Monthly Archives: January 2008

Writing Contest! Win 3,000 EC

Over  on Chain Drop I talk a lot about making and keeping friends.   And when a contest we recently tried to run completely flopped because no one entered it, except for one contestant, whose entry was eaten by our entry … Continue reading

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3 you should read, tied into link love, plus a meme from Bev

Entrecard continues to be a great place to meet incredible bloggers,  like Realtor Cecilia Sherrard whose Cleveland Ohio Real Estate blog has been making quite the splash  in the Entrecard Real Estate category, which had for a time been dominated … Continue reading

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Living With Your Monster

After writing about a whole slew of children’s books in my 12 Books For Christmas feature, I was burned out for awhile on Easy Picture Books, but the latest batch I brought home from the library are so cute and … Continue reading

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Do NOT Adjust Your Computer's Calendar!

Yes, I know that we are fully half a year away from Independence Day when a book celebrating the United States flag might be most appropriate, but I came across this lavishly illustrated, Very Over-Sized coffee table book the other … Continue reading

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Censorship of the Old Fashioned WordPress

Recently Tiffany created a Blog Catalog discussion decrying the over-use of terms like "censorship" to the point they become meaningless and useless (in a ‘boy who cried wolf’-sort-of-way) and I was inclined to agree. I suspect taht Peter Phillips and … Continue reading

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Some Posts Don't Get Written

The powers that be are conspiring to prevent me from posting today.    I spent over an hour on a long post about Herb Boyd’s We Shall Overcome and Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s favorite words.   My DSL failed at … Continue reading

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Hot Chocolate

This one is for Chelle, who lives where it’s cold and snowy, the sort of weather that makes a steaming mug of cocoa seem like the perfect idea.   Michael Turback has penned a delicious collection of recipes for a number … Continue reading

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Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

Today’s book review was generously contributed by my partner Ron.   If you like it,  please leave him a comment and let him know.   When Alan looks at books coming through to be scanned sometimes he finds stuff for me. … Continue reading

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Freedom From Oil

Today I am going to do something that I have never actually done in any book review before.   I am telling you, most emphatically, that if you care about our planet and our energy future at all, to BUY THIS … Continue reading

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A Few That Didn't Make The Cut

A question that I have addressed before is "How Do You Pick All of These Books?". Simple really. I go about my job at the library, where I am literally, constantly handling books. Any and all books that catch my … Continue reading

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