No Book for You!

Posted by mimi on Sep 3, 2008 in dish | 1 comment The teen reading world is dealing with Richter-level quakes this week ever since the news broke that Stephenie Meyer, of Twilight fame, has announced that she will shelve Midnight Sun, a retelling of Twilight from the vampire Edward’s point of view. Apparently, a rough (very rough, she admits) draft of Midnight Sun was posted to the Interwebs, and so now she’s put the book on hold...
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Big Yellow…Taxi?

Posted by mimi on Aug 26, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Yesterday, DH broke down and bought Frick a cellphone. I’ve been anti-phone, mostly because this is a kid who can’t find his own shoes half the time, and also because, well, he can’t find his own shoes half the time. I wasn’t too keen on having him have to keep up with a phone. Plus, he loses his natural mind around electronics, so I had these nightmare visions of phones...
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Here Comes the Sun

Posted by mimi on Aug 23, 2008 in dish | 3 comments The sun’s out! I had the top down on Inga this morning, and it was wonderful! Now that it’s afternoon, it’s threatening to storm again. Go figure. Summer in Florida, huh?We could use a little more sunshine in the Sunshine State these days. Oh, well.
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Dog Paddling

Posted by mimi on Aug 21, 2008 in dish | 0 comments It’s wet here in Central Florida. This is our fourth straight day of rain, and it doesn’t look like it’ll be slowing up anytime soon. At least we’re not in Brevard County. They had a freakin’ monsoon yesterday–25 inches in one day! They had to close the Melbourne airport because of all the snakes and gators on the runways. It’s not quite as bad in our...
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