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Archive for April, 2007

The Devil Wears Prada wish list

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

[Thank you for all of your movie suggestions yesterday. I’ve put them on a list which I’m going to enjoy working down.
Ended up renting The Devil Wears Prada, and I still feel the way I did when I saw it in the theater last year, so I’m reposting my original post on it. […]

Comfort food + comfort movie

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

I think in honor of some of people’s items from yesterday, today needs to be a day of cozying up on the couch, eating something that feels like kindness, and watching a movie that feels the same.
I was thinking of a second viewing of The Devil Wears Prada, but I’m open to suggestions. Maybe […]

For my fellow Lost fans

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Check out this great interview Lady T has to offer! And she’s not even a fan!
Technorati Tags: Lost, Lost Theories, J.Wood, Living Lost

The Friday list (nice things you did for yourself this week)

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Here’s what I did this week, and it was extra fun.
I went to Tempe, Arizona yesterday to talk to Changing Hands Bookstore–this year’s Publishers Weekly Bookseller of the Year–to discuss the book launch party they’re going to be throwing for me! YAY!!!
So save the date: Tuesday, August 28, 2007. If you’re anywhere […]

Do SOMETHING

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

I have to head out of town for the day right now, but I thought I’d leave you with this post from Meg Cabot. It’s serious, for once, but necessary.
And let me just say, as someone who has taught girls’ and women’s self-defense for several years, I absolutely second what Meg’s brother Officer Cabot […]

The brother’s mother

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

I think I picked up one clue from last night’s Lost.
You know when Desmond is in the head monk’s office, turning in his monkish clothes? There’s a brief flash of a framed photo on the brother’s desk. I think the woman in the picture–the monk’s mother–is that same white-haired woman from the jewelry […]

Don’t care for the boyfriend

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Okay, here’s the situation: there is someone you love, maybe a friend or a sister or a niece or whatever. And she called you all excited about a month ago to announce she’s finally ditched the no-good, cheating boyfriend.
“Yay!” you both say, and you spend the rest of the conversation talking […]

Twilight

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

It’s still Tuesday, so it’s still Tuesday Book Club, and I’ve just spent the entire day reading Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight, and all I can say is
WHY DIDN’T ANY OF YOU TELL ME?????
ARE WE NOT FRIENDS? HAVE I NOT EXPLAINED TO YOU MY NEED FOR THE KIND OF ROMANTIC, THRILLING BOOKS THAT MAKE THE FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD […]

Tuesday Book Club

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

This was a happy book week for me. I took the time to read three books, and that’s A LOT by my standards, although I know Little Willow and Jen Robinson and BJ and others can easily go through six or more a week.
But we all do what we can.
First was an advance copy […]

I prefer my history with popcorn

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Yesterday I saw the movie Amazing Grace, about William Wilberforce, the man who tirelessly worked to get England out of the slave trade a good many years before we Americans figured out to do the same.
Never heard of the guy before.
Which is why I love a good historic film. Yes, I understand it may […]