Friday Fill-Ins ~ Anarchists, Carnies and Skanks, Oh My!

And…here we go! 1. The first rule of working in an office and getting along is establish dominance by drinking the last dribble of coffee, eating the food brought in by co-workers and leaving fresh-from-the-litter-pan-presents in the bosses dark-colored chair every morning.  Then whenever anyone expresses their displeasure, relay the passage you read in your [...]

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank by Celia Rivenbank

Title:  Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank:  And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom Author:  Celia Rivenbark Hardback:  262 pages Date Published:  September 2006 Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press ISBN:  9780312339937 When my daughter announced her class was taking a field trip, I involuntarily shrieked “No!” but then had to realize that it was doubtful [...]

BTT ~ Pop! Goes Dean Koontz

Which is worse? Finding a book you love and then hating everything else you try by that author, or Reading a completely disappointing book by an author that you love? . Yesterday one of my facebook friends sent me an invite to take one of those quizzes to see how much alike we were.  It [...]

VVW ~ Kids Say the Darnedest Things!

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  Woo-Hoo!  And who doesn’t like a good hump?  Today’s Viral Video Wednesday has a few new things about it.  First, we have a button!  WooT!  I’ve got a few other pics to turn into buttons, and if you’ve got one, lay it on me!   Second, if you look at [...]

Tuesday Thingers ~ Run for Cover!

Welcome to another week of Tuesday Thingers!  We always love to hear from regular participants as well as new people. I was randomly (desperately searching) the site for something different and fun to look at this week, and I stumbled onto a few fun pages.  One of them was a page that will show you [...]

Dune by Frank Herbert

Title:  Dune Author:  Frank Herbert Date Published:  January 1977 Publisher:  Berkley Medallion Books Miscellaneous:  1966 winner of the Hugo Award and was the inagural winner of the Nebula Award in 1965. His mother was beside him, holding his hands, her face a gray blob peering at him.  “Paul, what’s wrong?” ….”What have you done to me?”  he [...]

Books, Buds, and Blueberry-Lemon Crunch Cake

It’s been an interesting and fun day here.  The weather is gorgeous!  Warm, sunny, and a good breeze to blow all the winter stench away.  The girls and I all headed to the library to take back a few things and Sam wanted to get some more movies and Twilight.  As it turns out, by [...]

Friday Fill-Ins ~ I’m Too Broke to Come Up With a Great FFI

And…here we go! 1. Apparently there’s some sort of glitch in the system. 2. It’s harder to hide the graves in the backyard on a  sunny day. 3. 2009 seriously has sucked dog’s dookey so far. 4. You’ll recognize your opportuninty to get rich when it comes.   Ooops!  Too late… that was it. 5. For too long I’ve been broke beyond recognition. 6. I [...]

Marked: A House of Night Novel by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Title:  Marked:  A House of Night Novel Authors:  P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast Paperback:  306 pages Publisher:  St. Martin’s Press Date Published:  2007 ISBN:  9780312360269 Miscellaneous:  This is the first book in the House of Night series. I am known by many names… Changing Woman, Gaea, A’akuluujjusi, Kuan Yin, Grandmother Spider, and even Dawn… [...]

BTT~ Kurt Vonnegut Would Fail a Course on Vonnegut

Question suggested by Barbara H: My husband is not an avid reader, and he used to get very frustrated in college when teachers would insist discussing symbolism in a literary work when there didn’t seem to him to be any. He felt that writers often just wrote the story for the story’s sake and other [...]