April 2008 | Page 3 of 3 | The 3 R's: Reading, 'Riting, and Randomness

April 9, 2008 Uncategorized

Book talk/Blog Tour: “Only Child”

(Advisory note: I was offered the opportunity to review this book by MotherTalk, which arranged for me to receive a promotional copy; I received no other compensation.) Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up SoloDeborah Siegel and Daphne Uviller, editors and contributorsThree Rivers Press, paperback, 2008 (ISBN 0307238075 / 9780307238078)Nonfiction anthology/memoir, 272 pages First sentence (from the Introduction): What’s it like being an only child? Book Description: In this […]

April 8, 2008 Uncategorized

Ten on Tuesday, and then ten more..

(I may have mentioned that I’m trying not to post more than once a day, so when I can find ways to tie two or three things together into a single post, that definitely works for me.) I think lists like this week’s Ten on Tuesday prompt, “10 Favorite Actors/Actresses,” are supposed to be easy for most people, but for some reason I have a very hard time with them. I’m not sure why. It […]

April 7, 2008 Uncategorized

Weekend Assignment #210 – Speechifying

The Weekend Assignment is posted each Friday at Outpost Mâvarin; a roundup of responses goes up the following Thursday, so if you’d like to join in, you’ve still got some time. Weekend Assignment #210: It’s been 40 years since the Mountaintop speech, and even longer since the great speeches of John F Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and others. Are the days of great oratory behind us, or have you drawn inspiration […]

April 6, 2008 Uncategorized

Scraptacular – April 1st (week) edition, no fooling!

New in Google Reader this weekFound via a MotherTalk Blog Tour: Random Acts of UnkindnessReadingWritingLiving You know that many parents are online, blogging about their lives and their kids. If you have the time to read the post and the comments here, you’ll have a ringside seat for an ongoing controversy/conversation on the evolution of community and commerce as experienced by mom-bloggers. Oh, and speaking of moms…regardless of whether the way we were parented affects […]

April 5, 2008 Uncategorized

Do not disturb

You Are Disturbingly Profound You’re contemplative, thoughtful, and very intense. Taking time to figure out the meaning of life is a priority for you. Because you’re so introspective, you often react in ways that surprise people. No one can really understand how you are on the inside… and that disturbs them. Are You Disturbingly Profound or Profoundly Disturbing? Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications […]

April 5, 2008 Uncategorized

Scraptacular Variation: Samples from the Inbox

I share some of the interesting links I find in my weekly Scraptacular posts, but some of my best non-blogging buddies send me fun stuff the old-fashioned way – remember e-mail? – and sometimes I like to circulate those items over here too. You Got That WriteThis came via e-mail from my uncle. It’s one of those things that cites a source, but the citation is so vague – in this case, a “professor at […]

April 4, 2008 Uncategorized

Friday Meme-fest

Booking Through Thursday: Lit-Ra-Chur When somebody mentions “literature,” what’s the first thing you think of? (Dickens? Tolstoy? Shakespeare?) Do you read “literature” (however you define it) for pleasure? Or is it something that you read only when you must? Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves! The section of Borders […]

April 3, 2008 Uncategorized

This was supposed to be “Ten on Tuesday,” but…

I delayed this week’s Ten on Tuesday posting because of a commitment to a MotherTalk blog tour post date (I’m really trying not to post more than once a day), but since the prompt, “Ten Things You’d Fix in Your Home (if you had the time and money),” isn’t particularly applicable for me, I didn’t think my less-than-timely participation would really be an issue. As a renter/apartment dweller, I don’t have a lot of latitude […]

April 2, 2008 'riting, randomness

Whose college education is it, anyway?

Be warned…perhaps my recent birthday has made me a bit cranky as well as old(er), because there are a couple of opinionated days on the calendar here at The 3 R’s this week. OK, it’s been awhile since I went off on one of my over-involved parents/over-entitled kids rants. (I’ll bet you haven’t missed them much, either…they were starting to wear on me a bit, too.) This post on The Juggle kicked me back into […]

April 1, 2008 Uncategorized

Book talk/Blog Tour: “The Ten Year Nap”

*We interrupt our regularly-scheduled blog programming for a Tuesday book review; this week’s version of Ten on Tuesday will appear on Thursday.* (Advisory note: I was offered the opportunity to review this book by MotherTalk, which arranged for me to receive a promotional copy; I received no other compensation.) The Ten-Year NapMeg WolitzerRiverhead Books, 2008 (ISBN 1594489785 / 9781594489785)Fiction, 368 pages First Sentence: All around the country, the women were waking up. Book Description: For […]

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