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As we have no Internet or TV at the Snuggery, I have been taking full advantage of the LA County Library System and catching up on my “to-read” list. So far, I’ve discovered: [+] The Miss Julia books by Ann B. Ross [+] Leslie Meier’s books about Lucy Stone and solving crimes in a small [...]

I’ve got Headline News on while I take care of paperwork and attempt to clean the downstairs. They’re going to have Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat Pray Love) on to talk about love and marriage and her new book, Committed, where she examines marriage. OK… this is the woman who wrote in a whining tone [...]

As you can see from my sticky post, I’m definitely making progress on NaNo this month. I’m not bounding ahead like I did when I tried it in 2006 but I also haven’t put in any long prayers or hymns… at least not yet. The little bear is teething and teething hard at that. His [...]

Recap: I apparently don’t have enough to do in my life so I’m doing NaNo this year. When I did this 3 years ago, I offered to kill people off creatively.  I did this by creating a fictitious website called DaHorror.Com and had it be something like News of the Weird.  This year, I’m making [...]

While I’ve had a sleepy dude on me, I’ve been able to get some reading done. While listening to an episode of NPR’s “Religion Podcast” on my iPod, I heard about a book called The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University by Kevin Roose. His interview was pretty sweet so I decided [...]

So I’ve gotten through the rest of the book now and her time in Indonesia (well… Bali) is redemptive.  She helps the medicine woman buy a house to live in with her kids, she helps the medicine man preserve his notes, and she actually WAITS before bedding Felipe. I still think she’s narcissistic and self-centered [...]

My mom read this book and sent it to me because she thought I’d like it and she also wanted to know my thoughts on it.  You hear all these glowing reviews from all the newspapers and from people who feel like this book has changed their lives.  Those are pretty much two reasons not [...]