episode of Game [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
Today I SO wanted to blog politics, because things are finally getting comedy-worthy, but I know that’s never a good idea, and it’s supposed to be rainy today, and Mom taught me never to talk politics when it rains, so I scoured the Net to find all the news that’s fit to put a smile [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
Okay, so, I’m not blogging the Oscars. I figure that Sherri will give us the fashion deets, and I have to say, I thought the whole slate of nominees was sort of a yawner. There were no big scandals, no big surprises, no “WTF?” when the nominees were read. It was all very boring. So [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
I’ve been in Texas for a few days, helping out around the house, doing the chaffeur thing and getting new carpet installed in my parent’s house, and whew, I was sweating the color. We had ordered the carpet last week, but the sales guy didn’t leave a sample, so the color was only stuck in [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
Today, I’m bloggin on all things Siri. It all started with Sirius XM, that happens to be installed on the rental car I’m driving ((I’m in Dallas at the moment). So, one of the stations is called “Siriously Sinatra” and it’s all Sinatra, all the time. Dee, I thought of you. I think Sirius XM [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
As much as I would like to blog about the Superbowl, I feel like I cannot without being a super obnoxious whiner. And then I thought about blogging about the Superbowl commercials, but I didn’t think they were that awesome (see: favorite Superbowl commercials here and and this ). So in the spirit of not [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
Today, sisters, we’re talking football. And not just any football. Not the European football, the average Sunday American football, the backlot pick-up-game football. No, this is the Big Dog. This is the Game. This is the pinnacle of the American football experience. Superbowl Sunday. For those non-American sisters, let me take a moment to educate [...]
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by Kathleen O'Reilly
I’ve spent most of the weekend watching football, because football is a sacred tradition in the O’Reilly household, only deigned more sacred when the weather is really, really cold and we get to have a fire in the fireplace, and honestly, it’s too freaking cold to do much else other than huddle under the throw [...]
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