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Jul 8, 2010, 10:35 am
When I was a girl I used to go visit my grandparents' farm. I loved it. They didn't have a particularly stylish house, but it was homey and comfortable, and I used to go back into the acreage, sit under the trees (it was a fruit f Comment - Like
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Jun 12, 2010, 12:50 pm
I've been online for a fairly long time, first as a lurker and then part of the AAR community. Since much of my online involvement centered on reading, I've been witness to the fanfiction explosion which some of my online friends enthus Comment - Like
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Jun 9, 2010, 11:32 pm
As I got season 3 back from the library so that we could finish it and Max specifically wanted to watch the episode "when Robin and Guy and everyone die," I re-experienced the horror of where this season took some damn fine characters and d Comment - Like
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Jun 6, 2010, 11:55 pm
I finished watching season 2 of Robin Hood last night, and before I do a write up of that, I thought I'd discuss the most interesting aspect of the show, Guy's murder of Marian. What is most interesting about his killing her is how inti Comment - Like
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Jun 5, 2010, 10:17 pm
In which Marian gets caught out and Robin and the gang just get caught.Much arranges a surprise birthday party that turns into an ambush and leaves him, Robin, Djaq, Will, and Little John trapped in an outbuilding surrounded by the mercenary soldiers Comment - Like
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Jun 5, 2010, 10:08 pm
In which Marian gets caught out and Robin and the gang just get caught.Much arranges a surprise birthday party that turns into an ambush and leaves him, Robin, Djaq, Will, and Little John trapped in an outbuilding surrounded by the mercenary soldiers Comment - Like
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Jun 4, 2010, 9:41 pm
Max finished kindergarten today, and is now officially a big first grader. It was a very good year for him. He loved his teacher, Mrs. B., he learned to read (or, more literally, decode) and he got along well with his classmates. I Comment - Like
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May 26, 2010, 10:51 pm
"Tattoo? What Tattoo?" - in which modern politics regarding the Middle East intrude and Guy wears a leather vest instead of a leather jacket. Comment - Like
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May 24, 2010, 9:12 pm
I have to admit it bothers me how much I can't stand Marian on Robin Hood, and ranting about it over and over makes me feel and perhaps look like I think women in power are all crap and that the kitchen in the cottage is the furthest a girl sho Comment - Like
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May 23, 2010, 11:05 pm
"The Tax Man Cometh" - in which both Robin & Co. and Sheriff & Co. get conned by outsiders. The Sheriff pays two men to pose as tax inspectors and lure Robin and the other outlaws into the castle looking for the gold he has co Comment - Like
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May 22, 2010, 9:39 pm
On to the fifth episode, "Turk Flu." The story opens with a number of dead miners being hauled out of a collapsed mine. Gisborne arrives on the scene, hand wringing and compassionate as per usual, ready to give succor. Aft Comment - Like
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May 21, 2010, 1:15 am
Obviously I'm all over the map in the order I'm watching this show. That's what acquiring them through inter-library loan does. You watch them when they come in and hope to make sense of it all. In any case, I've wat Comment - Like
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May 15, 2010, 11:28 pm
As I mentioned before, I checked out seasons 2 and 3 of the BBC series Robin Hood out of the library, and Max and I have been watching them together. He thinks the fighting is great. The graph to the right succinctly indicates my re Comment - Like
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May 12, 2010, 11:08 pm
I've been watching the BBC series Robin Hood with Max. He loves the fighting. I like the leathered up villain. Dear God, he's beautiful. But while the series has its lighter, more humorous moments and a certain level o Comment - Like
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May 4, 2010, 10:42 pm
Elsewhere on the internets in the past week or so several blogs have equated romance novels with porn. This accusation that romance novels are porn came up numerous times during my tenure at AAR, and readers tended to get very defensive and a Comment - Like
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May 3, 2010, 12:17 am
Okay, so I have a habit of singing, and then taking cheesy songs and changing the lyrics so that they include the names of family members or pets. I realized that he'd been listening to me when he suddenly belted out, "I need a Milo!& Comment - Like
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Apr 26, 2010, 10:06 pm
After a fun conversation about the merits of various meritorious men, I was inspired to pull out my copy of North and South and re-watch it. I hadn't seen it in several years, possibly because I loaned it to my sister and she refused to r Comment - Like
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Apr 14, 2010, 11:10 pm
So, I'm facing 40 in about 9 months. It seems to be on my mind a lot these days, the fact that my girlhood has passed as well as my young womanhood. I am now middle aged.The way I look at the world is different than I did 10 years ago. Comment - Like
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Apr 13, 2010, 10:52 pm
The announcement is here. To those readers who have expressed sadness in seeing me go or have said nice things about my reviews: I really appreciate your thoughts, comments, and support. I've shuttered my Twitter for now or I would tw Comment - Like
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Apr 5, 2010, 10:27 pm
Vignette #1 - at mass on Good Friday. Max is looking at a stained glass window of Jesus praying in Gethsemane. Max: What's that one?Me: Jesus praying in Gethsemane the night he was arrested.Max: Is that when Jesus took his friends out Comment - Like
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Mar 28, 2010, 10:28 pm
In the article, Amid Recession, Memphis becomes America's Hunger Capital at mcclatchydc.com ("Truth to Power") we see the strange new modern "victim" - a person who has made crappy choices, reaped the consequences, relies on Comment - Like
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Mar 24, 2010, 3:54 pm
Had to laugh at this one.Max: I hate cooking.Me: Cooking is good. You need to know how to cook. Who do you think is going to cook for you when you get older and live by yourself? Max: My wife. Just like you co Comment - Like
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Mar 20, 2010, 11:05 pm
I have been thinking for some time about Gen Y and how their experience will diverge from Gen X's and the Boomers'. Specifically, while it is common to think that "young people today" are worse than what they were in your own Comment - Like
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Feb 3, 2010, 11:07 pm
I'm coming out from blog hibernation to relate a conversation I had today about Max. This was too good not to write down. Every Wednesday morning I go to Max's school and volunteer in his school library. At first I was shelv Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2008, 6:30 pm
The release of the DVD of Holocaust, the mini-series starring Michael Moriarty, James Woods, and Meryl Streep, marks the 30th anniversary of its airing. I know I've seen this miniseries before, and I know it wasn't when I was seven years old, Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2007, 6:31 pm
Overboard is one of my comfort movies. I usually drag it out when I'm feeling down and need a smile - pretty much how I was feeling today. The movie requires a fair bit of suspension of disbelief to enjoy it, but if you make that effo Comment - Like
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May 13, 2007, 6:00 pm
For Mother's Day this year, I thought I'd post a picture of my grandmother and her children. This is Amy Marie Coleson and her three children, Dave, Vern, and Glen. Judging by the age of her youngest child here, I'd say this i Comment - Like
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