The Problem with Romance Novels

I’m not sure what the book was doing in the elementary school library in the first place. With a main character who was 13 years old, it seems more appropriate for the middle school. At least, it does now. When I was in second or third grade and allowed to check out...

Saturday Review: Make sure you do the dollar rental.

We’re going to see a movie tonight. It’s a date night. And we’re going to see Date Night. Iron Man 2 looks more exciting, but it doesn’t have the same sort of ring that “date night to Date Night” does.I’ve read some reviews of Date Night, and they’re not all great....

Summer in the City

Yesterday I met with my manager, and we talked about goals for the rest of the month. About one particular project, she said, “I’d like to finish that up by summer.” Then we paused. And realized that summer is almost here. I suggested we go strictly by the calendar...

When blog friends become real friends

Last February, I almost got to meet one of my very first bloggy friends. We were both scheduled to be in Nashville – for two different conferences – the same weekend in February.It didn’t work out.Then, this February, the same thing happened. We were both in town...

Protesting the Moonlighting effect

It’s that bittersweet time of year again. No, not graduation time.Season finale time.And as I think about some of my favorite shows that are coming to an end – at least for the summer – I can’t help but think about David and Maddie.You know, from Moonlighting?Yep. The...

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