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"You spent an hour debating the merits of your own fiction ." Ronan the dancing sea lion. My boyfriend (although I wish they...

Insurgent is the second book in Veronica Roth's trilogy.  The first, Divergent , I read a few months ago.  I've been bad about read...

Goal #17: clean out my wallet and clean up my finances. There are two elements to this: First, I keep lots of receipts in my wallet.  I ...

A Little Bit of Everything (Dawes) T and I saw a few of Dawes ' songs when they opened for Bob Dylan earlier this week (more on that...

Remember how I used to read books , which isn't happening much anymore?  I miss those days.  I can't remember the last time I finish...

"Some days are for living.  Others are for getting through."   -- Malcolm S. Forbes

Osama is the story of oppressed women, and it's a sad one.  The title character is a young girl in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.  Her fa...

Friday night, T and I attended the second to last of our symphonies for the season -- well, we tried to anyway.  The show started at 8:00, a...

Goal #16: ride my bike. I got out on the road and did 30 miles this morning with J, but I really want to get to Forest Park with my x-bike...

One red paperclip . Judge Posner is at it again . Really?  Who does this to an old woman? The new Alzheimer's prevention: social ...