Book Review: Five Finger Fiction by Brooks SiglerSigler’s  “about the author” bio says “Sigler made a New Year’s resolution in 2008 to complete a book.  Here it is.”  If this is true, I sincerely hope she made a similar resolution in 2009.  Thank yous are in order for  Mr. Jeffrey MacAdam Sigler, who she mentions [...]

Movie Review – All About SteveI’m quite surprised to read all the awful reviews about this movie. I thought it was great.
Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, a romance, or rather romantic comedy. I expected the standard formula: girl meets boy, girl falls madly in love, boy rejects girl, girl follows boy across the country [...]

Why Flipper Committed Suicide – and What You Can Do for the OthersThis is not a joke. It is the review of a very moving film by Ric O’Barry, the man who trained “Flipper”. Before “The Cove” most people did not know how “Flipper” died. My husband warned me, and I will warn [...]

The woman didn’t want to take her computer out of the box: “I don’t want smut on my computer!”

Have You Hugged Your Librarian Today?I’ve seen these question asked a number of times, and I decided it’s time to write a blog post about it:
Will Google Books replace libraries?
Will the Kindle or other applications replace books altogether?
I can see the arguments. No paper/trees needed.  No shipping costs, easier to share, instant access [...]

How do I use this toilet? Where’s the peanut butter? And what the heck are they saying about me?A book review of Ni Howdy! by Desi Downey
I think all expats ask these questions in the beginning.  In Belize, I had an outhouse, the worst toilet I’ve ever had. Even European toilets have their [...]

Why Do We Like Stories That Make Us Cry?I posted this on my homeschooling list, and they were not impressed.   Do you think I’m a heartless mother for letting my child read “negative, sad” stories?  Or are “Where the Red Fern Grows”, “The Bridge to Terebithia” and other kids stories with sad endings [...]

He Only Wants Me For My Link JuiceDon’t you just hate it when you see a great idea on the Internet? An idea you didn’t have, but should have. Things like Twitter, eBay, Myspace, surf exchange, pixel ads. Things that are quite simple, but ingenious! Well, here comes another one (I hope).
I’ve always [...]

The Benefits of WWOOFingFarmer, Farmer
Put away that DDT
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
-Joni Mitchell “Big Yellow Taxi”
What is WWOOFing?
WWOOFing is Willing Workers On Organic Farms, or WorldWide Opportunities On Organic Farms. However you want to call it, it’s a first-rate program that gets young (and not so [...]

New Program Launch – Clix4ClixYou may have heard of surf exchange: programs where you get money or points for viewing other people’s websites, and where you can advertise your site for others to view. Often these are part of a paid to click website, where you get paid to read e-mails and click on [...]