Reading Lists: 100 Greatest?

Posted by on Jun 27, 2009 in dish | 1 comment Every once in a while, something pops up that just demands to be blogged. I ran across this listing of Time magazine’s 100 best English-language novels published since 1923. Lists like this are always up for debate, but I thought it would be interesting to see how I fared. Of their 100 choices, I’ve read these:All the King’s Men – Robert Penn WarrenAnimal Farm –...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jun 26, 2009 in dish | 0 comments BED LIST: SHEMAR MOOREShemar Moore first caught my attention as the intense profiler with the sentimental streak in Criminal Minds, but he’s been swoon-worthy for a while. Check out his strong turn in the Tyler Perry film Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Girlfriend was crazy to hold out so long! Dayum!DINNER LIST: TYLER PERRYSpeaking of Tyler Perry…this man is a brilliant businessman and...
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Threes

Posted by on Jun 25, 2009 in dish | 2 comments I guess today I can officially close the book on my youth. First Ed McMahon (how many years have I heard that voice?), then Farrah Fawcett (all the girls wanted her hair, all the boys just wanted her), then Michael Jackson (“’cause this is THRILLER…thriller night!”). Michael Jackson’s taking the most effort to process, though. He’s not that much older than me!...
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IB Pissed

Posted by on Jun 20, 2009 in dish | 0 comments I don’t know about you, but sometimes professional conferences are a pain in my considerable behind. Today’s is no exception. I’m at a gorgeous beach resort–no complaints there–with nice food and a room that’s about a hundred feet from the Gulf of Mexico. Fine. Dandy.What’s not fine, or even approaching dandy, is the veritable avalanche of paper I got...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jun 19, 2009 in dish | 0 comments BED LIST: SIMON BAKERSimon Baker’s Australian, though you’d never know it from his best-known role, Patrick Jane in The Mentalist. Those eyes! That grin! Those dimples! Don’t know about you, but he’s welcome to observe me up close anytime.DINNER LIST: ARNE DUNCANBehold our new Secretary of Education. I’m sure you can guess why I’d want to have dinner with him....
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Off to the Races

Posted by on Jun 18, 2009 in dish | 1 comment The reworked idea for The Five Step Plan and the proposal for Life After Little League are now on their way to Dream Agent. Let’s hope she’s happier with the rework–if she is, I can salvage some main story elements. If not, we’re talking total rebuild (which I’m not wanting to do, but…). Now I’m back to the YA ideas. Who knew designing an entire...
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