I almost met Jean Little when I was in third grade. She was coming to our school and I was picked to be one of the people who would get to show her around. Unfortunately I ended up with strep throat or something and had to miss that whole week, so obviously that didn’t happen. …
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Scary Father And The Disappearing Literature
It’s sad that a lover of one series of fictional storybooks containing all sorts of weird magic would be so hard on another series of fictional storybooks containing all sorts of weird magic, but here we are. A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school’s priest …
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Jerry Howarth Is Coming To Kitchener To Sign Books And Talk About Baseball
I’m plugging this event for two reasons: It sounds like a fun night and I think I may want to go. Because whoever is in charge of making these decisions needs to know of my desire for an audio version of this book. One read by Jerry, provided his voice can handle it. Join us …
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Ya Fix Sixteen Faults, And What do Ya Get, One Eye Implant And A Life Full Of Debt…
I had a really weird dream Tuesday night and felt it needed a place in the totally out there dream archive. I think my brain decided it was time to brew up a thought soup, and this was the result. It started off with me watching a TV show about this girl who was graduating …
Not So Kid Friendly
Gill returns to look at a topic we’ve covered before. This seems like a good example. Have you ever been curious about the origins of those stories and rhymes we read, sang and chanted as children? They may leave you with nightmares. So from sleeping beauty being violated to some very racist songs, here are …
Remember This Next Time You Forget Something You’ve Read
Steve sent me this article about why we forget most of the books we read, and said I might enjoy it. I jumped up and down! Seriously, holy crap, this article explains all the things I’ve been noticing about myself and wondering if I’m having some kind of memory issue. I even asked the doctor …
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This Sounds Like It Bites…But Cesar Should Be Used To That
Steve sent me this article about Audible launching a service for dogs, and then sat back and waited for the response. It didn’t take long. My first response was fascination. Could there actually be kinds of books a dog would like? We already had music, so could there be books? My hopes began to dwindle …
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An Update On The Other Nephews
So, I posted a pretty big description of the one mephew in the holiday wrap-up. I went to see the two other ones about a month ago, and have been wanting to write things down ever since. Soon I’m going to have to come up with nicknames for these little grabbers so everyone can tell …
I Don’t Read Books, I Devour Them!
Quick note: I’ve updated the section about Audible Canada. Between last Christmas and my birthday, Steve created a monster; a book-devouring monster. Here’s how. First, he bought me Aftershokz Bluez2S headphones. Those things, although not perfect, are pretty cool. I can walk around, still hear, and listen to stuff from my phone. This made me …
Please Don’t Nuke Us, North Korea
I wanted to post this song when all the fire and fury stuff started, but then life got away from me. With North Korea doing more missile tests, Now is as good a time as any. Get your lyrics right here. I’m not dragging them over here, because they actually have links explaining context of …