conversation with a 9 year old

“Mom, do you have any Madonna CD’s?”
“No, why?”
“Because she is soooo cool.”
“Really? I once had some of her cassettes, before I started ripping free music off of the internet.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Well, sometimes I “borrow” music by downloading it–”
“No, what was that word you just said.”
“What? Cassettes?”
“Yeah.”
“Umm, they were kinda like miniature VHS tapes, [...]

Friday Freebie! A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle

Years ago, I stumbled across two Oprah’s Book Clubs books in the library maintained by the volunteers in the health care center that I worked for. Both were great reads, and it led me to discover that most books recommended by Oprah are well-written, and sometimes inspirational books. But, what do you expect? Oprah [...]

winner of the Dr. Seuss giveaway!

The winner has randomly been picked…

And, congrats to Judi, who has won the Dr. Seuss board book giveaway from last Friday!
Thanks to everyone who entered, and don’t forget to enter for this week’s chance to win Oprah’s book club pick, A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle!

school daze

I call them the Thursday brats; the kids in the Spanish class that I assist teach on Thursdays. Not all of them are brats, necessarily. Some are still sweet and innocent, and coo at the baby that I wear on my hip as I pass out papers and assignments. A few are so hormonally charged, [...]

Cashmere Mafia

Was officially cancelled.
Dammit.
Did anyone else like this show? I was hooked. Sure, it loosely resembled Sex and the City. And, maybe that was the attraction. Only 7 episodes were produced, due to the Writers Guild strike. I wish ABC would have given it another chance though.