New Arrivals in my Google Reader
Steele on Entertainment
Average Girl Reads
Meg’s Idle Chatter
Shona’s Bookshelves
Gen Xtinct (this is for my fellow lost children of the ’70’s and ’80’s!)
My Sandwich Generation (for my fellow children whose parents may be in their 70’s and 80’s)
What the heck is that? It’s a Secret Santa gift exchange open to book bloggers all over the world, now in its third year. The FAQ tells you all you need to know!
Now, does that sound like fun? Want to get in on it? Sign up before the deadline of November 12!
And as you’re looking for the perfect gift for that book blogger – or for ANYONE on your list, really – remember that the Buy Books For the Holidays campaign is back on for 2009! (It was mentioned in the Shelf Awareness e-newsletter this week, too!)
Celebrate the holiday season virtually, with your blogging buddies, during the week of December 7-11 – sign up to participate in the Progressive Dinner Party! (Virtual food and drink has no calories!) Share your favorite holiday recipes and decorating and entertainment ideas – more details are on the way.
***Tomorrow, Saturday, November 7, is National Bookstore Day – and there’s only ONE way to celebrate that!***
Dispatches: Links of the Week
50 things you should know if you start a blog today (and wouldn’t hurt even if you’ve been doing this for a while) (via @PaulaatAME on Twitter); a link about the value of proper linking (via a link from Cathy at Kittling: Books); starting a conversation about commenting practices
School standards that don’t make sense
Remember the children…because you can’t remember anything else! Also: a mother rebels against the reading log; kids learn responsibility by being responsibile
It seems I’m guilty of stereotyping in assuming that Alaskans cocoon at home during their very long, very cold winters – check out 29 winter activities in and around Anchorage
A time capsule of slang (Far out, man! Dig it! Groovy!)
Trick or treat! I DEMAND particular candy!
Yeah, it’s not my favorite holiday either – let’s rename New Year’s Eve
Has the computer ruined your handwriting, too? It certainly hasn’t been good for mine!
Yes, It Actually IS Your Job, via Not Always Right
time for this!”
Sometimes I’m embarrassed for my profession, and this was one of them.
Happy Friday, y’all!
Thanks for the shout-out for the progressive dinner.
I really enjoyed the blog links you provided. I've been checking them out and the last two are a hoot.
Love the progressive dinner idea too! So nice to see how festive book bloggers are!
Hey, thanks for linking to GenXtinct! We love new readers, and promise plenty more content to come before our book hits shelves in 2011!
Awww, thanks for the linky love!
I'm off the read the post about renaming New Years. Sounds intriguing!
I never had good handwriting, so I'm glad I can now type everything 🙂
Julie – Happy to help spread the word. See you there :-)!
Ti – I usually put the more amusing ones at the end, to wrap up on a lighter note. Glad you enjoyed the links!
Amy RGB – You wouldn't figure a bunch of bookworms to be so sociable, and yet we are :-).
Gael – I hope I've sent you some new readers! I've been following Pop Culture Junk Mail for a long time, so I had to keep up with your new adventure too. Thanks for coming by!
April – If that's what it takes to get you to come by and comment… 🙂 I've missed seeing you around here!
Great links! Just signed up for the Holiday Swap–yay! And I'll be sure to celebrate National Bookstore Day appropriately 🙂
Tracy (Gentle Reader) – I don't intend to miss out on National Bookstore Day either! I've already informed my husband :-).
Y'know, I can't imagine even a semi-competent accountant these days who doesn't "now how to use a computer." What does he do all day, write in ledger books?
Karen – Well, there's my dad, who's still not completely retired from accounting at the age of 80, but my sister has computerized all of his work. (We're kind of afraid to let him try using a computer, to be honest.) But assuming we're not talking about someone like him…yeah, it's pretty hard to imagine.
lol You have more patience than I do! I would not be able to be so polite… 🙂
Kailana – That's supposedly a true story, but fortunately it's not my true story. I don't know if I could be so polite either :-).
I'm going to try and buy mostly books this year for people, but unfortunately it won't be the sole gift I give. As tempting as it is, I think some might see it as being kin to getting coal in their stocking. LOL
I bring out quite a few of those old slang terms I grew up with now and then. 🙂
Thanks as always for the links, Florinda.
Wendy (Literary Feline) – Most people who get books from me will get something else in addition too, probably. But most likely no one will get books for me – they're scared to :-). Of course, I do have an "official" wish list on LibraryThing now, so that could help them out!