I've been very busy at work lately and, while taking a couple minutes here and there on Facebook is easy to do, sitting down to write a full blog post? Not so much.

So I'm "re-posting" an e-mail I sent to my co-worker Nicole regarding some book recommendations. We started talking books one day over lunch, when I mentioned I'd just gotten Sarah ( Read more... )

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I just read this article on USA Today's Web site and pretty much cried through the whole thing (thanks bluesgirly for bringing this to my attention).

Chance for Bliss Sanctuary Has Happy Endings for Old Animals

Please consider visiting their Web site and donating. You can do a one-time donation, sponsor animals for as little as $10/month (they are looking for ( Read more... )

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The Wisconsin and Marquette men's basketball teams may be out of the hunt for the NCAA championship, but a Milwaukee influence still remains on the women's side.

Click the link to see what I'm talking about, and to watch a really cool video.

The Nanny Diaries -- Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus

Amazon.com Description
The Nanny Diaries is an absolutely addictive peek into the utterly weird world of child rearing in the upper reaches of Manhattan's social strata. Cowritten by two former nannies, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, the novel follows the adventures of the aptly named Nan as ( Read more... )

4. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies -- Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith

Amazon.com Description (WARNING: Small spoiler ahead)
It's difficult to tell if critics' reactions to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies should be characterized as praise or astonishment. Some reviewers treated the book as a delightful gimmick. Others found that, beneath the ( Read more... )

I was hoping to begin this post with the news of continued low ratings for the NFL "all-star game" (since I would probably get in trouble for saying the "P" word), played last night in Miami. This statistic was going to further the argument that no one pays attention to the "all-star game," the players don't necessarily want to play in it, and that ( Read more... )

...and T-minus 5 minutes to the weekend!!!!

Hope you all have an awesome Halloween, whatever your plans are!

I'll be at the Meadowbrook Pumpkin Farm Haunted Cornfield!

I think that some of my clothes are starting to get a little big on me.

HOORAY!