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I'll admit it, I'm one of the many adult women who have casually wandered into the young adult section, picked up the next book in the Twilight saga, ready with an alibi, "It's a gift!" before quickly leaving the bookstore to read the first chapter in my car. I may be a little embarrassed about having read (and thoroughly enjoyed) reading...
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The Twitter craze It’s fun, but is it useful? Twitter, the online social networking site that has exploded in popularity in recent years, has sparked debate on the usefulness of the site as well as raised questions about what and how we communicate. In regard to how we communicate, Twitter actually has a built-in answer: succinctly. “Tweets”...
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Nordie’s at Noon: the personal stories of 4 women “too young” for breast cancer By Patti Balwanz, Kim Carlos, Jennifer Johnson, Jana Peters Nordie’s at Noon is a collection of stories from four women who share not only friendship, but a common diagnosis of breast cancer. The group started with two friends, Patti and Jana, who met during...
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These days, it seems like there is always a 3D movie option at your theater. While it might seem like a recent technological advancement, 3D movies have been around since the early twentieth century! The earliest 3D film shown to a paying audience was 1922’s The Power of Love . Other classics starred major actors such as John Wayne in Hondo and Dean Martin...
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American Idol Yes, I watch American Idol. I tend not to advertise that in mixed company, but I don't care anymore! I love that show and I will hold it in no longer! I recently made a friend of mine watch American Idol against her will, and during one of the more embarrassing performances she asked me, "Why do you watch this show?" I turned to her...
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Luba Mason Krazy Love Sunnyside Records On her new CD Krazy Love , vocalist Luba Mason premieres eight original songs that explore many kinds of love, from childhood memories of her parents’ home in “This House” to betrayal in both “From Me To You” and “A Summer Night.” Behind her masterful singing, acoustic instruments...
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The Daily Coyote : A story of love, survival, and trust in the wilds of Wyoming by Shreve Stockton Shreve Stockton was moving across the country in 2005 from San Francisco back to her love, New York City, on her Vespa, alone, when she rode into Wyoming and immediately fell in love. She was, as she writes, "magnetized to the land." The overwhelming beauty...
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Bolt – Disney’s latest animated feature With almost as much action as The Incredibles , Bolt delivers lots of laughs with striking artwork. The scenery is so realistic that it often looks like photography until a Pixar-esque character seamlessly comes into view. Bolt (with the voice of John Travolta) is a small white German Shepherd who has lived...
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle The best narratives are often the simplest. And while The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski contains soothsayers, suspected murderers, deadly fires and tornados over Lake Superior, it can be described most succinctly as a story of a boy and his dog. Born without the power of speech in the mid-20 th Century, Edgar Sawtelle’s...
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The Office is back This year I'm welcoming fall with open arms. Not only because of the beautiful colors, but also because of the drastic improvement in TV. I don't know what you were watching this summer, but if you're like me you cried when the Olympics were over because you had to go back to watching America's Got Talent for what seemed like...
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A Child’s Christmas A Child’s Christmas - Holiday Songs & Carols is the latest release by singer/recording artist Susie Tallman and her label Rock Me Baby Records. The 74-minute CD includes a wide variety of holiday songs and carols, from “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and “You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch” to “The...
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Operation Homecoming Edited by Andrew Carroll In 2003, The National Endowment of the Arts – with extensive cooperation with the U.S. Armed Forces – established Operation Homecoming , an initiative based on the question “what would happen if the nation fostered a conversation between its writers and its troops?” More than 6,000 troops attended...
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Get Smart – Another failed TV remake? After the movie Bewitched bombed a few years ago, and Car 54, Where Are You? made maybe one person laugh a few years before that (I actually don't know – I haven't see either of them), I wasn't sure what to expect from Get Smart . Turning beloved TV shows into movies is risky…But thanks to the...
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