If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another

Posted by on Jun 17, 2009 in dish | 1 comment Adding to the insult of no money coming in all summer (two teacher household, remember?), today I hear this weird griiiiinnnddd-CLUNK sound from one of my back windows. Yep, now it’s stuck down. All the way down. And this is Florida, where we have a thunderstorm every day at 4:00 p.m.Great. Lacking the several hundred bucks it will take to fix the window (stupid VW window regulators are...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jun 12, 2009 in dish | 1 comment BED LIST: JAMES McAVOYWho’da thunk the limpid-eyed Mr. Tumnus from The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, furry goat butt and all, would have ended up becoming a prime-grade Scottish leading man? Not me, but then I saw Penelope. And Atonement. And Becoming Jane. James McAvoy is a seriously cute bundle of simmering Glaswegian rawr.DINNER LIST: ALAN GRAYSONThe new U.S. Representative from...
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Newbery Update: 1930s

Posted by on Jun 11, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Finally finished reading the second decade’s worth of Newbery titles. Note to self: ambitious reading projects are probably not best to embark upon during a become-an-IB-school year. Alas. However, I blazed through the last few quickly now that summer is upon us, so I’m hoping the next few months will be far more productive, reading-wise.On to the titles:Hitty, Her First Hundred...
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The Boys of Summer

Posted by on Jun 10, 2009 in dish | 0 comments It’s a been a while, but I figure it’s time for a reboot. For your summer viewing pleasure, it’s the return of The Bed List/The Dinner List. (Pause for squealing fangirl noises) Each Friday, I’ll choose one man for his manly charms (The Bed List), and another for his winning ways (The Dinner List). Check out the archives for previous choices and send me your suggestions...
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Ten Favorite Things to Do During "Me" Time

Posted by on Jun 9, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Browse a bookstore.Read.Infosnack.Write.Stay in my pajamas all day.Watch girly movies and cry.Listen to college music and reminisce.Daydream.Talk to friends I haven’t seen in a while.Fix something yummy that’s on the naughty side.
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My Spicy Sweet Chili Self

Posted by on Jun 4, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Dream Agent, bless her heart. After a few rounds of email tag (how did I manage this before BlackBerry?), we finally manage a business call. And it’s a doozy.She looooooooooves the high concept hook of my proposal she has in house. The execution, not so much. As in, not crazy about the inciting incident, not completely wowed by some other story elements, not really feeling the...
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