Okay, you know what? Breaking Dawn is one of the worst books I've ever read. No lie. And I've read hundreds of books. I don't think I've ever seen a series start so promisingly and end so horrible. And I've read a ton of Xanth novels. And 11/12 of the Robert Jordan "Wheel of Time" books. Breaking Dawn is still worse.

( details here, including spoilers for the Twilight books and Doctor Who season 4... )

hmm. winner there is not as clear as i'd like. i don't really have any good soundbites because i spent the whole debate trying to calm my shrieking daughter while also trying to find something to really say one way or the other about how Obama did ( Read more... )

Hooray!!!!!

She is dumb. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Could you please freakin' take a cue and learn how to pronounce "nuclear"? No one thinks it's cute anymore ( Read more... )

hey, ladygwyn! I have the Halloween Martha Stewart Living!

Also, I have a skeleton shower curtain, and Charlotte has Halloween hair bows, a t-shirt (orange with a spider and web from ON) and her Halloween costume (skeleton sweatsuit).

As soon as Charlotte's birthday (her first!) and my wedding anniversary (our fourth!) are past, it's Halloween time.

I decided that I wasn't really sold on the Omnivore's 100, so I decided to make my own checklist of foods to try before you die (or after, if you can swing it.). All of these are things I have eaten - it's a very subjective list, obviously. My list is currently slanted heavily towards "real" food - in this day and age we are becoming so estranged ( Read more... )

If Daniel doesn't go home tonight, there is no justice in this world. It'll be like Lisa all over again.

(Project Runway, people.)

Win the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride (one Beco Butterfly, one Hotsling baby pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Zolowear Ring Sling, and one Gypsy Mama Wrap)

"Gore plays up the political difficulties of advocating for vegetarianism, but there's a smarter, middle path: If you price carbon, and you rob meat of the massive corn and grain and land subsidies that make it artificially cheap, the market will begin to correct itself in a way that naturally balances the facts that folks -- myself included -- ( Read more... )

And as some of you may know, my weakness is BAGS. I really, really, really love these:


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