Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Samantha – this meme’s NOT for you!

I haven’t quite decided whether I plan to see the Sex and the City movie or not. I came late to the TV show since I didn’t have HBO for a few years, but I enjoyed it in a non-obsessive manner. Seeing the movie partly depends on whether anyone wants to make it a girls’ afternoon/night out; failing that, I’ll have to decide whether I want to see it enough to go on my own. […]

Ten on Tuesday: Time’s a-wastin’!

You would think that a Ten on Tuesday topic like “10 Favorite Time Wasters” would be a breeze…but it didn’t turn out that way for me. That isn’t to say I never putter around and waste time, of course. It’s more that I can’t come up with ten specific, different ways that I do it – most of my time-wasting activities fall into fairly broad categories. I’m also inclined to consider something more of a […]

Another post from the e-mail inbox

It’s the unofficial first weekend of summer, a time for relaxing (or so I’m told)…which means taking the easy way out with a post originating in e-mails from non-blogging members of my family – the first two are from my sister, the last one from my uncle. This one’s poaching on Laurie’s “Monday Morning HR Humor” turf again, but hopefully she’ll forgive me. (You never want to be on HR’s bad side.) Corporate Lesson 1A […]

Weekend Assignment #217 – Career Day

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. Karen says: Don’t worry if you don’t get your entry in by the end of the weekend. It’s called the Weekend Assignment because John Scalzi originally designed it to give folks something to write on weekends, but times have changed since then. Now the […]

Sunday Bulletin – scraps and links 5-25-08

Sunday Bulletin – scraps and links 5-25-08

Announcements: Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 28 – the second 24-Hour Read-a-Thon begins at 9 AM PDT (or your equivalent local time). You can participate as a Reader or a Cheerleader, and help raise funds for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), an organization that provides children with books. Visit Dewey for more information! ************************** NaComLeavMo: More Conversation Than You Can Shake a Stick at Did you sign up for NaComLeavMo? The official participant list closed […]

More cheap analysis – the Blogthings doctor is in

More cheap analysis – the Blogthings doctor is in

Dr. Freud says* I’m a stable, well-adjusted adult. What does he know? You Are in the Genital Stage of Development According to Dr. Freud, you’ve reached the genital stage of development. Whatever issues you may have had in your childhood have been resolved. You don’t have any hang ups, and you are able to function as a stable adult. You are the model of being well-adjusted, and you are able to balance your life beautifully. […]

Friday Follies: fill in 123 books

Friday Follies: fill in 123 books

Books vs Movies Suggested by: Superfastreader Books and films both tell stories, but what we want from a book can be different from what we want from a movie. Is this true for you? If so, what’s the difference between a book and a movie? 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 […]

TV’s Top 50 – are they yours, too?

I know Thursdays are usually reserved for book-related posts; I do have a review today, but I’m not doing Weekly Geeks this week, so we’re going to talk TV instead. My blog, my rules! And on a TV-related side note: I had an e-mail from a friend last night saying she was tempted to check online after the East Coast broadcast ended, because if David Cook didn’t win American Idol, she wasn’t sure she wanted […]

Book Club book talk: “The Alchemist”

Book Club book talk: “The Alchemist”

The AlchemistPaulo CoelhoHarperCollins, 2006, paperback (ISBN 0061122416 / 9780061122415)Fiction, 208 pages If you have reviewed this book, please leave the link in a comment or e-mail it to me at 3.rsblog AT gmail DOT com, and I’ll edit this review to include it! First Sentence: The boy’s name was Santiago. Book Description: The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho’s charming fable, now available in English for the first […]

Breaking stride: breaking up, and breaking through distance

If you’ve been reading here for awhile, you already know that I have entered my part-time parenting years. My own child, Chris, is grown, a year out of university, and living on his own on the opposite coast, and my stepchildren, Tall Girl (13) and The Boy (8), are with their dad and me twice a week and every other weekend. You might think this makes the job easier. What it does make easier is […]

Ten on Tuesday: Movies My Husband Can’t Wait to See

This week’s Ten on Tuesday prompt, “10 Movies You’re Excited About Seeing,” was just made for my husband. Tall Paul is always downloading movie trailers and checking out the latest information on IMDb, so I’m turning the blog over to him for this post. Here are 10 movies that Tall Paul is excited about seeing, either this summer or whenever they make it into theaters. (For the record, I’m with him on #1, #4, and […]

Book recommendations: I’m asking, not giving!

My son has asked me for some book recommendations, and I thought I’d ask some of you avid-reader types who come around here for some input, so I can give him a really good list. He’s suddenly found himself with more free time, having just broken up with his girlfriend, and is looking for distractions. What might you suggest for this (almost) 24-year-old college graduate – electrical engineer by day, sports junkie by night, lindy-hopper […]