The Word Series

Posted by on Apr 9, 2010 in dish | 0 comments Props to Novel-T, which has created a lineup of American literature-inspired T-shirts. The baseball-themed shirts feature iconic characters and writers, like Hester Prynne, Moby-Dick and Captain Ahab, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, and writers Whitman, Poe, and Thoreau. Each “jersey” features an icon befitting the player, like a whale (duh), a Captain’s “C,”...
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It’s About Danged Time

Posted by on Apr 6, 2010 in dish | 0 comments A friend sent me a link to this brilliant ad campaign for, of all things, tampons. The model in the first ad is actually a former intern at JWT who helped design the concept of the ad campaign. Clearly, she gets it (unlike the idjit who came up with the “have a happy period” tagline, who probably thinks we all dream of the day we can wear white during that time of the month and spin...
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Rain, Rain

Posted by on Mar 29, 2010 in dish | 3 comments Wouldn’t you know it? It’s the first day of Spring Break, and it’s pouring out there. *sigh*Sometime this week, I have to catch myself up on everything. I’ve let the blog slip, the laundry slip, the writing slip…I know it’s because I am SLAMMED at work, but still. So, this week, playing catchup. And doing the taxes. And the laundry. And maybe doing something...
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Newbery Update: 1960s

Posted by on Mar 27, 2010 in dish | 0 comments Now we’re on a roll. The 1960s are the first decade where I had multiple reads already. Let’s see what else popped up:Onion John by Joseph Krumgold – This book marks the first time an author won the Newbery more than once (other double winners include E.L. Konigsburg, Lois Lowry, Katherine Paterson, and Elizabeth George Speare). This book didn’t charm me as much as...
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Gah! Air Travel!!

Posted by on Mar 5, 2010 in dish | 0 comments This morning, Ms. Without-Shopping and I woke up at o-dark thirty to catch a 6:30 flight to a conference. Flying anywhere for any professional reason almost never happens to teacher types (it involves money), so we’re excited–until we get to the airport. We park and hustle into the terminal. Turns out the e-ticket is one of those “operated by” tix, so we’re at the...
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Meeting in the Middle

Posted by on Feb 27, 2010 in dish | 0 comments I had one of those European experiences this morning. There was no room to sit in the local bagel shop, where I’d come hoping to review some writing along with breakfast, so I ended up sharing a table with a total stranger. Turns out we had plenty in common, when we were discussing our kids, but somehow, we got onto politics. We were quite different. One would expect fireworks, and...
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