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Riled Up About HIV/AIDs
Reading EliasWake's post* on cancer made me remember the classes we had in elementary school on HIV/AIDs and Understanding Handicaps ( Read more... ) -
Boycotting Life
I have been boycotting life recently and I'm fine with that.
Feeling in a bit of a slump and understanding that it's part of the natural pattern. The winter holidays are there because we need them so badly. It's no wonder the holidays of lights fall in the darkest, longest times of year.
At the Grocery StoreArriving in Israel, one of the first ( Read more... ) -
Recent Reads: December (6)
- The Kiss, Kathryn Harrison
- Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
- Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom for Morrie Schwartz
- All is Vanity, Christina Scwarz
- Isabel's Bed, Elinor Lipman
- Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan (I may be spelling the beach's name wrong)
For special quotations, please go to my poetry and writing journal: CrossingTheSea.
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Word Play: Feckless, Reckless, and Rash (Thesaurus.com)
In case you were wondering:
"1. feckless means ineffective or having no real worth or purpose; reckless means marked by unthinking boldness or with defiant disregard for danger or consequences
2. rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences"
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"I Am Legend" (Will Smith) ** SPOILERS **
** Warning, possible spoilers ahead (my thoughts related to the movie and not details about the movie itself.) ** So anyone who knows me knows that I do NOT see violent movies. Not "normal" violence, not horror, and certainly not psychological thrillers, which I consider the worst for my active imagination which finds root most deeply when I am ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: Jane Austen, Smith, Fran Lebowitz ("Isabel's Bed")
I used to collect reviews. Book reviews, movie reviews, anything. This is one I particularly like.
"If Jane Austen had been born about two centuries later, gone to Smith, then palled around with Fran Lebowitz, changes are she'd have written like Elinor Lipman."
Review of Isabel's Bed by Elinor Lipman by Julia Glass of the "Chicago Tribune" (back ( Read more... ) -
Soup Season
What kind of good Jewish grocery store runs out of matzah meal? It's soup season for heaven's sake ( Read more... ) -
A Warm Winter's Eve
There is something so cozy about the comforts of winter. No other season can compare to this feeling. A chill breeze: warm fleece. Whipping wind: hot chocolate. Stinging cold: fluffy blankets to snuggle under ( Read more... ) -
StumbleUpon & Junk Script for Telemarketers
I joined StumbleUpon after everyone kept telling me how great it is. Essentially, it is a channel surfer for the internet (maybe like Tivo?). You tell it your interests through a series of checked boxes and it gives you sites that it thinks you might like. I'm only at the first stage-- haven't bothered with friends or whatever other levels there ( Read more... )